By Reuters Published November 12, 2025 China’s Singles’ Day sales festival is coming to a close after more than a month of promotions on the country’s largest e-commerce platforms, which failed to spark widespread consumer excitement during the world’s largest shopping event. Live shopping on Alibaba’s Taobao – Taobao Live Consumer malaise in China, stemming…
By Reuters Published November 12, 2025 On Holding on Wednesday raised its annual revenue target for the third time this year after beating quarterly sales expectations, thanks to strong demand for its running shoes and sneakers despite price hikes. Logo of Swiss shoemaker On is displayed in a shop in Zurich, Switzerland, August 28, 2025…
Tammy McDaid Tammy McDaid says she is hoping Tate can be accepted on to clinical trials which are only available outside the UK The mother of a four-year-old boy has said her “heart is broken” after he was diagnosed with a form of childhood dementia. Tammy McDaid, from Swansea, said her son Tate has Sanfilippo…
By Reuters Published November 12, 2025 The original bag custom-made for late actress Jane Birkin which became a design icon was revealed to media in Tokyo on Wednesday by the Japanese company that purchased it for a record 8.6 million euros ($10 million) at Sotheby’s in Paris earlier this year. Original Birkin bag unveiled in…
Hearing all this, I started to wonder: Was the AI employee age upon us already? And even, could I be the proprietor of Altman’s one-man unicorn? As it happens, I had some experience with agents, having created a bunch of AI agent voice clones of myself for the first season of my podcast, Shell Game….
Published November 12, 2025 Occasionwear and bridal brand Six Stories has linked up with THG Ingenuity’s THG Fulfil operation to open a US distribution centre as it targets faster international growth. Six Stories The e-tailer and retailer is operating the New Jersey site in partnership with THG Fulfil and said it will facilitate faster delivery…
By Reuters Published November 12, 2025 LVMH‘s watch division has taken a minority stake in Swiss watch movement manufacturer La Joux-Perret, the French luxury group said on Wednesday. LVMH has bolstered its watch business with its new stake acquisition – DR The partnership includes a commercial agreement aimed at enhancing production and innovation for LVMH’s…
Nick TriggleHealth correspondent PA Media Thousands of NHS staff redundancies in England will now go ahead after a deal was reached with the Treasury to allow the health service to overspend this year to cover the cost of pay-offs. The government said earlier this year 18,000 admin and managerial jobs would go with NHS England,…
Published November 12, 2025 According to Cushman & Wakefield’s (C&W) European Retail Radar, which is based on an analysis of retail real estate leasing transactions across Europe, fashion remained the dominant retail sector in the first half of 2025, accounting for 37% of all space let. By number of transactions, the mixed-goods sector ranked second,…
Published November 12, 2025 Expanding British fashion retailer AllSaints has a new CFO with the appointment of Sean Trend to the key finance role. The company has also filed its accounts for its US subsidiary. AllSaints’ new CFO Sean Trend First the CFO appointment. Trend will join the group in February 2026, and will replace…
