H&M profit jumps as brand-boosting strategy starts to pay off
By Reuters Published September 25, 2025 Swedish fashion group H&M reported a bigger than expected…
Online fashion: Between polarisation and the challenges of desirability
Published October 16, 2025 On Thursday, Zalando held its “Partners Day” in Paris, bringing together 280 executives and representatives of the platform’s French brands and partners. The event offered an opportunity to take stock of French online apparel sales, as well as current trends in fashion, from luxury to budget. Laura Toledano, Zalando’s Managing Director…
The 40th Festival de Hyères opened on Thursday, buoyed by palpable enthusiasm
Published October 17, 2025 The atmosphere on the forecourt of Villa Noailles was effervescent, with a tightly packed crowd delighted to be back together again this year at the Hyères International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Accessories. Yet this must-attend event for fashion and emerging talent had been under threat from a severe budget crisis….
What to Know About the Medicare Open Enrollment Period and Medicare Coverage Options
Medicare is the federal health insurance program for 69 million people ages 65 and over and younger adults with long-term disabilities. The program helps to pay for many medical care services, including hospitalizations, physician visits, and prescription drugs, along with post-acute care, skilled nursing facility care, home health care, hospice care, and preventive services. People…
Véronique Nichanian quits Hermès, ending longest current run in a fashion house
Published October 16, 2025 Véronique Nichanian, the longest-running creative director of a significant fashion house, is leaving Hermès, the Paris-based house confirmed on Thursday. See fashion showVéronique Nichanian – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight In a major surprise, Nichanian has decided to bring down the curtains on her 37-year tenure at Hermès. Her final runway show for Hermès will…
DeepSomatic accurately identifies genetic variants in cancer
Cancer is a genetic disease, and identifying the mutations in cancer cells is critical for delivering more precise treatments and better outcomes for patients. That’s why we’re proud to introduce DeepSomatic, a new machine learning model developed with our partners, including UC Santa Cruz and Children’s Mercy, that accurately identifies genetic variants in cancer cells….
States Are Forming “Health Alliances.” Can They Make a Difference for Public Health Policy?
The recent emergence of several state health alliances marks a new phase for public health in the U.S. These alliances include two that formed last month: the “West Coast Health Alliance” announced September 3 and the “Northeast Public Health Collaborative” announced September 18, and another just this week announced by fifteen governors called the “Governors…
Elena Mirò: 40th-anniversary capsule collections, new store openings, and a focus on the Middle East
Published October 16, 2025 New developments at Elena Mirò, the brand founded in 1985 and historically specialised in plus-size womenswear from the Miroglio Group, based in Alba, which is marking its 40th anniversary with a capsule collection that bridges its stylistic past and future, while preparing several mono-brand store openings in Italy and Lebanon and…
With its new Paris Atelier, the Estée Lauder group is banking on accelerating fragrance innovation
By AFP Published October 16, 2025 Acceleration is a watchword in Stéphane de La Faverie’s strategic vocabulary, and the CEO of American cosmetics group Estée Lauder intends to harness innovation to speed up time to market across the group’s brands. The group has moved into a five-storey Haussmann-style building in the heart of Paris –…
The Trump Administration’s Foreign Aid Review: Status of Global Health Security/Pandemic Preparedness
Starting on the first day of his second term, President Trump issued several executive actions that have fundamentally changed foreign assistance. These included: an executive order which called for a 90-day review of foreign aid; a subsequent “stop-work order” that froze all payments and services for work already underway; the dissolution of USAID, including the…
Fertility Awareness-Based Methods to Prevent Pregnancy
Introduction When used as contraception, fertility awareness-based methods (FABMs) rely on the ability to track ovulation to prevent pregnancy. FABM is an umbrella term for a variety of methods used to predict fertile and unfertile days during the menstrual cycle. Some contraceptive users may choose to use these methods because of a religious objection towards…
