Recent reports have suggested that online sales have been the saving grace of weak UK retail sales overall in the past few months. But Adobe Digital Insights data on Tuesday seems to contradict that. Photo: Pexels Its online spending report for June also shows e-spending reached £49.7 billion in the first half of the year…
A few weeks before being announced as Jean Paul Gaultier’s new creative director, Duran Lantink was awarded the Woolmark Prize 2025. The whimsical and talented Dutch designer had applied his expertise and vision of disproportionately swollen volumes to a wool creation. Each year, this event organized by The Woolmark Company – the representative body of…
As a number of UK retailers continue to reel from cyberattacks, French luxury giant Dior has this week confirmed that it too has suffered a data breach. See catwalkChristian Dior – Spring-Summer2025 – Haute Couture – France – Paris – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight A message it sent to customers read: “We are writing to inform you that,…
TikTok was fined 530 million euros ($600 million) on Friday for violating a European Union data privacy law after regulators found the company had improperly transferred users’ personal data to China. The Irish Data Protection Commission, which announced the penalty, said TikTok failed to adequately protect data of its users in Europe, including some that…
The Estée Lauder Companies announced on Tuesday the appointment of Brian Franz to the role of chief technology, data and analytics officer, effective April 21. Brian Franz – Courtesy Franz will report to president and chief executive officer Stéphane de La Faverie and will join the cosmetic giant’s executive team. As the New York-based company’s first-ever…