President Donald Trump said he has identified a buyer for the US operations of TikTok social media app owned by Chinese company ByteDance Ltd., but he won’t provide details for two weeks. “We have a buyer for Tiktok, by the way. I think I’ll need probably China approval and I think President Xi will probably…
Samsung’s televisions have a rich collection of applications, and soon, it is going to get even better with the addition of Instagram and revamped TikTok apps. According to The Information, Meta’s Instagram and ByteDance’s TikTok are developing applications for TVs to widen the user base and allow people to access their platforms’ content on a…
Fast-fashion retailer Shein is facing accusations from consumer groups in 21 countries that claim the company tricks shoppers into buying more clothes than they need, reported ConsumerAffairs. What’s happening? The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) submitted an official complaint about Shein‘s online shopping tactics to the European Commission. The group’s report describes how the retailer uses…
What are the origins of China’s leverage in the trade war? And why are China’s exports disrupting markets across the world? That China has a strong hand is largely because it has picked up lessons from Silicon Valley and deployed the tactics at every level of the supply chain. Just as Silicon Valley companies “hacked”…
Your snapshots are, quite literally, the keys to your private life. Your gallery holds your future plans, financial secrets, cat pictures, and sometimes even things you’d never share with anyone. But how often do you truly think about protecting those images? We hope that ever since you heard about the SparkCat cross-platform stealer, you’ve been…
Competition for plush toys is heating up, with British monster-like characters, Fugglers, emerging from the shadows following the recent runaway success of Labubu, a collectible doll created by a Hong Kong designer. Fugglers, which recently appeared on the popular Chinese social media platform RedNote, stretch the “ugly-cute” moniker to the extremes. They are threatening to…
Washington — President Trump has once again delayed the enforcement of a bipartisan law that would effectively ban TikTok in the U.S. as a deal to separate TikTok from its China-based parent company, ByteDance, has remained elusive. The president announced Thursday that he signed an executive order pushing back the deadline for enforcing a law…
A fashion brand is expanding its rapid delivery program after consumers clamored for a similar service in Delhi. But they could be paying a greater price than they know in the long term. What’s happening? As detailed by The Economic Times, Newme rolled out a 60-minute delivery service, Newme Zip, for its fast-fashion wares in…
Founded in 2018 at fast-rising Chinese technology hub Hangzhou, capital of eastern Zhejiang province, Zhiyi Tech is focused on compiling style and sales data from major shopping and social-media sites around the world, providing clients with data-driven analysis of fashion market trends. Zhiyi Tech founder and CEO Zheng Zeyu said in a Post interview last…
As overconsumption culture deepens its hold on today’s fashion industry, clothing manufacturers are churning out cheaper products at larger volumes than ever before in order to keep up with demand. The Swiss market is no exception. Even clothing collection and recycling companies, such as Texaid and Tell-Tex, are struggling to accommodate the costs of keeping…