Physical store sales in discretionary categories were up just 0.8% last month although online sales rose a healthy 8.3% year on year, the latest High Street Sales Tracker from business advisory firm BDO showed Friday. Read More
This autumn will see London luxury department store Harvey Nichols unveiling the first stage of its transformation with the launch of a reimagined ground floor retail experience at the Knightsbridge flagship. Read More
Kurt Geiger has taken an interesting approach to its just-launched AW25 campaign. It has combined summer sun with winter snow for a campaign that puts the focus on its bags and boots. Read More
Watches of Switzerland shares dropped 6% following a 39% U.S. import tariff on Swiss goods, escalating Trump’s trade war and threatening major price hikes for brands like Rolex, Richemont and Swatch in the U.S. market. Read More
Giorgio Armani has been fined €3.5 million ($4 million) by Italy’s antitrust regulator for misleading sustainability claims tied to suppliers’ working conditions. The brand rejects the ruling and will appeal. Read More
Amazon shares fell despite Q2 revenue beating forecasts, as AWS growth lagged behind Microsoft and Google. A cautious profit outlook and heavy AI investment raised concerns among global investors. Read More
For more than five decades, Joe Biden’s existence was not only incredibly public but busy — his waking hours spent surrounded by a coterie of devoted aides and strategists, his calendar filled with speaking engagements and meetings, his home a bustling and buzzing swarm of activity. In “What It Takes,” Richard Ben Cramer’s magnum opus…
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With help from Amira McKee IN MEMORIAM: Five candidates running for New York City mayor — as well as hundreds of NYPD officers — paid their respects this afternoon to Didarul Islam, who died in uniform in Monday’s tragic mass shooting. Mayor Eric Adams, Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Republican nominee…
Elon Musk gave $5 million to Donald Trump’s super PAC during a dramatic and bitter falling out with the president, new filings show. The donation to MAGA Inc. was made a month after Musk said he had “done enough” political spending, and he also gave $10 million that same day to help Republicans keep control…
