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Swan Song For General Electric As It Completes Demerger

The US conglomerate General Electric, co-founded more than 130 years ago by Thomas Edison, is opening a new chapter in its history on Tuesday: its break-up into three independent entities which will then concentrate on their disparate core businesses.

International Business Times · Apr 2, 2024

Secondhand clothing on track to take 10% of global fashion sales

Cost of living crisis and sustainability concerns drive shoppers towards ‘pre-loved’ garments as older buyers join in

The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2024

Less Than a Third of U.S. Homes Will Have a Traditional Pay TV Video Service by 2028

Cord-cutting accelerates as penetration will drop from only 42% in 2023 to 32% in 2028 according to GlobalData

TV Tech · Nov 29, 2023

Cheap, cool and kind to nature: how secondhand became UK fashion’s main attraction

Gen Z, influencers and celebrity stylists like Harry Lambert are changing the way we buy clothes

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2023

Made.com: symbol of the pandemic punt that popped post-Covid

Founders, early backers and banks won big in the craze for buying online retailers but investors at THG, Deliveroo and Virgin Wines lost out

The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2022

Buy now, try later: online clothing sales boom raises qualms over returns

With more than half of clothes bought online but returned, questions are being asked about the environmental cost

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2022

India Bans Many Single-use Plastics to Tackle Waste

India imposed a ban on many single-use plastics on Friday in a bid to tackle waste choking rivers and poisoning wildlife, but experts say it faces severe headwinds from unprepared manufacturers and consumers unwilling to pay more. The country generates around four million tons of plastic waste per year, about…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 1, 2022

Disney Unveils $110K Luxury Tour Package: What You Need To Know

The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) is making a pitch to luxury travel aficionados with a global tour package that encompasses all 12 of the company’s theme parks plus stops at iconic historic sites and the company’s film production epicenter.

Benzinga · Jun 15, 2022

Samui Jazz fest returns

Samui Summer Jazz 2022 music festival returns this year to Koh Samui after an eight-year hiatus. Tickets for the six-night programme from June 7-12 are available online through samuisummerjazz.com or the Google Form forms.gle/X2HDVBx9yfRq9KKL9.

Bangkok Post · May 18, 2022