During the first half of this year, a number of developments in existing fashion, retail, and tech lawsuits stood out in the crowded landscape of litigation because they indicate larger trends within these spaces and underscore issues worth keeping an eye on during the rest of 2025. Among these are developments in a number of…
Crochet dresses, shorts, bikinis, and more are topping your closet this season. With your flair for vintage finds, these fits will make you feel like you have a special connection to the good old days, with a contemporary twist in bright colors and patterns. It’ll be perfect for luxuriating on the beach under the sun…
Oh Polly is enhancing customer search (Photo: Zamrznuti tonovi). Oh Polly is driving conversions and higher purchase values by enhancing its search functionality with artificial intelligence capabilities. The U.K.-based online retailer of women’s fashion items is leveraging the AI-native Algolia search platform to create an optimal search experience for its global customer base. The company has deployed…
Julie Wainwright and The RealReal team. Courtesy of Julie Wainwright Time to Get Real: How I Built a Billion-Dollar Business that ROCKED the Fashion Industry, by visionary businesswoman Julie Wainwright, was released today. The book is an autobiography focusing on the career of one of the only American women to take a company public, The…
Once the darling of the consumer goods market, the $441 billion global beauty industry is showing signs of cooling. For years, a seemingly limitless appetite for newness in beauty fuelled robust volume and even greater pricing growth — from 2022 to 2024, the sector grew 7 percent annually. Now, geopolitical and economic uncertainty, along with…
Chinese short video platform Douyin now counts about 40 per cent of Hong Kong’s 7.5 million residents as users, about five years after social media giant ByteDance suspended the operation of hit global app TikTok in the city. The number of monthly active users (MAUs) of Douyin in Hong Kong has already surpassed 3 million,…
Hong Kong police have received more than 40 reports of scams on e-commerce platform Carousell in the past week, with fraudsters using phishing links to swindle victims out of HK$4.6 million (US$586,900), including one vendor who lost nearly HK$650,000 while trying to sell throat lozenges. The force said on Wednesday that a woman who sold…
Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways’ cargo business faces declining China-US e-commerce volumes, rising chartered flight cancellations and falling freight spot rates, but full-year profits could be cushioned by lower jet fuel costs, according to a research report. The report, which was published by HSBC on Wednesday, also said the company’s cargo business would…
Gilly Wong Fung-han, chief executive of Hong Kong’s consumer watchdog, is expected to leave her role later this month after nearly 13 years on the job, the Post has learned. A source familiar with the matter said on Saturday an official announcement would be made as soon as May 6. The Consumer Council posted a…
The expansion of the loophole for tariff-free shipments of goods nearly a decade ago gave rise to Temu, Shein and other low-cost online retailers offering items straight from Chinese factories at unfathomable discounts. It also unleashed something else — a cascade of billions of dollars of digital advertising that provided a windfall for Meta, Alphabet…