MILAN — With the coronavirus spiking again across the country, consumer consumption is falling once again following the summer holidays. According to research conducted by Confimprese in collaboration with EY, September sales of fashion, beauty and interior design products, as well as those of restaurants, bars and cultural institutions, dropped […]
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Chic Shanghai Promotes Domestic Focus as Exports Suffer
SHANGHAI–After the cancelation of its spring edition due to COVID-19, Chic Shanghai came back from Sep. 23 to 25 in a slightly smaller format without its international attendees, but with greater urgency to help companies adapt to a domestic Chinese customer and alternative ways of doing business while the country’s […]
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3 Foreign Tech Picks Amid The Domestic Selloff
The big market break that we have all been anticipating is finally upon us. The remarkable speed at which this correction is occurring has already ripped stocks back to where they were a month ago, with overstretched tech leading the slide. S&P 500 has plummeted 7% since September 2nd, while […]
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Sainsbury’s removing Roald Dahl ‘hit her’ mug from sale after criticism from domestic abuse campaigners
Sainsbury’s is removing a mug from sale that features the words “hit her” following calls from domestic abuse campaigners. The blue and white mug, which costs £5.50, is printed with a quote from Roald Dahl’s 1988 book Matilda. The full quote from the children’s story is: “When at last the […]