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17 May

South Asian Latest York Fashion Week Returns in September

South Asian Latest York Fashion Week Returns in September
For the second 12 months in a row, South Asian Latest York Fashion Week will return for the 2023 runways from Sept. 9 through 15. Founders Shipra Sharma and Hetal Patel began the platform to showcase South Asian and South Asian-diaspora designers, models and creatives. Showcasing the variety inside the South Asian community is a pillar of SANYFW. To further strengthen its foothold inside the Latest York fashion scene, the initiative has newly announced its advisory board of high-profile South Asians. The board includes Aparna Rao, entertainment public relations executive; Areesh Haq, senior producer at IMG Focus and inventive director of SANYFW; Liya Thachil, creative director and celebrity stylist; Manasa Reddy, head of e-commerce at Max Mara U.S.; Neerja Patel, founder...
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15 May

Woolworths South Africa Taps First Insight for Retail Tech Platform

Woolworths South Africa Taps First Insight for Retail Tech Platform
With the aim of optimizing product development, sourcing and merchandising capabilities, Woolworths Group’s South African division inked a take care of First Insight for the corporate’s Next-Gen Retail Tech Platform. The South African retailer’s goals in using the answer are to bolster margins and drive customer engagement. In an announcement Monday, Woolworths South Africa said it's going to use First Insight’s platform “to assemble zero-party, Voice of Customer data and operationalize product testing for faster and higher merchandising decisions of their womenswear division,” adding that the partnership “will empower Woolworths with actionable insights to guide their product investment, pricing, and marketing decisions.” Greg Petro, chief executive officer of First Insight, said his company’s “proven data gives retailers and types the insight and...
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30 Apr

President Joe Biden and First Lady Welcome South Korea’s

President Joe Biden and First Lady Welcome South Korea’s
WHITE HOUSE HOSPITALITY: Prematurely of what will likely be the Biden administration’s second state dinner on the White House, President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden welcomed their guests of honor — President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea and his wife Kim Keon Hee — Wednesday morning on the South Lawn. Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff were readily available for the photo-op that comes on the heels of Biden’s announcement of a reelection run. The powers-that-be were all smiles and with good reason as two presidents are signing the “Washington Declaration,” an agreement to cooperate in regards to the potential use of nuclear arms, in addition to military training and knowledge sharing in...
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12 Apr

EXCLUSIVE: South China Morning Post Unveils Revamped Luxury Complement

EXCLUSIVE: South China Morning Post Unveils Revamped Luxury Complement
NEW STYLE: Goodbye Style, hello Style by SCMP. The high-end lifestyle complement of the Hong Kong-based English-language every day newspaper South China Morning Post (SCMP) will relaunch on Friday with a latest outlook. “My aim is to make [Style by SCMP] global but relevant to our readers,” said Style by SCMP’s newly minted chief editor Vincenzo La Torre, who previously served because the newspaper’s fashion editor since 2017, also working on its Post weekend complement and the previous Styles edition. He claimed that “if there's a publication in Asia that may put out [a supplement] that may hold its own against [The Financial Times’] Tips on how to Spend It and T Magazine, it could be SCMP,” owing to its position as a...
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