Scammers are flooding inboxes with fake Prime renewals right before Amazon’s biggest shopping week of 2025
Amazon Prime users are being hit with fake renewal emails designed to steal login details…
Dave A. Chokshi Joins KFF Board of Trustees
San Francisco – KFF announced today that Dr. Dave Ashok Chokshi, a practicing physician and health leader, has joined KFF’s Board of Trustees. Dr. Chokshi is a physician at Bellevue Hospital as well as Sternberg Family Professor of Leadership at the City College of New York. From 2020 to 2022, he served as the 43rd…
America is throwing away the minerals that could power its future
All the critical minerals the U.S. needs annually for energy, defense and technology applications are already being mined at existing U.S. facilities, according to a new analysis published recently in the journal Science. The catch? These minerals, such as cobalt, lithium, gallium and rare earth elements like neodymium and yttrium, are currently being discarded as tailings…
Puma surges after report suggests takeover plans targeting Pinault family stake
By Reuters Published September 17, 2025 Shares in Puma jumped 10% on Wednesday, as traders responded to a media report suggesting that investors are preparing for a potential takeover of the German sportswear brand. Takeover speculation lifts Puma stock after report on Pinault stake – Reuters Germany’s Manager Magazin reported that two investors were ready…
US apparel and footwear deals surge to record $21B as brands react to tariff pressure
By Reuters Published September 18, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war is helping push U.S. clothing and footwear acquisitions to all-time highs this year, with some companies merging to help offset tariff costs while others go private to weather the next 3-1/2 years of his presidency outside the public market, dealmakers say. Tariffs push…
Soho bar serves up gonorrhoea vaccines in sexual health drive
Getty Images The roll out of the “world-first” vaccination programme against gonorrhoea began last month Gonorrhoea vaccines and a new antibiotic treatment are being offered at a Soho bar as part of an effort to reduce rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The pop-up events, which are being hosted in G-A-Y Bar, aim to make…
Guess debuts Caffè Guess pop-up during New York Fashion Week
Published September 17, 2025 Guess brought a taste of Italy to Manhattan over the weekend with the debut of Caffè Guess, an exclusive pop-up experience unveiled during New York Fashion Week. Guess debuts Caffè Guess pop-up during New York Fashion Week. – Guess Set in the heart of Chelsea Arts District at 530 W 25th…
Tod’s names Marco Felci CEO Americas
Translated by Nicola Mira Published September 17, 2025 Tod’s has picked a luxury expert with a strong track record in the American continent to spearhead this strategic market. The high-end Italian footwear label has appointed Marco Felci as CEO Americas. He assumed his new role on September 15. He succeeds Roberto Lorenzini, who resigned from…
Gap reveals new beauty, accessories management hires
Published September 17, 2025 Gap Inc. revealed on Wednesday the appointment of Deb Redmond as general manager of beauty and Michele Parsons as general manager of accessories, as the U.S. retailer pushes into new categories outside of fashion. Deb Redmond, John Demsey, Michele Parsons and Reed Krakoff are working at Gap Inc. to develop the…
Next still powering ahead in UK and Europe, will launch with Asian aggregators in 2026
Published September 18, 2025 Next’s latest financial report on Thursday’s showed just how strong the fast-growing UK-based retail business is and also how much it has benefited from M&S’s cyberattack-linked issues this year. Next The figures didn’t come as a surprise given that Next had issued an upbeat trading statement for Q2 back in late…
InSpecs names new chair as it reports weak H1 figures
Published September 18, 2025 InSpecs Group reports its first-half results on Thursday with weak figures for the first six months of the year. But it also had better news with its search for a non-exec chair now complete. InSpecs The company, which makes eyewear under its own brands as well as for Barbour, Joseph, Radley,…
