The Lycra Company names new key appointments
Published September 28, 2025 The Lycra Company has promoted Robert Johnston to the role of chief…
Google Pixel and Golden Goose partner to bring AI to global ateliers
Advances in AI have opened up the possibilities for greater personalisation in the fashion world. Exploring this intersection between technology and high fashion, we’re partnering with Golden Goose — the renowned Italian brand celebrated for its commitment to individuality — on a stylish new collaboration. Golden Goose is known for a unique in-store experience that…
ASOS latest refinancing reflects improving prospects for e-tailer
Published November 13, 2025 ASOS has announced the “successful refinancing” of its asset-backed loan facility into a secured term loan and delayed draw term loan (DDTL) with a new syndicate of private lenders. ASOS The recovering company, which is due to report its full-year results at the end of next week, said the refinancing “brings…
Formbook Delivered Through Multiple Scripts
When I’m teachning FOR610[1], I always say to my students that reverse engineering does not only apply to “executable files” (read: PE or ELF files). Most of the time, the infection path involves many stages to defeat the Security Analyst or security controls. Here is an example that I found yesterday. An email was received…
Fossil fuel emissions rise again
Mark Poynting,Climate reporter and Matt McGrath,Environment correspondent Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images The world’s burning of fossil fuels is set to release more planet-warming carbon dioxide than ever before this year, new figures show. It is another sign that efforts to fight climate change by cutting emissions are moving far too slowly to meet international…
Paul Smith festive campaign stars Walton Goggins and Covent Garden
Published November 13, 2025 Paul Smith has unveiled its Christmas campaign, called ‘Night to Day’, starring American actor Walton Goggins. He’s described as “a close friend of the company and Sir Paul personally for many years [who] perfectly embodies the character of the Paul Smith brand”. Paul Smith The “playful” campaign follows Goggins on a festive journey through London’s…
A 400-million-year-old plant creates water so weird it looks alien
A research group at The University of New Mexico has identified how an unusual prehistoric plant may provide new ways to interpret Earth’s ancient climate conditions. Led by UNM Earth and Planetary Sciences Professor Zachary Sharp, the team published its findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study, titled “Extreme…
Wylfa nuclear power plant plans go ahead, creating Anglesey jobs
Gareth Lewis,Wales political editor and Steffan Messenger,Wales environment correspondent BBC Work will begin next year, with the aim of generating power by the mid 2030s A first-of-its-kind nuclear power station is to be built on Anglesey, bringing up to 3,000 jobs and billions of pounds of investment. The plant at Wylfa, on the Welsh island’s…
Surprising new biography of Francis Crick unravels the story of DNA
Francis Crick (right) and James Watson in 1953 as they modelled DNA A. BARRINGTON BROWN, GONVILLE & CAIUS COLLEGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Crick: A mind in motion – from DNA to the brainMatthew Cobb, Profile Books, UK; Basic Books, US Francis Crick missed a crucial seminar in 1951, probably because he was seeing a lover. James…
Debut French Casa Loewe unveiled on Avenue Montaigne
Published November 12, 2025 Spain’s leading luxury brand Loewe has unveiled its first ‘Casa Loewe’ in France, opening on Paris’ toniest shopping thoroughfare, Avenue Montaigne. Outside Casa Loewe Montaigne – Loewe Casa Loewe Montaigne marks a major redesign for the 580-square-metre boutique that retails women’s and men’s ready-to-wear collections, leather goods, shoes, jewellery, and accessories…
Urban Outfitters opens new flagship store in Valencia city centre, Spain
Published November 12, 2025 US retailer Urban Outfitters is bolstering its retail footprint in Spain. On November 13, the brand will open its new flagship store in Valencia, located at 28 Plaza del Ayuntamiento, in the heart of the city. Exterior of the US retailer’s new flagship store in Valencia – Urban Outfitters The new…
