Yesterday, Chinese security services published a story alleging a multi-year attack against the systems operating the Chinese standard time (CST), sometimes called Beijing Standard Time. China uses only one time zone across the country, and has not used daylight saving time since 1991. Most operating systems use UTC internally and display local time zones for…
By AFP Published October 21, 2025 The Interparfums group was affected by exchange-rate fluctuations in the third quarter and saw sales decline despite growth in Jimmy Choo fragrances and strong sales momentum in France and the Americas. The group highlights growth in its Jimmy Choo fragrance business – Interparfums Sales totalled €253.5 million for the…
Published October 21, 2025 Grace Wales Bonner has been a rising star for some time and now she’s really hit the big time with news on Tuesday that she’s the new creative director of menswear at French luxury house Hermès. Grace Wales Bonner It will be a while before we see her full impact on…
By Bloomberg Published October 21, 2025 Swiss watch exports fell in September, hurt by the Trump administration’s 39% tariff on imports from Switzerland to the US, the industry’s largest market. A luxury watch by Audemars Piguet – Bloomberg Watch exports fell 3.1% from a year earlier to 2 billion Swiss francs ($2.5 billion), the Federation…
Over 10 designers showed their first collections for their new houses during the Spring-Summer 2026 women’s wear shows in Milan and Paris. The message was clear: fashion is entering a new phase. Source link
Chatbots today are everything machines. If it can be put into words—relationship advice, work documents, code—AI will produce it, however imperfectly. But the one thing that almost no chatbot will ever do is stop talking to you. That might seem reasonable. Why should a tech company build a feature that reduces the time people spend…
Contributed Iris Scott, 73, was a patient at the Crystal Centre in Chelmsford A woman who took her own life while on a mental health ward had been threatened and bullied by staff, her family told a public inquiry. Iris Scott, 73, was a patient at the Crystal Centre in Chelmsford, run by the Essex…
By Bloomberg Published October 21, 2025 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But it’s not hard to see why Kering SA’s new chief executive officer, Luca de Meo, would want to sell the company’s embryonic beauty division, and why L’Oreal SA would pay €4 billion ($4.7 billion) for it. Inside a Gucci Beauty…
By Bloomberg Published October 21, 2025 China will phase out a long-standing platinum tax rebate for a state-owned giant, potentially opening up the market to new entrants. Platinum jewellery has increased in popularity in recent years – GJEPC – India- Facebook The government will from Nov. 1 start collecting value-added tax on sales of domestically…
By AFP Published October 21, 2025 French police stepped up the hunt Tuesday for thieves who stole priceless royal jewels from the Louvre museum in a spectacular daylight robbery. The glass façade of the Louvre at night As the museum remained closed for a second day Monday, officials said 60 investigators were working on the…
