Buyer’s view: Galeries Lafayette’s Alix Morabito analyses this season’s successful debuts and its ‘varied creative propositions’
Published October 15, 2025 Heralded as the “Fashion Week of the Century”, this season of…
Shift trade fair is coming to Germany
Published October 28, 2025 Breaking B2B news this week: the team behind Modefabriek is bringing its order platform ‘Shift’ to Germany. Launched in Amsterdam at the start of 2025, the menswear platform is also set to expand into womenswear. The organisers have selected Fredenhagen Offenbach, a former industrial site converted into an events venue, as the host…
A phishing with invisible characters in the subject line
While reviewing malicious messages that were delivered to our handler inbox over the past few days, I noticed that the “subject” of one phishing e-mail looked quite strange when displayed in the Outlook message list… As you can see, once the message was open, the subject was displayed as a normal, readable text. This suggested…
An AI adoption riddle | MIT Technology Review
But it could also be that the unbelievable speed of AI progress and adoption has made me think industries are more sensitive to news than they perhaps should be. I spoke with Martha Gimbel, who leads the Yale Budget Lab and coauthored a report finding that AI has not yet changed anyone’s jobs. What I…
My Body Back project celebrates 10 years of helping rape survivors
BBC Cervical screening was an intimidating prospect for Natalie following the attack Warning: This article contains details that some readers may find distressing For survivors of sexual violence, even routine medical procedures can feel anything but routine. Smear tests – designed to protect – can instead retraumatise. To change that, a clinic in east London,…
Luxury brands turn on the charm in China to kindle nascent spending recovery
By Reuters Published October 27, 2025 As Chinese shoppers dip toes back in the luxury pool, brands are targeting economically resilient high-earners with distinctive, personalised experiences as their focus shifts more to market share than growth. People take photos of the new Louis Vuitton store in Shanghai, China, June 27, 2025 – REUTERS/ Go Nakamura…
Climate plans don’t limit dangerous warming, UN says ahead of COP
Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent Getty Images The goal to keep the rise in temperatures under 1.5C are failing badly according to a UN review of nations’ carbon-cutting plans ahead of next week’s COP30 summit. Only 64 countries have submitted new pledges to limit planet-warming gases this year, despite all being required to do so by now…
France’s Toulouse Fashion Week offers a distinctive take on fashion
Published October 27, 2025 It’s not uncommon to see fashion weeks crop up in cities beyond Milan or Paris. Yet few are as established or as distinctive as Toulouse Fashion Week (TFW). Organised by the Institut des arts et de la mode association, since 2019, it has brought together several hundred visitors and around a…
Annual 2026 gold price forecast tops $4,000/oz for first time: Reuters poll
By Reuters Published October 27, 2025 Gold’s winning streak is seen extending into next year, with analysts forecasting an annual average price above $4,000 per ounce for the first time as economic and geopolitical turmoil keep the metal’s safe-haven allure intact, a Reuters poll showed. Gold bars are displayed at a gold jewellery shop in…
Vietnam traders say gold reforms to help dong, curb price gap
By Bloomberg Published October 27, 2025 Vietnam’s plans to loosen the state’s grip and reform the gold market will help reduce currency volatility and narrow an outsized gap between domestic and global prices, according to the nation’s gold association. Gold often appears as a particularly attractive investment in times of uncertainty “The policy move will…
Endometriosis registry could stop ‘guesswork’, patients say
Getty Images Campaigners say a national registry could lead to faster diagnosis, treatment and outcomes for patients Nearly 3,500 people have signed a petition calling for a national endometriosis registry in the hope of improving care, waiting times and awareness. The condition affects one in ten women, but Endometriosis UK say poor recording within the…
