An Italian court on Friday placed under judicial administration a company owned by Italian fashion group Armani for indirectly subcontracting its production to Chinese companies that exploited workers.

At a time when Amazon is quietly winding down its experiment in checkout-free supermarkets, the American group is stepping up its offer to enable retailers to charge via palm recognition.

Controversial rapper Kanye West repeatedly yelled at black employees and praised Adolf Hitler as an "innovator", according to a new lawsuit filed in California on Tuesday.

The Paris 2024 organisers brought together 20,000 event volunteers on Saturday March 23 at La Défense Arena. The occasion for Decathlon to present the 15-item official kit the volunteers will wear at the Olympics.

The couturier's Paris flat, a futuristic 260-square-metre, three-bedroom with a 50-square-metre dressing room, sold for ten million euros at auction in Paris, according to the notary firm in charge of the sale.

The average wage increase offered this year by 231 Japanese companies to their employees is the highest since 2013, said Japan's largest trade union on Thursday.

Bernard Arnault received France’s highest civilian honor from President Emmanuel Macron at a ceremony on Wednesday evening that included VIPs such as Elon Musk and pop stars Beyoncé and Jay-Z. 

On Wednesday, the top policy-makers in charge of China’s economy expressed confidence that the Asian giant will recover this year, despite headwinds that continue to hamper its growth.

Women are still stumbling on the bottom step. Despite the increased presence of women on boards of directors, the corporate world is still largely run by men.

The Bordeaux trade court has approved the recovery plan for the three luxury hotels owned by businessman Michel Ohayon, despite opposition from their main creditor.

For the first time in more than nine months, Elon Musk is no longer the world’s richest person.

Iris Apfel, centenarian style icon from the New York borough of Queens immediately recognizable by her oversized owlish glasses, has died at age 102, according to her Instagram account.

Nessim Haddouk, co-founder of Phone Recycle Solution and a supplier of apparel and assorted goods to mass-market retailers, has bought the brand name Burton of London with a view to relaunch it after liquidation.

Working with major fashion groups, including H&M, the Swedish company which produced yarn from used clothing has announced its bankruptcy due to a lack of funding.

Cambodia, the sixth-largest apparel supplier to the USA and the EU, recorded a 13.3% drop in textiles-apparel exports in 2023, while the number of its textiles factories reached 2,000.

A multi-billion dollar listing by fast fashion label Shein could become London’s biggest ever IPO, although analysts are wary that the plan, revealed by Bloomberg News, may never come to fruition.