There are two schools of thought about pink. One is that it is the color of bubble gum and Barbie. Cindy Eckert’s view is that it is the color of business. It is a dominant presence at the offices of her Raleigh, N.C., venture-capital firm, the Pink Ceiling, a fund that advertises its main goal as “to make women really f-cking rich.” It’s an even more dominant presence o…
Read moreCOVID-19 has caused a public health crisis unlike any other in recent memory, but three years into the pandemic, there are signs that governments and public health authorities are ready to start putting the urgency of the threat in the past. On May 5, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that COVID-19 is no longer a “public health emergency of international concern,” and is …
Read moreGlobal sea levels could rise by over 6 feet by 2100––twice as much as had previously been predicted––threatening major cities and potentially flooding hundreds of millions of people, a study published Monday warned.
The implications for coastal populations around the world could be severe if the predictions in the study in the Proceedings of the National Academy…
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March is the anteroom of months. It’s both the end of last year’s winter and the beginning of the new y…
Read moreA recently approved treatment was supposed to protect babies from RSV, but demand is outpacing the supply of the medication.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved nirsevimab, an antibody that sticks to and prevents Respiratory Syncytial Virus from infecting cells, in July. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) then recommended the medication for all babies ei…
Read moreGfK’s long-running consumer confidence survey showed a fall in sentiment during August, which is perhaps no surprise given the increasing possibility of a no-deal Brexit as the countdown clock runs down.The overall Index fell to -14 this month and to put that in context, it was only -7 exactly a year ago.
The different metrics GfK uses to reach this point all looked bleak. The index me…
Read moreThose are the conclusions of a new report from NatWest and Retail Economics. Their new 2019 Retail Outlook Report shows just how gloomy consumers are with 41% expecting their personal finances to weaken in the year ahead. But the report’s authors still think the situation isn’t entirely bleak and David Scott, NatWest’s Head of Retail and Leisure, believes that by the end of the year, rea…
Read moreThe British-born star, who has been outspoken about the racism she has encountered in the industry, made the comments in a video to open the virus-hit Paris fashion week, which has been forced online.Wearing a T-shirt with the legend, “Phenomenally Black”, Campbell said the “time has come to build a more equitable industry with a good form of checks and balances”.
The lessons of the Black…
Read moreIn recent years, the fragrance industry, like the cosmetics one, has continued to reshape its structure, as new players emerge and major mergers and acquisitions are carried out. The spate of acquisitions made this year by fragrance and scent specialist Givaudan are, according to Ughetto, one of the clearest indications of this pattern. The Swiss group’s latest acquisition was that of the cosme…
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