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Levi Strauss slips as tariff-related costs overshadow forecast raise
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Published
October 10, 2025
Levi Strauss & Co shares fell about 7% in premarket trading on Friday as investors focused on the denim maker’s warning of a tariff-related hit to its fourth-quarter margin, overlooking a higher annual profit forecast.
The margin-hit forecast highlights the impact of the Trump administration’s changing trade policies on consumer-facing companies, especially those with suppliers in countries that do not have trade deals with Washington in place yet.
While Levi’s has capitalized on the resurgence of baggy, loose-fit apparel among Gen Z customers and raised its 2025 sales and profit forecasts on Thursday, the company still warned of a 130-basis-point hit to its fourth-quarter gross margins.
The company sources the bulk of its products from South Asia, including Bangladesh, Cambodia and Pakistan – countries that face high tariffs currently.
Wall Street analysts called the forecast “conservative,” with Barclays analysts saying that the lackluster forecast was despite the company not seeing any adverse changes in shopping trends in September.
The stock “move suggests investors left the print disappointed,” Morgan Stanley analysts said in a note, adding that the forecast implies that the holiday-quarter sales “will likely look optically worse on tougher compares.”
Trump’s trade policies have also pressured the margins of other retailers such as Ralph Lauren, Abercrombie & Fitch and Coach handbag owner Tapestry. However, companies that cater to more affluent customers face less burden as they can pass on the higher costs to the consumer.
Levi’s has secured about 70% of its holiday inventory early and slightly raised prices to mitigate tariff impact and prepare for the holiday quarter, executives said in a post-earnings call.
It has also broadened its product offerings, leaned into full-price sales and kept a tight leash on inventory to offset weaker consumer sentiment and tariff-related pressures.
This has helped the company’s stock to climb about 40% so far this year. Its forward price-to-earnings multiple, a common benchmark for valuing companies, is 16.94, compared with Ralph Lauren’s 20.59, Abercrombie’s 7.48 and American Eagle Outfitters‘ 11.38.
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January 16, 2026
New addition at Interjeans: following last year’s arrival of German athletic-luxury brand Bogner, the San Marino-based company in Rovereta, founded in 1992 by Andrea Belletti, is expanding its brand portfolio and has outlined its growth plans to FashionNetwork.com.
“Last November we signed a distribution agreement for the Italian market with Belstaff: a storied brand with motorcycling roots, founded in England in 1924, which I am sure will be a must-have once again. For 2026 we expect encouraging results, driven in particular by this addition,” said Belletti.
“As for Interjeans, we are not considering any company-owned stores beyond the one in Riccione,” the manager continued. “We remain true to our roots, focusing on distribution, but we would like to develop a shop-in-shop format with key customers that would allow us greater control over the product assortment, layout and communication. We are currently present with Lyle & Scott and Superdry in Rinascente and Coin, via concessions, but we would like to extend this format to include Belstaff as well,” Belletti continued.
Interjeans, which closed 2025 with turnover of €39 million, distributes in Italy the brands G-Star Raw, Lyle & Scott, Dr Denim, Karl Lagerfeld (three lines), Bogner, O’Neill, the Greek womenswear brand BSB, and Superdry.
Julian Dunkerton, CEO of the British clothing brand he founded in 2003 in Cheltenham—a label that blends American preppy-vintage style with English elegance—presented the new Superdry collection. It stands out for its clean lines, perfect balance and refined functionality.
Speaking to FashionNetwork.com, the entrepreneur revealed he is very pleased with the results achieved after a major reorganisation.
Dunkerton described it as a “massive shake-up” that has returned the company to profit.
“We have worked hard on the collections and distribution, reviewed the structure, and delisted from the stock market. Today, I feel we are on the right path: there is consistency and a clear awareness of who we are. Our presence at Pitti is fundamental; it is the most important international event in the industry and for us it truly represents the place to be. Next year, I would like to double the size of our space and bring our womenswear offer to Florence as well, which now accounts for 50 per cent of the total. In addition, we plan to open 24 Superdry stores in 2026 with a completely revamped store format that emphasises our British heritage and offers a lighter, brighter, higher-quality aesthetic. We will operate through both franchise agreements and direct management, predominantly in the UK,” concluded the Superdry founder.
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Published
January 16, 2026
Pierpaolo Piccioli seems intent on exploring how far the relationship between sport and tailoring can be pushed. On Thursday, the French fashion house unveiled and launched for sale, on its website and in its boutiques, a collaboration with the NBA, the U.S. basketball league. At the same time, ahead of the Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks, it presented its lookbook for Autumn 2026.
“I believe that sport is one of the most powerful ways of expressing values such as excellence, integrity and respect. On a pitch or court, people from different backgrounds, cultures and abilities come together under the same rules and with the same goals,” said the creative director of the Kering group house, in a press release.
“This shared space creates a heightened sense of connection and focus, reminding us of the discipline, commitment and intensity that define sport at its highest level.”
For the NBA line, that commitment is expressed through key sportswear pieces reinterpreted in materials such as leather, satin, cotton poplin and Japanese denim, and, in addition to black, in the NBA’s historic colours: red, blue and white. The brand adopts sporting codes by marking T-shirts and coach jackets with the number 10, a nod to the address of its headquarters on Avenue George V in Paris, or with a stylised “B” on the back or over the heart.
But sport permeates the Balenciaga universe well beyond this. The brand’s Autumn 2026 proposal, captured in the streets and métro of Paris by photographer Robin Galiegue, explores the potential of imposing tailored pieces, echoing the house’s past designs, such as cashmere capes and neo-gazar coats, which the creative director is working to revive.
Today, Piccioli goes further and pairs them with techwear pieces. Heavy wool coats and oversized leather jackets are worn over a shorts-and-leggings duo crafted from Probody fabric, which offers moisture-wicking, breathability and antibacterial properties. In the age of wellbeing, this trend runs through most of the looks in the Autumn 2026 collection.
The designer has not forgotten the importance of accessories, either. While these creations are designed for training or yoga, they are also accompanied by a new bag model, the 7, patinated crystal jewellery and exceptional shoes from a collaboration with Manolo Blahnik.
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