Summer holidays are being hijacked by bots scraping fares, hoarding tickets, and causing online chaos
Bots now dominate the threat landscape for travel platforms during peak booking periods Fake demand…
Depop still loss-making but revenue surges
Published October 7, 2025 Peer-to-peer shopping platform Depop has filed its accounts for 2024 and they show revenue jumping, although the company remains loss-making. Depop Revenue leapt 42% to £101.6 million last year and the operating loss narrowed from £49.1 million in 2023 to £42 million this time. The company also said the net loss…
Steen & Strøm highlights importance of tax-free sales, says shoppers visit Oslo rather than London
Published October 7, 2025 The crucial place VAT-free sales have in department store retail has been shown by the latest results from Oslo’s Steen & Strøm, the world’s oldest continuously running department store. Steen & Strøm It said this week that it’s “celebrating record tax-free sales, marking its fourth consecutive year of growth”. Tax-free sales…
ASOS Live launches as it “evolves into a video-led destination”
Published October 7, 2025 ASOS has launched ASOS Live, an “immersive video shopping experience” that we’re told “brings inspiration, discovery, and shopping together in one seamless journey”. Shutterstock The launch comes after a trial period that saw it blending creator-led content with real-time shopping, “allowing customers to watch live or on demand, shop instantly and…
'Nature should run through a city the same way that water does'
Baroness Kathy Willis talks about the importance of green and blue spaces in cities. Source link
Nanotech transforms vinegar into a lifesaving superbug killer
Wounds that do not heal are often caused by bacterial infections and are particularly dangerous for the elderly and people with diabetes, cancer and other conditions. Acetic acid (more commonly known as vinegar) has been used for centuries as a disinfectant, but it is only effective against a small number of bacteria, and it does…
Scientists find brain circuit that traps alcohol users in the vicious cycle of addiction
What compels someone to keep engaging in alcohol use, even if it damages their health, relationships and wellbeing? A new study from Scripps Research offers an important clue: a small midline brain region plays a key role in how animals learn to continue drinking to avoid the stress and misery of withdrawal. In a new…
Scientists finally reveal what’s behind long COVID’s mysterious brain fog
Even though many years have passed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects of infection with SARS-CoV-2 are not completely understood. This is especially true for Long COVID, a chronic condition that can develop after COVID-19 that causes a variety of lasting symptoms. Among the most common and debilitating of these is cognitive…
Net-A-Porter launches JW Anderson exclusives as JWA also opens Galeries Lafayette pop-up
Published October 7, 2025 It was always odds on that Jonathan Anderson’s JW Anderson label would see lots of change with the designer’s hands very full due to his responsibilities at Dior, but nobody could accuse him of neglecting JWA. JW Anderson Last month saw the reopening of its Soho, London store, “marking a key…
Vestiaire Collective promotes CFO to chief executive as Bittner exits
Published October 7, 2025 Vestiaire Collective has appointed Bernard Osta as its new CEO, succeeding Maximilian Bittner who led the company through its major growth of the past seven years. Vestiaire Collective, The French high-end resale giant said the global platform “enters today its next chapter of growth” with the new appointment, although Osta isn’t…
Birds around the world share a mysterious warning cry
Birds separated by vast geographic distances and millions of years of evolution share a remarkably similar learned vocal warning to identify parasitic enemies near their nests, an international team of researchers has found. The results represent the first known example of an animal vocalization that is learned from an innate response shared across multiple species….
