Beauty blow- campaign calls for end to polluting plastic sample sachets
Leading politicians, business leaders and campaigners are calling for an end to the use of plastic sample sachets, which they say will “pollute the planet for centuries”,…
Burberry, H&M and Stella McCartney unite to fight global warming
The brands are just some of the 43 fashion businesses to have signed the newly-unveiled ‘Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action’, a UN Climate Change initiative. Additional…
French court upholds ruling limiting Amazon deliveries during Covid-19 crisis
Amazon must limit deliveries in France to IT products, health items, food and pet food, the Court of Appeal in Versailles said, adding that for every delivery…
Hat-maker Borsalino opens museum in Italy
Giuseppe Borsalino was born in 1834, and at the age of 12 he left his family and his native village, Pecetto di Valenza, on Piedmont’s Monferrato hills…
Google’s YouTube to pay $170 million penalty for collecting data on kids
YouTube had been accused of tracking viewers of children’s channels using cookies without parental consent and using those cookies to target million of dollars in advertisements to…
Hong Kong pledges $1.3 billion in economic relief amid unrest
Hong Kong sank into recession for the first time in a decade in the third quarter as the sometimes violent protests forced businesses to shut and scared…
Bacteria makes blue jeans green
To satisfy the world’s seemingly insatiable demand for blue denim, more than 45,000 tonnes of indigo dye are produced every year, with much of the waste making…
Hugo Boss faces wrath of Chinese netizens and celebs
Among the celebrities who ended their pacts with Hugo Boss was actor-singer Li Yifeng, who said in a statement through his agent on the Twitter-like microblog Weibo…
J&J loses bid to have $4.7 billion talc verdict set aside, vows to appeal
According to court records, Judge Rex Burlison in St. Louis on Wednesday denied the company’s request, but a detailed opinion of the ruling was not immediately available.The…
Klarna faces UK probe over unsolicited emails
The Information Commissioner’s Office said it will make enquiries after receiving numerous complaints from angry consumers.The data protection watchdog told the BBC: “Businesses should only contact individuals…