China April exports bounce back more than expected despite U.S. trade brawl

Imports in April also grew more robustly than expected, signalling China’s domestic demand is holding up well, good news for policymakers looking to soften the blow from any trade shocks.Some analysts, however, warned the strong April showing was mostly seasonal and that the global export recovery may have already topped out.คำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง

“Shipments still look healthy but today’s data does point to a softening in external demand recently,” Capital Economics Senior China Economist Julian Evans-Pritchard wrote in a note.”The backdrop of the ongoing trade negotiations between China and the U.S. is one in which global growth has already peaked and China’s e…

Charity targets spinning mills in India, Bangladesh to end slavery in fashion industry

The apparel industry has come under pressure to improve factory conditions and workers’ rights, particularly after the collapse of the Rana Plaza complex in Bangladesh more than three years ago, when 1,136 garment workers were killed.Following the tragedy, numerous initiatives were launched by global brands and charities to promote openness and safeguard employees, from ensuring the safety of buildings to providing better pay and working hours.คำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง

But while most projects focused on farmers growing cotton in the fields or factory workers stitching clothes, few work with the spinning mills in the middle of the supply chain.Run by the California-based charity…

Australia retail sales disappoint, could crimp Q3 economic growth

Friday’s data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed retail sales rose a meagre 0.2 percent in September, missing expectations for an already slow 0.3 percent rise in a Reuters poll.This follows a gain of 0.3 percent in August and a flat outcome in July.คำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง

In chain volume terms, sales grew 0.2 percent for the whole third quarter compared with a robust 1.2 percent in the prior three-month period.The Australian dollar dipped about 20 pips to $0.7205 after the disappointing numbers capped a week of underwhelming economic data on building approvals, inflation and house prices.Friday’s data implies a risk private consumption didn’t add mu…

Fake eyelashes from N.Korea cost E.l.f. Cosmetics $1 mln fine

Between 2012 and 2017, the company imported “156 shipments of false eyelash kits from two suppliers located in the People’s Republic of China that contained materials sourced by these suppliers” from North Korea, the Treasury said in a statement.”E.l.f.’s compliance program and its supplier audits failed to discover that approximately 80 percent of the false eyelash kits supplied by two of E.l.f.’s China-based suppliers contained materials” from North Korea, it said.คำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง

The company faced more than $40 million in penalties but the Treasury took into account mitigating circumstances including the small amount involved and the fact that E.l.f. rep…

Galeries Lafayette owner sets up fund to invest in tech start-ups

Motier Ventures is presided by Guillaume Houzé, image and communication director of the Galeries Lafayette group, and aims to fund new companies “that are tapping technology to generate ultra-high growth.” Motier Ventures will act as business angel, providing initial funding of up to €300,000, and is prepared to invest up to €3 million as companies develop further.The family office was set up at the end of 2021 and was first promoted in early 2022. It said it will prioritise investment in e-marketplaces and start-ups operating in finance and insurance, as well as software developers and other web3 players like blockchain solution developersคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. Motier …

Amazon’s Bezos pledges $10 billion to climate change fight

Bezos, who is the world’s richest man, is among a growing list of billionaires to dedicate substantial funds towards combating the impact of global warming.”Climate change is the biggest threat to our planet,” Bezos said in an Instagram post. “I want to work alongside others both to amplify known ways and to explore new ways of fighting the devastating impact of climate change on this planet we all share.”

The Bezos Earth Fund will begin issuing grants this summer as part of the initiative.”It’s going to take collective action from big companies, small companies, nation states, global organizations, and individuals,” Bezos said.Counteracting climate change has become a popular cause for U.S. billionaires in recent years, with Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg and hedge f…

Lab-grown diamonds put natural gems under pressure

Man-made gems are reshaping the $89 billion global diamond jewellery market, especially in the west Indian city of Surat where 90 percent of the world’s diamonds are cut and polished.In Smit Patel’s gleaming lab, technicians drop crystal diamond “seed” slices into reactors mimicking the extreme pressure far underground.

“Once the customer sees it for herself, they are sold. I believe this is the future,” said Patel, director of Greenlab Diamonds and the third generation of his family to deal in diamonds.From seed to ring-ready jewels, his team takes less than eight weeks to produce a diamond virtually indistinguishable from a mined gem.”It’s the same product, it’s the same chemical, the same optical properties,” Patel said.

Gas, heat, pressure

Lab-grown diamond exports…

Lockdown students ride to fashion’s rescue with spending boost – Kantar

Looking at the student phenomenon, data from Kantar and shared with Fashionnetwork.com for the four weeks to April 5 showed that many young people have found themselves with unexpected cash available. And they’re spending it on clothes.Glen Tooke, Kantar’s Consumer Insights Director, told us that consumers generally have money available that might have gone on socialising and “students are in a very similar boat to the rest of the population in not being able to socialise. But the main difference is that a lot of them have, with lockdown, been able to get out of the last term of their halls rent. Potentially giving them additional money.”

In fact, when Kantar looked at spending by all types of employment, it saw students boosting their fashion spend online in the four-week…

NPD predicts U.S. footwear sales will recover in 2021

NDP’s ‘Future of Footwear’ report predicts that fashion footwear will see renewed sales during the coming year as consumers begin to return to some of their pre-Covid behaviors. Meanwhile, the women’s slippers category—which saw popularity this year alongside loungewear as remote work became the norm—is likely to be a popular holiday gift item and will remain strong in 2021, possibly outperforming 2020 sales, the company said. 

“A return to the office and store re-openings will likely reignite some demand for fashion footwear, although the focus will remain on casual and comfort-oriented styles,” said Beth Goldstein, NPD’s fashion footwear and accessories analyst.”The pandemic has only amplified the importance of these attributes, as the blending of work-from-home and …

Rent the Runway opens first-ever international tech office

Set to open in Galway, Ireland, in May, the office is expected to enable the company to expand its engineering and product development footprint. The office will be temporarily located at the Portershed and will move to a more permanent home later this summer.“We are thrilled to open our first-ever international office in Galway, where we’ve had overwhelming support from the Irish Government and the IDA,” said Rent the Runway Chief Technology Officer, Josh Builder, in a news statement.คำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง

“From the start, it was clear that Galway was the perfect location for our new office – the city has an atmosphere of creativity, mirrors Rent the Runway’s cu…