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Saturday 18 July 2026 · Ep 144 · Curated by Mike Litman

Burberry grows in China and the US as its recovery builds

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1Brand and Business

Burberry's recovery is led by China and the US while European tourist spend drags

Burberry's recovery is building, led by growth in China and the US. European tourist spend is dragging.

Why it mattersBurberry has to manage two very different markets inside one set of accounts.

Via Techmeme via Bloomberg

On our radar beforeBurberry has now come up in 7 of our 144 episodes. First: Ep 32, 28 Mar. Latest: Ep 116, 20 Jun. Every episode on Burberry.

Four more signals

2Music and Entertainment

Suno's training data is public now. The music industry's lawsuit strategy just got sharper.

Why it mattersA breach exposing scraped YouTube and Deezer tracks hands plaintiffs actual receipts, which courts rarely see.

Via Design Taxi

On our radar beforeSuno has now come up in 3 of our 144 episodes. First: Ep 42, 7 Apr. Latest: Ep 69, 4 May. Every episode on Suno.

3Art and Photography

Slawn sells paintings and Nike product from the same gallery floor in Chelsea.

Why it mattersSaatchi Yates selling Slawn's paintings beside Nike product turns artist collaboration into an integrated commercial system.

Via Hypebeast
4Fashion and Style

JJJJound keeps choosing the 740. The silhouette is doing brand work the studio never explains.

Why it mattersJJJJound's repeated return to the 740 shows that consistent choices can build more credibility than a long list of partners.

Via Hypebeast
5Design and Architecture

Our Legacy opens a laboratory-format London flagship in Soho. The brief is restraint.

Why it mattersOur Legacy's Soho flagship shows Scandinavian brands grown on wholesale and online now testing direct retail with restraint.

Via Wallpaper
What it means

Control of the setting became the product

Our Legacy testing direct retail with a restrained Soho flagship, Saatchi Yates selling Slawn's paintings beside Nike product on one gallery floor, and JJJJound returning again and again to the 740 all keep control of the setting in their own hands. Each decides the context in which its work is met rather than handing it to partners. Consistent, owned choices are building more credibility than a long list of collaborators.

One to watch

Suno will settle its primary copyright lawsuit out of court before publicly releasing any transparency report on its training data sources.

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Burberry grows in China and the US as its recovery buildsEp 144