Luxury spending sentiment drops to lowest level since 2023: Saks Luxury Pulse survey
Luxury consumers are growing increasingly cautious with their spending, according to the latest Saks Luxury…
Tracking Key HHS Public Health Policy Actions Under the Trump Administration
January 20 Presidential Executive Orders precipitate removal of some HHS websites and health data. – In the first days of his second term President Trump issued a number of Executive Orders (EOs), including EOs that revoked many Biden administration orders and programs, and instituted new federal guidance related to “gender ideology,” “diversity, equity, and inclusion…
Moose Knuckles announces new creative leadership with Ludovico Bruno and Raif Adelberg
Published November 12, 2025 Moose Knuckles announces a new creative structure with the dual appointment of Ludovico Bruno and Raif Adelberg as global creative director and design director, respectively, at the Montreal-based brand. Ludovico Bruno and Ellen Kinney – @alexowandael Italian creative Ludovico Bruno, formerly at Moncler and founder of Mordecai, will oversee the brand’s…
US returns radiation-contaminated footwear to Indonesia
By Bloomberg Published November 12, 2025 The US has flagged Indonesian exports of footwear for cesium-137 contamination, adding another product showing signs of radiation to a list that already includes shrimp and cloves. A contaminated footwear shipment has been sent back to Indonesia from the US – Reuters Authorities in Jakarta said Wednesday that two…
Anthropic’s Claude Takes Control of a Robot Dog
As more robots start showing up in warehouses, offices, and even people’s homes, the idea of large language models hacking into complex systems sounds like the stuff of sci-fi nightmares. So, naturally, Anthropic researchers were eager to see what would happen if Claude tried taking control of a robot—in this case, a robot dog. In…
Malone Souliers names Blahnik, Vuitton and Lauren veteran as its new CEO
Published November 12, 2025 British luxury shoes and bags label Malone Souliers has a new CEO with Andrew Wright, who joins with a powerful track record, taking the helm. Malone Souliers Wright has spent eight years at another luxury British brand also specialising in footwear and bags — the globally known Manolo Blahnik. While there…
BasicNet acquires Woolrich Europe operations for €40 million
Published November 12, 2025 Turin-based BasicNet group, owner of the Kappa, Robe di Kappa, K-Way, Superga, Sebago and Briko brands, announced on Wednesday it has reached an agreement to acquire Woolrich, the historic American brand founded in 1830. The Italian firm is acquiring Woolrich from L-Gam, an investment fund established in 2013 with the support…
London’s Go-To gifting store to pop up in NYC
Published November 12, 2025 London-based luxury gifting platform The Go-To is about to make a briefest of US debuts with an immersive pop-up in the heart of New York’s SoHo this weekend. The retailer takes on its first-ever physical space on Greene Street across three days (14-16 November), introducing its range of “design-led, meaningful gifting” across…
The Fashion Pact: luxury houses announce new initiative to decarbonise fashion’s supply chain
Translated by Nicola Mira Published November 12, 2025 The European Accelerator is a new initiative by The Fashion Pact, the non-profit organisation founded in 2019 to promote sustainability in fashion. The European Accelerator brings together major luxury names such as Chanel, Ermenegildo Zegna, Kering, Moncler and Prada, with the aim of advocating collective action, starting…
Is a deadly asteroid about to hit Earth? Meet the man who can tell you
Ryan Wills; Barry Hetherington; ESA; NASA; AdobeStock Richard Binzel has been watching the skies for hazardous asteroids for more than 50 years. In 1995, he proposed the Near-Earth Object Hazard Index, later renamed the Torino scale, which rates asteroids from 0 to 10 based on how certain we are that they could hit Earth –…
The AI Boom Is Fueling a Need for Speed in Chip Networking
The new era of Silicon Valley runs on networking—and not the kind you find on LinkedIn. As the tech industry funnels billions into AI data centers, chip makers both big and small are ramping up innovation around the technology that connects chips to other chips, and server racks to other server racks. Networking technology has…
