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Generally, a brand doesn’t just reformulate a runaway bestseller without good reason. So why did GIVENCHY Beauty disastrously tweak its hero product, Prisme Libre? Puck contributing beauty correspondent Rachel Strugatz has the real story behind the reformulation—and what the backlash to Prisme Libre 2.0 heralds for clean beauty. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/egJ4nwjH Photo: Damien Krisl/Courtesy of Givenchy Beauty #Beauty #Retail 

Does the future of the art market depend on a forthcoming sale of a late auctioneer’s personal collection? Is Obama right about most Americans just wanting to get along? And once again, who will succeed The Walt Disney Company’s forever-C.E.O. Bob Iger? Puck founding partner Baratunde Thurston walks you through three Puck stories he can’t get enough of. Read them in full here: https://lnkd.in/e6QsyGHc Video: Ryan Jones Credits: Paul Zimmerman/WireImage; Bill Pugliano/Getty Images; PBS News/YouTube; Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images; Jesse Grant/Getty Images; Courtesy of Kornfeld. #Leadership #Art 

A new memoir by legendary art dealer Michael Findlay looks back at the wild art world of 1960s New York, when buildings in Soho sold for a song and the appreciation of a work of art outweighed its investment potential… Puck’s art market expert Marion Maneker shares his close read: https://lnkd.in/e4qHtS56 Photo: Fairchild Archive/Penske Media via Getty Images #Art #Auctions 

More than a decade ago, fashion media turned Chicago shopkeeper Ikram Goldman, Michelle Obama’s original dresser, into an irresistible B-plot. Now, attention has turned towards who’s dressing Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Puck fashion correspondent Lauren Sherman has intel on stylist Leslie Fremar (whose clients include Charlize Theron and Jennifer Connelly) here: https://lnkd.in/eDXWEQUn Photo: Stewart Cook/WWD/Penske Media/Getty Images #Fashion 

National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) commissioner Jessica Berman opens up about the league’s new partnerships, the soaring value of Angel City FC, expansion, and her long-term labor peace. Read the full conversation with Puck sports business correspondent John Ourand here: https://lnkd.in/dF-2REKE Photo: Tim Heitman/ISI Photos/USSF/Getty Images #Sports 

Increasingly, the conventional wisdom among the creative community in-crowd is that Dana Walden is Bob Iger’s preferred successor at The Walt Disney Company. Her champions and acolytes are the creators, producers, and agents integral to Disney’s core entertainment business, many of whom she has cultivated and empowered—and whose weighted opinion helped drive Bob Chapek down the Matterhorn. Beyond Hollywood, however, there are many who question whether Walden has the financial experience to manage the myriad complexities of the rest of the business, especially at a time of massive disruption and competition... Puck’s Dylan Byers examines Disney’s perennial succession question: https://lnkd.in/dh99B-tF Photo: Jerod Harris/Getty Images #Leadership #Entertainment 

You remember AIGFP don't you? Those were the brain surgeons at AIG, the big insurer, who decided to create the "credit-default swaps" to insure more than $500 billion in mortgage-backed and other debt securities that almost brought the financial system to its knees in 2008. Now they want their deferred compensation of more than $500 million and have sued AIG to get it. You can't make this up. My story https://lnkd.in/dnbzGeDv

Celebrity stylist Kate Young has answers about the death of the evening gown, why red carpet boldness has gone out of fashion, the look of the moment, and why shopping is so unsatisfying these days. Read her conversation with Puck fashion correspondent Lauren Sherman here: https://lnkd.in/eQp8UXNJ Photo: JP Yim/Getty Images for Monica Vinader #Fashion 

It’s an annual tradition of Puck’s William D. Cohan to call up Daniel Yergin, the Pulitzer-prize winning author and veritable guru on geopolitics and trends in the energy market, to hear firsthand about his latest fixations. This year, their conversation focused on how the U.S. ended up with an oil and gas surplus, an electricity deficit, and what can make up the difference. You can read all of Bill’s conversations with Dan here: https://lnkd.in/egFJBufb Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images #Energy 

TORY BURCH spent her first 10 years in business building her brand’s equity, and the last 10 years refining it. More recently, that work has included a new beauty strategy. Puck fashion correspondent Lauren Sherman talks to Burch about her collaboration with Shiseido, their newest fragrance Sublime, and campaign star Kendall Jenner: https://lnkd.in/eWykbs77 Photo: Jared Siskin/Getty Images #Fashion