Block the payout, brace for impact: navigating the potential ransomware payment ban
The UK Government put forward a consultation to ban public sector organizations from paying ransomware…
US shutdown hobbles Haiti’s textile industry amid stabilization push
By Bloomberg Published October 1, 2025 Just hours after the Trump administration pushed an international “gang suppression force” through the United Nations to stabilize Haiti, US lawmakers gutted the country’s last stable industry. Bloomberg A two-decade-old law that allows Haitian textiles to enter the US tax free expired Tuesday as the government in Washington shut…
Kith opens new Chicago flagship
Published October 1, 2025 Kith announced on Wednesday the opening of a new flagship store in Chicago, as the U.S. luxury streetwear brand continues to expand its domestic retail footprint. Inside in the new Kith Chicago store – Courtesy Located off the Magnificent Mile, the new Kith Chicago spans two floors and retails the New York…
Paris: Catwalks dazzle with Marie Adam-Leenaerdt, Casablanca, Acne Studios, and Balmain
Published October 2, 2025 On the third day of the women’s ready-to-wear fashion shows in Paris, trends are beginning to crystallise. The collections for spring-summer 2026 are both joyful and energetic, with a strong emphasis on neutral, practical daywear, while eveningwear oscillates between refinement and full-throttle glamour — as Marie Adam-Leenaerdt, Casablanca, Acne Studios and…
Paris Fashion Week Wednesday: Tom Ford and Gabriela Hearst
Published October 2, 2025 All about Latin America on Wednesday evening at Paris Fashion Week, with an authoritative show by the house of Tom Ford and a collection of great charm and commercial sass by Gabriela Hearst. Tom Ford: Haute hauteur chic from Haider The appointment of Haider Ackermann at Tom Ford is beginning to…
Evolution may explain why women live longer than men
Women live longer than men on average in every country Peter Cavanagh/Alamy We now have a better idea of why women live longer than men, on average, thanks to the most comprehensive analysis yet of the differences in lifespan between male and female mammals and birds. The average global life expectancy is about 74 years…
Shein to open its first permanent bricks-and-mortar retail space at BHV Marais
Published October 1, 2025 A few days after staging a pop-up in the heart of Paris’s Marais district and, above all, unveiling a deal with the French brand Pimkie that sparked controversy across the clothing sector, Shein has announced a major push into the French market. The Asian platform has chosen France to open its…
Dame Jane Goodall revolutionised our understanding of our closest primate cousins
Victoria GillScience correspondent Watch: Jane Goodall tells BBC how she became interested in animals She was a serene force of nature. And she never waivered in her mission to help the animals to which she dedicated her life. When I interviewed Dame Jane Goodall last year, she exuded calm, even as she pressed home to…
The Galeries Lafayette Group opposes Shein’s entry into Galeries Lafayette stores operated by SGM
Published October 1, 2025 The reaction was swift. On October 1, in the late afternoon, Shein and Société des Grands Magasins announced an agreement to establish permanent bricks-and-mortar retail spaces on the sixth floor of BHV Marais in November, followed by five Galeries Lafayette stores in Angers, Dijon, Grenoble, Limoges and Reims. A striking announcement:…
IKEA buys $213 million Manhattan building for new store in US push
By Reuters Published October 1, 2025 Ingka Group, the biggest global IKEA retailer, has acquired a Manhattan property where it plans to open a new store as part of the furniture group’s expansion in the United States, it said on Wednesday. Reuters The 53,000 square feet property in New York City’s SoHo district will house…
Jane Goodall tells BBC how she became interested in animals
In 1980, Dame Goodall spoke to the BBC’s Terry Wogan about how she became interested in animals and shared some of her observations on chimpanzees’ likeness to humans. The primatologist and animal rights campaigner, who revolutionised the study of wild chimpanzees, has died aged 91. Source link
