SHANGHAI — Alibaba wrapped its Singles’ Day sale with a haul of 268.4 billion renminbi, or $38.4 billion, easily outstripping last year’s gross merchandise value record of $30.7 billion. Largely held up as a testament of consumer power in China, the world’s largest shopping event, which falls every year on Nov. 11, has also increasingly […]
SHANGHAI — Some 910,000 people visited the second edition of China International Import Expo (CIIE), and $71.13 billion worth of deals, up 23 percent from last year, were signed during the six-day event, running from Nov. 5 through 10 in Shanghai. More than 3,000 top companies from more than 150 countries and regions participated in […]
Hearst Magazines’ workers are unionizing. Following in the footsteps of a number of other media organizations, editorial, video, design, photo, and social staff across 24 of New York-based Hearst’s digital and print brands today announced they have unionized with the Writers Guild of America, East. The brands include Elle, Elle Decor, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, […]
The 45th annual People’s Choice Awards held Sunday in Los Angeles is one of the first awards shows of the season, with fan-voted awards going to celebrities across music, film and television. The red carpet brought together a number of big names, including Gwen Stefani, who fittingly wore a custom Vera Wang bridal inspired gown […]
Psycho Bunny is turning its gaze to retail. The men’s brand with the slightly maniacal logo of rabbit with pink ears and its teeth hanging over a skull-and-crossbones, is opening four stores this fall in the U.S. Following a successful retail debut last October in Aventura, Fla., the New York-based label is opening full-price stores […]