AI can provide ’emotional clarity and confidence’ Xbox executive producer tells staff after Microsoft lays off 9,000 employees
An Xbox executive suggested that laid-off employees use AI for emotional support and career guidance…
Pangaia names former Inditex exec Gómez as CEO with brand ‘primed for strategic development worldwide’
Published November 19, 2025 Pangaia has named former Inditex director Daniel Gómez as its new chief executive officer to lead the global outdoor/fashion brand’s “strategic development worldwide”. Daniel Gómez It said his appointment “marks the start of a new chapter” under Aurora Vision Group (AVG), part of Abu Dhabi-based investment holding company Royal Group, that…
On runs in Europe, sprints in Asia
Published November 19, 2025 On has found a new playing field in Asia. In the third quarter of 2025, when its sales rose by nearly 25% year on year (35% at constant exchange rates) to net revenue of 794 million Swiss francs (860 million euros), sales in the Asia-Pacific region surged. They reached 145 million…
LVMH’s ‘The Louis’ shows China’s luxury market has a pulse
By Bloomberg Published November 18, 2025 After setting sail with The Louis, a ship-shaped pop-up store and exhibition in Shanghai that proved to be an unexpected tourist attraction, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE is planning to accelerate its expansion in China. Louis Vuitton It’s the latest sign the country’s almost three-year luxury slump may be over. But investors betting on…
Some 66,000 jobs, 1.3% of Portugal’s GDP depend on exports to United States: PlanAPP study
Published November 18, 2025 A recent study by PlanAPP — the Centre for Planning and Evaluation of Public Policies, published on Monday assessed the impact of the new U.S. trade tariffs on the Portuguese economy. It highlighted the textile sector as the most dependent, both directly and indirectly, on exports to the United States, at…
Bringing tic-tac-toe to life with AWS AI services
Large language models (LLMs) now support a wide range of use cases, from content summarization to the ability to reason about complex tasks. One exciting new topic is taking generative AI to the physical world by applying it to robotics and physical hardware. Inspired by this, we developed a game for the AWS re:Invent 2024…
Employer Health Benefit Survey | KFF
KFF has conducted this annual survey of private and non-federal public employers with three or more workers since 1999. The survey tracks trends in employer health insurance coverage, the cost of that coverage, and other topical health insurance issues. Findings are based on a nationally representative survey of public and private employers with ten or…
Nona Source to open its Grande Braderie to the general public in France
Published November 18, 2025 Having expanded its offer to include leather last year, deadstock materials specialist Nona Source will hold its annual “Grande Braderie” from December 2 to 6, which, for the first time, will be open to the general public in France. Nona Source With 5,000 references across fabrics and knits, and 500 across…
Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc launches his brand, CL16
Published November 18, 2025 Monegasque Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc launches his own brand, CL16, with a limited-edition collection of twelve pieces directly inspired by the 1990s. Charles Leclerc, Alexandra Saint Mleux and Léo – CL16 Charles Leclerc has been a Scuderia Ferrari driver since 2019 and was propelled into the spotlight by the Netflix series…
Amer Sports logs double-digit sales growth on Salomon, Arc’teryx
Published November 18, 2025 Amer Sports announced on Tuesday sales increased 30% to $1.76 billion for the third quarter, on the back of double-digit growth across all segments led by the Salomon and Arc’teryx brands. Salomon By segment, technical apparel sales, including Arc’teryx, rose 31% to $683 million, while outdoor performance sales, including footwear brand Salomon,…
Microsoft’s Agent 365 Tries to Be the AI Bot Boss
A new tool from Microsoft called Agent 365 is designed to help businesses control their growing collection of robotic helpers. Agent 365 is not a platform for making enterprise AI tools; it’s a way to manage them, as if they were human employees. Companies using generative AI agents in their digital workplace can use Agent…
