Claire’s UK ops on the brink, store closures expected
The UK arm of jewellery and accessories chain Claire’s has called in advisors from Interpath…
Tory Burch names new North America president
Published November 5, 2025 Tory Burch announced on Wednesday the appointment of Joëlle Grunberg to the role of president of North America, effective November 10. See fashion showTory Burch – Spring-Summer2026 – Womenswear – Etats-Unis – New York – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight Grunberg succeeds Christophe de Pous, who is leaving the American fashion company to “pursue other…
The AI Data Center Boom Is Warping the US Economy
The amount of capital pouring into AI data center projects is staggering. Last week, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, and Amazon reported their 2025 capital expenditures would total roughly $370 billion, and they expect that number to keep rising in 2026. The biggest spender last quarter was Microsoft, which put nearly $35 billion into data centers and…
Lumpy ‘caterpillar wormholes’ may connect entangled black holes
Sometimes wormholes are lumpy Shutterstock / Champhei What happens when two black holes become connected through an inextricable quantum link? Calculations suggest that this can give rise to a bumpy space-time tunnel called the “Einstein-Rosen caterpillar.” Albert Einstein’s name connects two very different physical oddities: the first is called an Einstein-Rosen bridge – a wormhole,…
Bath & Body Works names new management hires
Published November 5, 2025 Bath & Body Works announced on Wednesday the appointment of Maly Bernstein to the role of chief commercial officer, and Samantha Charleston to the role of chief human resources officer, both effective November 12. Maly Bernstein – Courtesy Both Bernstein and Charleston will join the executive leadership team and report to chief…
Safilo continues to grow in Q3
Translated by Nicola Mira Published November 5, 2025 Safilo continued along its growth path in Q3 despite an adverse exchange rate effect. The Italian eyewear group recorded a revenue of €220.8 million in the period, up 2.1% at constant exchange rates. However, the dollar’s weakness against the euro dragged down revenue at current exchange rates…
Hermès invests in Lanificio Colombo
Published November 5, 2025 The Italian supply chain continues to attract the luxury heavyweights. Following Chanel, fellow French luxury house Hermès has now set its sights on a centre of Italian excellence, confirming to FashionNetwork.com that it has acquired a minority stake in Lanificio Colombo. See fashion showHermès – Spring-Summer 2026 – Womenswear – France…
Google announces support for JSON Schema and implicit property ordering in Gemini API.
Today, we’re announcing enhancements to Structured Outputs in the Gemini API, with expanded support for JSON Schema and better adherence to property ordering in the output. Structured Outputs enable AI models to generate responses that guarantee adherence to a specific schema, which is important for tasks like data extraction and database population. They are also…
How Amazon Search increased ML training twofold using AWS Batch for Amazon SageMaker Training jobs
In this post, we show you how Amazon Search optimized GPU instance utilization by leveraging AWS Batch for SageMaker Training jobs. This managed solution enabled us to orchestrate machine learning (ML) training workloads on GPU-accelerated instance families like P5, P4, and others. We will also provide a step-by-step walkthrough of the use case implementation. Machine…
Rolex, Partners Group take Swiss tariff plea direct to Trump
By Bloomberg Published November 5, 2025 Some of Switzerland’s most high-profile executives and business people have made a direct intervention to President Donald Trump in a bid to lower the tariff the US imposed on the country, according to people familiar with the matter. Rolex is one of the world’s most well-known luxury watch brands…
Burberry adds ‘joy and friendship’ to festive campaign, Jennifer Saunders stars
Published November 5, 2025 Close ties to family and friends looks to be the overriding festive theme this year with Burberry embracing the emotion with its 2025 holiday campaign ‘’Twas The Knight Before…’ starring comedian/actress Jennifer Saunders and a host of other celebs. Image: Burberry “It’s a party invitation for family and friends, with some…
