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…
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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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….
At OpenAI’s developer conference in San Francisco on Monday, CEO Sam Altman and ex-Apple designer Jony Ive spoke in vague terms about the “family of devices” the pair are currently working to develop. “As great as phones and computers are, there’s something new to do,” Altman said on stage with Ive. The duo confirmed that…
