European textile and clothing imports accelerate
While remaining stable in 2024, at a slightly lower level than in 2019, European clothing…
Six autumn footwear collaborations where fashion meets craftsmanship
Published October 21, 2025 This season, fashion brands and iconic footwear labels are joining forces to launch new collaborations for autumn/ winter 2025. These creations celebrate craftsmanship, innovation, and the meeting of creative worlds. Here is a round-up of six collaborations defining the season. Carel x Alphonse Maitrepierre Souris MP “En plein cœur” collection –…
What time is it? Accuracy of pool.ntp.org.
Yesterday, Chinese security services published a story alleging a multi-year attack against the systems operating the Chinese standard time (CST), sometimes called Beijing Standard Time. China uses only one time zone across the country, and has not used daylight saving time since 1991. Most operating systems use UTC internally and display local time zones for…
Interparfums reports modest decline in last-quarter sales due to unfavourable exchange-rate fluctuations
By AFP Published October 21, 2025 The Interparfums group was affected by exchange-rate fluctuations in the third quarter and saw sales decline despite growth in Jimmy Choo fragrances and strong sales momentum in France and the Americas. The group highlights growth in its Jimmy Choo fragrance business – Interparfums Sales totalled €253.5 million for the…
Grace Wales Bonner is new Hermès menswear creative chief
Published October 21, 2025 Grace Wales Bonner has been a rising star for some time and now she’s really hit the big time with news on Tuesday that she’s the new creative director of menswear at French luxury house Hermès. Grace Wales Bonner It will be a while before we see her full impact on…
Swiss watch exports slump in September, hurt by US tariffs
By Bloomberg Published October 21, 2025 Swiss watch exports fell in September, hurt by the Trump administration’s 39% tariff on imports from Switzerland to the US, the industry’s largest market. A luxury watch by Audemars Piguet – Bloomberg Watch exports fell 3.1% from a year earlier to 2 billion Swiss francs ($2.5 billion), the Federation…
Can fashion’s changing of the guard revive an ailing industry?
Over 10 designers showed their first collections for their new houses during the Spring-Summer 2026 women’s wear shows in Milan and Paris. The message was clear: fashion is entering a new phase. Source link
Why AI should be able to “hang up” on you
Chatbots today are everything machines. If it can be put into words—relationship advice, work documents, code—AI will produce it, however imperfectly. But the one thing that almost no chatbot will ever do is stop talking to you. That might seem reasonable. Why should a tech company build a feature that reduces the time people spend…
Patient ‘threatened’ by staff, Essex mental health inquiry told
Contributed Iris Scott, 73, was a patient at the Crystal Centre in Chelmsford A woman who took her own life while on a mental health ward had been threatened and bullied by staff, her family told a public inquiry. Iris Scott, 73, was a patient at the Crystal Centre in Chelmsford, run by the Essex…
Kering buys time for Gucci‘s revival with beauty unit sale
By Bloomberg Published October 21, 2025 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But it’s not hard to see why Kering SA’s new chief executive officer, Luca de Meo, would want to sell the company’s embryonic beauty division, and why L’Oreal SA would pay €4 billion ($4.7 billion) for it. Inside a Gucci Beauty…
China scraps platinum tax break for state-owned giant
By Bloomberg Published October 21, 2025 China will phase out a long-standing platinum tax rebate for a state-owned giant, potentially opening up the market to new entrants. Platinum jewellery has increased in popularity in recent years – GJEPC – India- Facebook The government will from Nov. 1 start collecting value-added tax on sales of domestically…
