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Slew of top brands suspected in Italy sweatshop probe
Milan (Italy) (AFP) - Gucci, Prada, Versace and Yves Saint Laurent are among 13 luxury brands suspected of using subcontractors...
Zara owner Inditex posts higher profits
Madrid (AFP) - Zara owner Inditex, the world's largest fashion retailer, posted Wednesday higher profits for the first nine months...
Airbus cuts delivery target over fuselage quality issue
Paris (AFP) - Aircraft maker Airbus said Wednesday it had lowered its 2025 target for deliveries because of fuselage panel...
Italy’s luxury brands shaken by sweatshop probes
Rome (AFP) - A series of investigations into exploitative work conditions within fashion subcontractors has roiled Italy's luxury industry, with...
Italy’s luxury brands shaken by sweatshop probes
Rome (AFP) - A series of investigations into exploitative work conditions within fashion subcontractors has roiled Italy's luxury industry, with...
Prada completes acquisition of flashy rival Versace
Milan (Italy) (AFP) - Italian fashion group Prada announced on Tuesday it had completed its acquisition of smaller rival Versace,...
South Korean leader calls for penalties over e-commerce data leak
Seoul (AFP) - South Korea's president ordered on Tuesday swift action to penalise those responsible for a major data leak...
In contrast to Europe, Tesla sets sales records in Norway
Oslo (AFP) - Tesla has sold more cars in Norway in 11 months than any other brand in a whole...
From porcelain to tweed, EU opens protected label to crafts
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Traditional crafts from French Limoges porcelain to Irish Donegal tweed became entitled to EU protected status...
Long-lost Rubens ‘masterpiece’ sells for almost 3 mn euros
Versailles (France) (AFP) - A long-lost painting by 17th-century Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens sold at auction in France on...
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