April retail sales set for take off, but don’t expect fireworks – CBI
So let’s start with the positive. The latest monthly Distributive Trades Survey survey – which aggregates the views of 142 businesses, including 66 retailers – shows expectations that retail sales volumes…
BFC unveils Institute of Positive Fashion Forum schedule
Designed “to galvanise key players in the British fashion industry to collaborate to achieve a circular fashion ecosystem in the UK by 2030”, the event will focus on…
Some cosmetics could increase the risk of endometriosis
A chronic disease that can be disabling, endometriosis is characterized by “the presence outside the uterine cavity of tissue similar to the uterine lining which will be affected…
South Africa clears 3 more accounts of Steinhoff insider trading
The accounts were among scores suspected of insider trading after Steinhoff’s stock turned volatile before the company disclosed massive accounting irregularities in December 2017.“We found no reason to…
Wearable gadgets hobbled by -abandonment- problems
“Abandonment has been a big problem with wearable products,” said Mike Pedler, the leader of PwC’s product innovation and development practice. “It is something that everyone involved in designing…
U.S. trade panel says TPP would have small positive effect on growth
The influential trade panel said in a new analysis that gross domestic product would be $42.7 billion higher in 2032 with the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership in place than…
EU backs U.S. call for global minimum corporate tax, but rate to be decided
Yellen said on Monday she was working with G20 countries to agree on a global corporate minimum tax rate to end a “thirty-year race to the bottom on…
Top European shippers warn freight costs to stay high
Pandemic-related disruption and a surge in consumer demand drove up prices for shipping goods around the world last year, boosting profits for both container shipping group Maersk and…