LVMH keen to establish sporting credentials ahead of Paris Olympics

LVMH has for a long time been a key sponsorship partner to the sporting world, notably supplying trophy cases for some of the most prestigious sporting competitions, made by trunk-maker Louis Vuitton, but also with classic kit sponsorship deals for various top teams, and above all individual football and basketball stars, who have replaced celebrities among runway show guests. But this autumn, LVMH’s sponsorship announcements are coming thick and fast, like never before. The latest deal, announced on Thursday November 2, is between Christian Dior and French wheelchair tennis player Pauline Déroulède, chosen by the label as its brand ambassador for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.In July, LVMH announced it had become one of the Paris Games’ premium partnersคำพู…

The diamond world takes radical steps to stop a pricing plunge

De Beers markets its rough diamonds in a series of tightly scripted sales, where handpicked buyers are normally expected to take all their contracted allocations at a price set by De Beers, or face potential penalties in the future. But with prices in free fall around the world, the one-time diamond monopoly has been forced to allow more and more flexibility, finally removing the restrictions altogether.The concessions are the latest in a series of increasingly desperate moves across the industry to stem this year’s plunge in diamond prices, after slowing consumer demand left buyers stuck with swelling inventories. De Beers’s great rival, Russian miner Alrosa PJSC, already canceled all its sales for two months, while the market in India — the dominant cutting and trading center …

U.S. finalised next China tariff list targeting $16 billion in imports

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The 25 percent tariffs also will apply to a broad range of Chinese electronics, plastics, chemicals and railway equipment that the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has said benefit from the “Made in China 2025” industrial plan, aimed at making China c…

U.S. second-quarter GDP growth revised up, fastest in over two years


Gross domestic product increased at a 3.0 percent annual rate in the April-June period, the Commerce Department said in its second estimate on Wednesday. The upward revision from the 2.6 percent pace reported last month reflected robust consumer spending as well as strong business investment.Growth last quarter was the best since the first quarter of 2015 and followed a 1.2 percent pace in the January-March period. Economists had expected that second-quarter GDP growth would be raised to a 2.7 percent rate.

Retail sales and business spending data so far suggest the economy maintained its stamina early in the third quarter. Economists saw a limited impact on growth from Hurricane Harvey, which devastated parts of Texas.“The impact on the national econom…

UK inflation falls as shoppers turn cautious in virus crisis

In what is likely to be the start of a sharp decline in inflation, the consumer price index was 1.5% higher compared with March 2019, as a Reuters poll of economists had predicted, slowing from February’s 1.7% rise.A fall in clothing and footwear prices was the biggest drag on the index in March, the Office for National Statistics said.คำพูดจาก เว็บปั่นสล็อต

“Prices usually rise between February and March, and this year’s fall is the first since 2015 and only the second since the start of the constructed (inflation) series in 1988,” the ONS said.Sales were likely to have been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak and retailers resorted to discounting more items on sale, reve…

​Clearpay says Millennial, Gen Z spending to accelerate, unveils iQ analytics platform

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US apparel industry calls for clearer rules on ‘Made in USA’ labelling

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How Kyra Sedgwick Made Kevin Bacon's 65th Birthday a "Perfect Day"

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Kevin Bacon just celebrated his 65th birthday and it was perfect, thanks to his wife, Kyra Sedwick.

On July 8, the Footloose actor shared a photo of himself at home on Instagram, along with a confession.

"Anyone who knows me, knows I'm not a fan of my birthday," he wrote. "My wife has made this a beautiful day. She has said recently our marriage is like roast chicken, so she made a perfect chicken for dinner followed by my favorite— buckwheat banana bread with chocolate icing."

Kevin, who included images of his birthday dinner and dessert in his post, added, "Perfect day."

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