Transitional Outfits to Get You Fall Ready
Can you all believe it’s the end of August!? Where did our summer go?! Although…
Gucci owner Kering gets more time to buy the rest of Valentino
By Bloomberg Published September 10, 2025 Kering SA is getting more time to exercise an option to buy the rest of fashion house Valentino, as the French group focuses on reducing its debt levels. See catwalkValentino – Fall-Winter2025 – 2026 – Womenswear – France – Paris – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight Kering will now have until 2029 to…
‘Dark DNA’ may explain dancing spiders’ extraordinary diversity
Pallab GhoshScience Correspondent Watch: Dazzling dancing spiders strut their stuff. What’s behind their extraodinary diversity? It’s not just the dazzling colours and slick moves of Australia’s dancing spiders that make them special. There are more than 100 different species of the peacock spider, whereas most animals have only five or ten. Researchers believe that’s partly…
Coach parent Tapestry expects to offset tariff costs by 2028, plans $3 billion buyback
By Reuters Published September 10, 2025 Tapestry expects to fully mitigate the impact of current U.S. tariffs by fiscal year 2028, executives said at its investor day on Wednesday, as the retailer announced plans to buy back shares worth $3 billion during that period. See catwalkCoach – Fall-Winter2025 – 2026 – Womenswear – Etats-Unis –…
For New York Fashion Week, Numéro launches its New York edition
Published September 11, 2025 “Bridging the gap between French editorial expertise and the effervescence of American pop culture”: this is the ambition of the New York edition of Numero. Numéro invites itself to New York Fashion Week – Numéro As Fashion Week kicks off in the American megalopolis, the Mazarine Group, French owner of the…
Build trustworthy AI agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Observability
AI agents are transforming enterprise applications across industries, from customer service to complex decision workflows. As organizations scale these deployments, they face a fundamental question: how can you improve trust in an AI application? The challenge is transparency. AI agents can make decisions on behalf of users, invoke tools dynamically, and follow reasoning paths that…
Compagnie Chargeurs Invest maintained its first-half sales
Published September 11, 2025 French textile group Compagnie Chargeurs Invest posted first-half sales of 372.2 million euros. This represents a contraction of 0.6%, and 1.7% on an organic basis, after a first quarter marked by growth. Cambidge Satchel, a brand belonging to Compagnie Chargeurs Invest. – Cambidge Satchel While the group reported strong growth for…
How London Stock Exchange Group is detecting market abuse with their AI-powered Surveillance Guide on Amazon Bedrock
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is a global provider of financial markets data and infrastructure. It operates the London Stock Exchange and manages international equity, fixed income, and derivative markets. The group also develops capital markets software, offers real-time and reference data products, and provides extensive post-trade services. This post was co-authored with Charles Kellaway…
Roots Q2 sales climb 6.3%
Published September 10, 2025 Canada’s Roots announced on Wednesday sales were up 6.3% to $50.8 million for the quarter ended August 2, 2025, on the back of higher direct-to-consumer sales during the three months. Roots Q2 sales climb 6.3%. – Roots The lifestyle brand said DTC sales, made up of retail store and e-commerce sales,…
Luxury consumer sentiment rebounds: Saks Luxury Pulse survey
Published September 10, 2025 Luxury shoppers are regaining confidence in both the economy and their personal finances, according to the latest Saks Luxury Pulse survey. Luxury consumer sentiment rebounds: Saks Luxury Pulse survey. – Saks Fifth Avenue The quarterly survey found that consumer optimism has improved sharply since April, though sentiment has yet to return…
Oldcastle accelerates document processing with Amazon Bedrock
This post was written with Avdhesh Paliwal of Oldcastle APG. Oldcastle APG, one of the largest global networks of manufacturers in the architectural products industry, was grappling with an inefficient and labor-intensive process for handling proof of delivery (POD) documents, known as ship tickets. The company was processing 100,000–300,000 ship tickets per month across more…
