Published November 14, 2025 The Kiabi Group has announced the launch of a new brand, Wekrew, specifically aimed at the B2B market. The move aims to provide associations, businesses, and local authorities with personalised clothing and accessories. Wekrew Wekrew offers T-shirts, sweatshirts, polo shirts, beanie hats, and caps. Prices start at €3 per T-shirt for orders…
Social commerce—or shopping through platforms like TikTok and Instagram—hasn’t been a smash hit in the US, in part due to ongoing distrust of tech giants among consumers and big retailers. To help ensure AI initiatives don’t encounter similar resistance, major payment processors such as Visa and software startups like New Generation, which helps stores develop…
Published November 14, 2025 From the stage of the 30th Pambianco Fashion Summit, Massimo Carraro, chairman of Morellato Group, outlined the strengths and future goals of the €723 million group (financial year ended last February) he leads, whose origins date back to 1930, when it began as a small jewellery and watch workshop. Massimo Carraro…
About one in eight adults (12%) say that they are currently taking a GLP-1 drug such as Ozempic or Wegovy either to lose weight or treat a chronic condition, an increase from 18 months ago, though the high costs of the medications remain a concern, a new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds. Overall nearly one…
Published November 14, 2025 The right and the far right joined forces in the European Parliament on Thursday to unpick a law on major corporations’ social and environmental “due diligence” — a bombshell in Brussels. Shutterstock By 382 votes to 249, MEPs approved scaling back the text’s ambitions, limiting the number of companies covered, and…
Key Takeaways With the Trump administration recently announcing several high-profile prescription drug pricing deals, the latest polling from KFF suggests that few think it is likely the Trump administration’s actions will lower their prescription drug costs, but his base remains more positive. Large majorities of Republicans (73%) and MAGA-supporting Republicans (83%) say they think it…
Published November 14, 2025 On November 12, the French subsidiary of international luxury events firm Profirst joined the WMH Project group, thereby strengthening the luxury segment of the group’s offering. Following this acquisition, WMH Project has initiated the merger of Profirst France with Petit Ami to form The Officin, an agency aiming to become one…
Rebecca Middleton When Rebecca Middleton became pregnant, she had no idea that she would end up in a wheelchair for the final three months before she gave birth. Rebecca had had a difficult first trimester dealing with nausea and sickness, and began to develop pelvic pain four months into her pregnancy. “I could hardly walk,…
Published November 14, 2025 Luxury giant Richemont hasn’t been performing badly in recent periods with its last set of annual results this spring being generally good and its Q1 numbers in July showing it making progress. See fashion showChloe – Fall-Winter2025 – 2026 – Womenswear – France – Paris – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight But there have been…
Getty Images Resident doctors in Scotland are balloting for strike action after claiming government ministers went back on an agreement over pay. BMA Scotland said the proposed uplift 4.25% for 2025/26 would have been the lowest in the UK and was less than was recommended by the independent pay review body. But Health Secretary Neil…
