After spending her early 20s as a nanny in the UK, Laura Bates noticed that the young girls she was caring for were preoccupied by their bodies, spurred on by the marketing they were receiving. In 2012, Bates, a London-based feminist author and activist started The Everyday Sexism Project, a website dedicated to documenting and…
By Reuters Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published September 9, 2025 Interparfums reported a 23.2% increase in first-half operating profit on Tuesday, citing limited marketing and advertising spending and consistent control of fixed costs. However, the company lowered its full-year sales outlook, pointing to ongoing geopolitical instability and cautious consumer behavior across multiple markets. Interparfums…
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published September 9, 2025 Tod’s Group is parting ways with its CEO of the Americas region, Roberto Lorenzini. The manager, who took office 14 years ago, is leaving his role in mutual agreement with the company and the Della Valle family. Tod’s – Fall-Winter 2023 – Womenswear – Milan –…
As organizations scale their AI infrastructure to support trillion-parameter models, they face a difficult trade-off: reduced training time with lower cost or faster training time with a higher cost. When they checkpoint frequently to speed up recovery time and minimize lost training time, they incur in substantially higher storage cost. And when they checkpoint infrequently,…
Published September 9, 2025 With the beauty industry booming, now looks the right time for Beauty Tech Group to head for an IPO on the London Stock Exchange with a reported value of £350 million. The Cheshire-based group, launched by Laurence Newman and Andrew Showman over 15 years ago, is best known for its LED…
Then there’s Eric Chong, a 37-year-old who has a background in dentistry and previously cofounded a startup that simplifies medical billing for dentists. He was placed on the “machine” team. “I’m gonna be honest and say I’m extremely relieved to be on the machine team,” Chong says. At the hackathon, Chong was building software that…
An NHS Trust with a low ranking could still provide good care, the doctor and BBC medical expert says. Source link
Published September 9, 2025 In the 1970s, adidas and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar inked their partnership with one of basketball’s first signature sneakers “and in the process changed the sporting landscape forever”. Fast forward to today and it’s time for a refresh with the German sportswear giant collaborating with UK-based designer Grace Wales Bonner for an extra-special capsule…
Published September 9, 2025 Digital global fashion retailer ASOS has signed an agreement with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) union “to protect transport workers’ rights and enhance the safety, resilience and sustainability of its supply chains”. ASOS The “legally-binding” agreement “builds on ASOS’ long-standing leadership in embedding human rights across its business and supply…
Faarea Masud & Connie BowkerBBC News Mitchum Mitchum has apologised after customers were left with “burning armpits” A well-known deodorant brand has apologised and recalled some of its roll-on products after customers were reportedly left with itchy, burning armpits. Consumers of Mitchum’s 48-hour roll-on anti-perspirant and deodorant complained on social media of being left with…
