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Jeff Bezos announced at Paris' VivaTech trade show on Wednesday
Paris - American businessman and executive Jeff Bezos, founder of the giant Amazon, will attend the VivaTech trade show in Paris on Wednesday, organisers announced. VivaTech is an annual technology and innovation conference held in Paris and is regarded as the largest tech event in Europe. “An emblematic figure of the global technological...
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Switzerland: Philippe Stern, former president of Patek Philippe, has died
Zurich - Patek Philippe announced on Monday the death of its former president, Philippe Stern. He represented the third generation at the helm of the prestigious, family-owned Swiss watchmaker. The father of the current president, Stern served as president of the company from 1993 to 2009. He “passed away on June 14, 2026, in his 88th year,” the...
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Fast fashion law: discussions to resume in parliament
Paris - More than two years after a bill to curb the rise of “fast fashion”, epitomised by the giant Shein, was adopted by the National Assembly, its progress will resume in parliament. A highly anticipated meeting has been scheduled for next week. Adopted by MPs in March 2024 and then by the Senate in June 2025, the bill from Horizons MP Anne-C...
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Marseille's slow fashion week for accessible and sustainable fashion
Marseille - Free and colourful catwalk shows, open to all, feature collections where second-hand textiles reign supreme. In Marseille, Slow Fashion Week is making its rebellious, popular and sustainable mark on fashion. "There is a sense of resourcefulness, upcycling, mutual support and community that works well here," explains Marion Lopez to...
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First handbag made from dinosaur cells fails to sell at auction
Paris - A leather handbag reconstructed from “Tyrannosaurus rex” cells failed to sell at auction in Paris on Thursday. The proposed price was significantly lower than its estimate, according to Drouot, the auction house where the sale took place. With a starting price of 100,000 euros from the auction house Giquello, this “unique piece” did not...
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China's Pinduoduo, JD.com among 5 summoned over false advertising
Chinese e-commerce giants Pinduoduo and JD.com were among five major platforms summoned on Thursday for talks over misleading advertising, Beijing's market watchdog said. Social media sites Douyin and RedNote, along with Alibaba-owned e-commerce platform Taobao, were also summoned. The talks with company representatives, held by the Beijing...
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First T-Rex cell-derived leather bag auctioned in Paris
Paris - A leather bag reconstructed from Tyrannosaurus Rex cells is being auctioned on Thursday at the Hôtel de Drouot in Paris by the auction house Giquello. The house estimates this “unique piece” to be worth between 300,000 and 500,000 euros. Unveiled in Amsterdam this spring, the bag was created from collagen remains found in the femur of a...
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Frasers announces two billion euro bid for Hugo Boss
London - British apparel company Frasers Group (Frasers) announced on Wednesday its intention to acquire the remaining capital of German premium clothing group Hugo Boss for almost two billion euros (2.31 billion. Frasers already holds more than a quarter of the company. As Hugo Boss is listed in Frankfurt, Frasers intends to “launch a voluntary...
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Billionaire Bernard Arnault at the heart of a new biography
Paris - From his childhood in the Nord region to his attendance at Donald Trump's second inauguration, Bernard Arnault, head of the world's number one luxury group LVMH, is the subject of a critical biography published on Wednesday. This is the first of its kind in France in over twenty years. In “Bernard Arnault, son univers impitoyable”,...
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Mango announces 45 new stores and the creation of nearly 700 jobs in France by 2028
Spanish clothing brand Mango announced on Tuesday the opening of 45 new stores and the creation of nearly 700 jobs in France by 2028, following a 66 million euro investment promised last week at the Choose France summit. Present in France since 1994, its “first international market”, the company plans to open “15 new stores per year, creating...
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