Billionaire H&M founding family speeds up share purchases
By Reuters Published July 1, 2025 The billionaire Persson family is stepping up its stake…
Medicaid Waiver Tracker: Approved and Pending Section 1115 Waivers by State
Section 1115 waivers generally reflect priorities identified by states as well as changing priorities from one presidential administration to another. Key Biden administration 1115 initiatives included waivers addressing enrollee health-related social needs (HRSN), pre-release coverage for individuals who are incarcerated, and multi-year continuous eligibility for children. In March 2025, the Trump administration rescinded HRSN guidance issued by the Biden…
JW Anderson reopens redesigned London store, launches Wedgwood collaboration
Published September 22, 2025 JW Anderson has reopened its Soho store in London, marking a key step in the label’s ongoing rebranding journey. JW Anderson reopens redesigned London store. – JW Anderson Redesigned in partnership with Sanchez Benton Architects, the space takes cues from the Shaker Movement, the 18th-century American religious society known for its…
2030 Olympic Games: Call for proposals launched for innovative textile solutions
Published September 22, 2025 As Chamonix, Grenoble and Albertville prepare to host the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2030, a call for expressions of interest has been launched to identify innovative textile solutions in France that could contribute to the project. CIO “The Call for Expressions of Interest aims to showcase innovative textile solutions…
Burberry: Rock ‘n’ roll revamped
Published September 22, 2025 Burberry climaxed the five-day London Fashion Week Monday night with a cool and concise rock ‘n’ roll revival show that refreshed the marque with plenty of punch and polish. See fashion showBurberry – Spring-Summer2026 – Womenswear – Royaume-Uni – Londres – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight Staged inside a tent in the northwest corner of…
Rapid ML experimentation for enterprises with Amazon SageMaker AI and Comet
This post was written with Sarah Ostermeier from Comet. As enterprise organizations scale their machine learning (ML) initiatives from proof of concept to production, the complexity of managing experiments, tracking model lineage, and managing reproducibility grows exponentially. This is primarily because data scientists and ML engineers constantly explore different combinations of hyperparameters, model architectures, and…
NikeSkims unveils debut apparel collection with athlete-fronted campaign
Published September 22, 2025 Nike and Skims unveiled their first apparel collection on Monday, introducing far more than a collaboration, but a standalone brand: NikeSkims. NikeSkims unveils debut apparel collection with athlete-fronted campaign – NikeSkims The debut line spans seven collections and 58 silhouettes, offering a “system of dress” the brands say transitions seamlessly from…
Luxury reshapes Milan’s Fashion Quadrilateral with wave of new boutiques
Published September 22, 2025 Saint Laurent, Fendi, Celine, Valentino, Dries Van Noten, Alberta Ferretti, Plan C, JW Anderson ans Ports 1961: Here’s a non-exhaustive list of the prestigious openings slated for Milan Fashion Week, which kicks off on Tuesday, September 23. These successive inaugurations are reshaping the luxury landscape at the heart of the Lombardy…
Venus has lava tubes, and they’re weird
We are learning more about Venus, the hot, high-pressure planet JSC/NASA We now know for sure that massive underground tunnels, carved by lava, exist on Venus – and they are surprisingly wide and different from those on any other planet. It is uncontroversial that lava tubes – underground tunnels carved out by molten rock –…
JOOR names top 100 indie retailers, Italy and US dominate list
Published September 22, 2025 Digital wholesale specialist JOOR has issued its JOOR: Top Global Retailers 2025 report, focusing on “the hottest names” in indie retail. And it said the stores selected have seen 20% year-on-year growth in transaction volume on the platform. JOOR In addition, the number of orders placed by this group of retailers…
John Richmond stages ‘Culture Vulture’ show in London
Translated by Nicola Mira Published September 22, 2025 John Richmond has staged the ‘Culture Vulture’ show at London Fashion Week. The British designer, passionate about pop music, broke the traditional runway show mould, introducing his Spring/Summer 2026 collection in an event blending fashion and music held at the Stereo club in Covent Garden, which became…
