Setchu stages first runway show in Milan menswear
Six months ago, when Satoshi Kuwata made his global runway show debut with Setchu in…
Build trustworthy AI agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Observability
AI agents are transforming enterprise applications across industries, from customer service to complex decision workflows. As organizations scale these deployments, they face a fundamental question: how can you improve trust in an AI application? The challenge is transparency. AI agents can make decisions on behalf of users, invoke tools dynamically, and follow reasoning paths that…
Compagnie Chargeurs Invest maintained its first-half sales
Published September 11, 2025 French textile group Compagnie Chargeurs Invest posted first-half sales of 372.2 million euros. This represents a contraction of 0.6%, and 1.7% on an organic basis, after a first quarter marked by growth. Cambidge Satchel, a brand belonging to Compagnie Chargeurs Invest. – Cambidge Satchel While the group reported strong growth for…
How London Stock Exchange Group is detecting market abuse with their AI-powered Surveillance Guide on Amazon Bedrock
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is a global provider of financial markets data and infrastructure. It operates the London Stock Exchange and manages international equity, fixed income, and derivative markets. The group also develops capital markets software, offers real-time and reference data products, and provides extensive post-trade services. This post was co-authored with Charles Kellaway…
Roots Q2 sales climb 6.3%
Published September 10, 2025 Canada’s Roots announced on Wednesday sales were up 6.3% to $50.8 million for the quarter ended August 2, 2025, on the back of higher direct-to-consumer sales during the three months. Roots Q2 sales climb 6.3%. – Roots The lifestyle brand said DTC sales, made up of retail store and e-commerce sales,…
Luxury consumer sentiment rebounds: Saks Luxury Pulse survey
Published September 10, 2025 Luxury shoppers are regaining confidence in both the economy and their personal finances, according to the latest Saks Luxury Pulse survey. Luxury consumer sentiment rebounds: Saks Luxury Pulse survey. – Saks Fifth Avenue The quarterly survey found that consumer optimism has improved sharply since April, though sentiment has yet to return…
Oldcastle accelerates document processing with Amazon Bedrock
This post was written with Avdhesh Paliwal of Oldcastle APG. Oldcastle APG, one of the largest global networks of manufacturers in the architectural products industry, was grappling with an inefficient and labor-intensive process for handling proof of delivery (POD) documents, known as ship tickets. The company was processing 100,000–300,000 ship tickets per month across more…
Revlon renews fragrance license with Christina Aguilera
Published September 10, 2025 Revlon Consumer Products LLC has renewed its fragrance license agreement with global music superstar and seven-time Grammy Award winner Christina Aguilera, extending a partnership that has spanned more than a decade. Revlon renews fragrance license with Christina Aguilera. – Christina Aguilera The long-term agreement comes more than 20 years after the…
When Dependencies Turn Dangerous: Responding to the NPM Supply Chain Attack
On September 8, 2025, attackers compromised a set of 18 widely used npm packages—including chalk, debug, ansi-styles, and strip-ansi—collectively downloaded over 2.6 billion times per week. Through a targeted phishing campaign against a maintainer, the attackers published malicious versions containing obfuscated JavaScript designed to intercept cryptocurrency transactions. Any organization pulling these versions into builds risked…
ESW links with Shopify to help enterprise brands optimise their e-commerce presence
Published September 10, 2025 E-commerce giant Shopify has formed a strategic alliance with Dublin-based e-tail tech solutions giant ESW to “empower enterprise brands and retailers to scale, localise, and optimise their e-commerce presence in more than 200 markets worldwide”. Reuters This means those enterprise brands using Shopify can now leverage ESW’s international expertise in managing…
Tomorrowland founders tap Olivier Theyskens to launch fashion label Boloria
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published September 10, 2025 Olivier Theyskens is back in the spotlight with a new fashion house. Boloria, as it is called, has just been created in Antwerp by Belgian entrepreneurs Manu and Michiel Beers, founders of the famous electronic music festival Tomorrowland and owners of the events and lifestyle company…
