What We Lose When We Can’t Stargaze
I once met a physics graduate student at a cosmology school (I’ll call him Max) who, until his late 20s had believed that you could only see…
Amazon workers at German warehouse to strike again
Scheduled to begin on Monday’s night shift and finish at the end of Tuesday’s late shift, the strike follows on from a three-day walkout between Thursday and…
Boohoo’s new social campaign -to end self-comparison culture- online
The move comes after its own study reveals that just under two-thirds of women admit that social media has changed their perception of themselves, and a further…
Global lobbying groups call for delay to India’s new digital tax
From April 1 India imposed a new 2% tax on foreign billings, or transactions where companies take payment abroad for digital services provided in India. The tax…
H&M machine knits shoppers’ old jumpers into new ones on the spot
The textile industry is one of the most polluting, something fashion giants are under increasing pressure to address as shoppers become more aware of the environmental impact…
Gucci issues statement in support of women’s reproductive rights
Following fears surrounding the overturning of Roe v Wade, including a woman’s right to seek an abortion, the Italian fashion house has made a clear statement that…
Goop hires fact-checker to vet its health advice
In an interview with the New York Times, Paltrow revealed that the company will hire a full-time fact-checker in September, as part of a larger team dedicated…
JD Sports deepens Nike ties with first European ‘Connected Partnership’
Nike first launched the partnership programme in the US last autumn with Dick’s Sporting Goods. And on Friday it also announced a deal with Zalando to take…
Men’s plus-size market is stagnant, analysts report
Data released from the firm cites that the plus-size menswear market has decreased by 54 percent over the past five years while the women’s plus-size space has…
High tech to protect Moncler down jackets from counterfeiting
“Starting from the Spring-Summer 2016 collection, all Moncler products will be equipped with a revolutionary anti-counterfeiting system, using the most recent RFID (radio-frequency identification) technology,” the group…