Nike’s controversial unisex shoe gets spotlight in WNBA finals

The Aces won last year’s title and had the league’s best record. The Liberty added three stars to their roster this past offseason and finished second. Game one drew 729,000 viewers, the most for a WNBA game in more than two decades. The Finals, which move to Brooklyn on Sunday, are also a showcase for Nike, which recently added Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu, a Steph Curry-esque sharpsho…

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Fashion gets no uplift despite surging e-tail in February, omnichannel is key

Online retail sales increased by 9.4% year-on-year in February with the three-month average having been a rise of 6.3% and the six-month average being +7.4%. However, even with February’s uplift, the 12-month average is still +11.1%, showing that the latest six months have remained tough.Looking more closely at February, the warm weather seen during the four weeks included the hottest February …

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Sub-Zero Waste- the beauty trend set to dominate 2019

This is according to market intelligence agency Mintel, which has predicted that the zero waste philosophy will gain momentum in the global beauty and personal markets in 2019.Concepts such as reducing packaging, repurposing, introducing refillable options and extending a product’s life cycle will be a key priority for beauty brands over the next five years, as consumer awareness about the en…

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Sainsbury’s Asda buy could make UK tougher grocery market for Amazon

The Sainsbury deal to buy Asda, announced on Monday, comes as retailers on both sides of the Atlantic grapple with heightened competition from the discounters such as Germany’s Aldi and Lidl and e-commerce giant Amazon.The marriage of Britain’s second- and third-largest grocers will not immediately impact Amazon’s food offering which remains small in Britain. The biggest impact will come away f…

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U.S. tech giants face curbs on data sharing, digital marketplaces, under draft EU rules

The draft rules, known as the Digital Services Act, aim to set the ground rules for data-sharing and how digital marketplaces operateคำพูดจาก เว็บตรง true wallet. They are expected to come into force by the end of the year.The European Commission is taking a tough line against U.S. tech giant…

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UK government outlines BNPL tightening rules

In a bid to improve protection for users of the short-term credit, providers will be required to carry out checks on consumers and have Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) approvalคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. However, legislation isn’t expected to take effect until late 2023.The governmen…

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UK Christmas footfall dips again, researcher warns on markdowns

And the news came with a warning that discounting is now seriously damaging the once-lucrative Christmas season.So what happenedคำพูดจาก คาสิโนออนไลน์? The December figures – actually the five weeks from November 25 to December 29 – saw footfall dropping by 2.6%, which wasn’t as ba…

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Younger shoppers embrace gift cards – report

Importantly, around 33.3% of Millennials and 27% of Gen Zs said they also became regular customers of new brands after receiving a related gift card, a survey of 2,000 UK shoppers from The Gift Card & Voucher Association (GCVA) shows. Meanwhile 25.2% of Millennial shoppers also purchased gift cards to support local businesses.Interestingly, while the proportion of shoppers purchasing gift cards…

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Hobbs owner TFG wants any end to Brexit uncertainty

TFG owns brands such as Hobbs, G-Star Raw and Whistles.Its boss Anthony Thunstrom told Reuters that the situation surrounding Britain’s exit from the European Union had been “incredibly painful”, and a resolution of whatever kind was preferable to ongoing uncertainty.

“At this point… almost any certainty, whether it’s a deal or no deal, exit no exit, whatever, would actually be an impro…

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