By Reuters Published July 20, 2025 A prominent entrepreneur who founded the now-bankrupt clothing technology startup CaaStle was criminally charged on Friday with defrauding investors out of more than $300 million, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Christine Hunsicker Authorities said Christine Hunsicker, 48, of Lafayette, New Jersey, promoted CaaStle to investors as a more…
Talented LVMH alumna Katia de Lasteyrie has launched a highly innovative new jewelry marque SPKTRL and unveiled its very first quiet tech product. Jewelry as a sensorial medium – SPKTRL Think of it as high jewelry’s smartwatch moment: a diamond jewelry ring that communicates key digital messages silently, without screens, noise, or disruption. Pronounced “Spectral,”…
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published July 16, 2025 Levi Strauss is riding a fresh wave of momentum, posting a 9% increase in like-for-like sales for the first half of its 2025 financial year. Building on that growth, the denim giant now expects full-year sales to rise by 1% to 2%. Levi’s third ‘Reiimagine’ campaign…
Walking into the crowded hotel conference room, Andrew Batey looked like any other tech guy attending ETHDenver, an annual cryptocurrency conference. A venture capital investor based in Florida, Mr. Batey wore a black sweatshirt emblazoned with the logos of more than a dozen crypto companies, with names like LunarCrush and bitSmiley. He had arrived in…
Japanese online sizing tech specialist Makip has announced further tech enhancements with what it says is a “significant upgrade” to its Unisize product. Online shoppers will now be presented with a 3D avatar of their unique body shape to see how their next fashion item purchase will fit them. It’s now being offered as a…
By Bloomberg Published April 23, 2025 The $1.7 trillion fashion industry is a major polluter: By one estimate, it’s responsible for between 8% and 10% of annual greenhouse gas emissions, more than aviation and shipping combined. Bloomberg Clothes manufacturing relies on fossil-fuel-derived fibers like polyester and guzzles energy and water. And the churn of fast…
Wanna has been gradually expanding its virtual try-on (VTO) tech and the latest upgrade is its shoulder try-on feature, a new addition to the Bags Virtual Try-On experience. Wanna The company, which was formerly owned by Farfetch but is now part of Perfect Corp, said the feature lets shoppers see how a bag looks when…
By AFP Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published April 18, 2025 Google has been found guilty of abusing its dominant position in the online advertising industry, marking a second major legal blow for the California-based tech giant. The ruling follows a previous judgment in 2024, when the company was found guilty of anticompetitive behavior in…
After a Honduran immigrant arrived in the United States in 2022, officials ordered him to use a government-issued app as part of an immigration surveillance program. At least once a week, the immigrant, a former police officer in Honduras who was living in Louisiana, would take a selfie through the facial-recognition powered app to confirm…
The Trump administration isn’t letting up on the tech giants. On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission will face off with Meta in court over claims that the social media giant snuffed out nascent competitors when it bought Instagram and WhatsApp. And on April 21, the Justice Department will argue that a federal judge should force…