The North Face launches 3 NFTs to showcase brand's role to adventurous people
Mar 12, 2023 15:22 pm UTC| Economy Business Life Digital Currency
The North Face is collaborating with creative agency McCann Shanghai to launch three NFTs on Tmall to tap Chinese consumers obsession with being outdoors. The NFTs were designed based on the relevant functions, history,...
Giordano eyes further expansion into developing economies as profit jumps 13.1%
Mar 12, 2023 08:23 am UTC| Economy Business Life
Hong Kong-listed apparel retailer Giordano will further expand in developing economies through franchising and licensing, encouraged by robust sales. Giordanos second-half sales outperformed its first-half by 13.1...
S. Korean authorities bring criminal charges against ‘butterbeer’ maker for false labeling
Mar 12, 2023 07:18 am UTC| Economy Business Law Life
South Koreas Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has criminally charged Beurre Biere maker, Brewguru, and its sellers, Virtual Company and GS Retail Co., for falsely labeling their beer. The ministry also issued an advance...
Mar 12, 2023 07:09 am UTC| Economy Business Life
Seven i Holdings Co, which operates the 7-Eleven convenience stores, will close an additional 14 Ito-Yokado supermarket stores in Japan and fully exit from the apparel business to focus on its convenience store business...
Burger King, PepsiCo collaborate to launch Doritos Whopper tortilla chips
Mar 10, 2023 06:48 am UTC| Business Life
Burger King UK and PepsiCo have joined forces to create a new variant of the latters popular Doritos tortilla chips snack. The companies announced the release of Doritos Flame Grilled Whooper this week. The new product...
Starbucks to open 100 new UK stores this year buoyed by robust 2022 sales
Mar 09, 2023 23:59 pm UTC| Economy Business Life
Starbucks is opening 100 new stores while investing millions of pounds in upgrading existing ones across the UK this year due to a big jump in sales in 2022. Starbucks, which launched in the UK in 1998, has over 1,000...
New Balance triggers outrage by dumping new sneakers in rubbish cart
Mar 09, 2023 23:58 pm UTC| Economy Business Life
Disposing of hundreds of unused New Balance trainers in a rubbish cart outside the brands closed shop in the UK has caused outrage for being horrendously wasteful. The discarded sneakers were strewn across the pavement...
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