Clothing retailer Dynamite raises prices 9% amid trade tensions
By Bloomberg Published June 17, 2025 Women’s fast-fashion retailer Groupe Dynamite Inc. raised prices by…
LVMH announces winners of 2025 Masters of Excellence Awards
Translated by Nicola Mira Published September 23, 2025 Domitilla Biondi, Marta Benet Morera, Lucia Massei and Elham M. Aghili are the four winners of the third edition of the LVMH Maestri d’Eccellenza (Masters of Excellence) awards. The award ceremony was held on the 39th floor of the skyscraper home to the regional administration of Lombardy in…
Depict AI Chat GPT search set to launch this week
Published September 23, 2025 From Thursday (25 September) Depict AI is “ushering in a new era: search that feels less like a catalogue and more like a conversation”. The search engine begins its mission “to help shoppers discover the products they love, with GPT-quality search and merchandising that enables commerce to be more creative”. Early…
Disappearing Federal Data: Implications for Addressing Health Disparities
Introduction Data are a cornerstone for efforts to improve health and health care, including addressing disparities. Federal data can act as “essential infrastructure,” with policymakers and institutions relying on demographic, geographic, and health outcomes data, among others, to make important decisions around resource allocation. Data are important for identifying health status and needs, including disparities;…
Fittora launch aims to cut down on returns and waste
Published September 23, 2025 With a third of all garments purportedly returned due to poor fit, fashion/tech start-up Fittora is “tackling the problem head-on” with the launch of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, made-to-order clothing platform. Offering consumers “perfectly tailored, sustainable pieces, without a single fitting room visit”, the Fittora system uses proprietary computer vision technology…
Integrate tokenization with Amazon Bedrock Guardrails for secure data handling
This post is co-written by Mark Warner, Principal Solutions Architect for Thales, Cyber Security Products. As generative AI applications make their way into production environments, they integrate with a wider range of business systems that process sensitive customer data. This integration introduces new challenges around protecting personally identifiable information (PII) while maintaining the ability to…
Marques’Almeida stages catwalk show at London’s second-tallest skyscraper
Published September 23, 2025 At the initiative of Portugal Fashion, the Portuguese-British label Marques’Almeida (M’A) returned to the runway in London, where it is based, even as the Portuguese founders, Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida—both alumni of the famed Central Saint Martins—now spend extended periods in their homeland to teach and seek inspiration for their…
Antazero taps Kris Van Assche for debut collaboration
Published September 23, 2025 Antazero, the sustainable sub-brand of Chinese sportswear giant Anta, has announced its first designer collaboration, joining forces with Belgian creative Kris Van Assche. Antazero taps Kris Van Assche for debut collaboration. – Antazero For the inaugural collaboration, Van Assche—known for his stints at Dior Homme, Berluti, and his eponymous label—applies his…
New Scientist recommends David Attenborough’s Parenthood
BBC/Silverback Films/Aaron Sandhu David Attenborough has given us another wonderful nature doc this year, Parenthood on BBC iPlayer. You might expect this five-parter to be soft and fuzzy, given the subject matter. While that can be true – the competition for cutest baby animal is fierce – there is plenty of horror, too. For example,…
Dinosaur found with a crocodile in its jaws named as new species
Artist’s reconstruction of dinosaur Joaquinraptor casali Andrew McAfee, Carnegie Museum of Natural History A dinosaur that may have been one of the fiercest of the Cretaceous period has been excavated in South America – with an extinct crocodile’s leg in its jaws. The remains of the dinosaur, named Joaquinraptor casali – a species of megaraptor…
Boss unveils AW25 David Beckham collection
Published September 23, 2025 The Beckham x Boss collection collab is back, with the global style icon and the German fashion brand returning for an AW25 collection. This time the pair are celebrating “timeless silhouettes, heritage styling and impeccable design” with the Beckham co-designed second chapter. With it comes “redefined seasonal style with a blend…
