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EXCLUSIVE: Disney Debuts First Apparel Collection to Match Each NFL Team With an Iconic Character
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How Small-Town Retail Is Redefining Shopping in America
Kingston, N.Y., is a town of 25,000 people, and it doesn’t look like the future of retail at first glance. Its mall, once a bustling hub, now has just...
Resort 2027 Trend: Sporty and Sweet
The Y2K celebrity off-duty look is back in new ways for resort 2027. Think track pants, baby Ts and athletic jackets mixed with ultra-feminine layers and accessories, made famous...
An Eye for an Eye: Canada Retaliates With Duties of Its Own, Hitting American Apparel Products
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made good on his promise to introduce retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. on Tuesday. Mirroring the American duties that went into effect on Saturday...
Pharrell’s Shoe of the Year-Winning Adidas Jellyfish Collaboration Is Getting a New Minty Makeover
The Jellyfish floodgates have been opened. After a widely available Triple White and a beachy tan Virginia Adistar Jellyfish were released in August, Pharrell Williams’ Shoe of the Year-winning sneaker...
World
Dolly Parton for the People
Four score and three thousand songs ago, in the middle of a whopping winter storm, a sharecropper and his young wife brought forth upon this continent a baby girl...
A Sex Tape Won’t Make You Famous Anymore
“She gonna be bigger than Kim K.!” the twenty-four-year-old Julian Newman said of his sister, Jaden, in a recent YouTube video. He sat behind the wheel of his car,...
The Books Behind Peter Heller’s “The Dog Stars”
You may be aware that Jacob Elordi is in a new movie out this week: “The Dog Stars,” directed by Ridley Scott, and also starring Josh Brolin and Margaret...
Business
IPO frenzy: Why retail investors need to look beyond subscription, GMP buzz
Disclaimer: This article is written by Arun Kejriwal, founder of Kejriwal Research and Investment Services. Views expressed are his own. Readers' discretion is advised. There has been a deluge of...
Nvidia discussed buying AI startup Hugging Face: report
Published Thu, Aug 27, 2026 · 09:52 AM[SAN FRANCISCO] Nvidia held talks about acquiring Hugging Face in a deal that would potentially value the artificial intelligence startup at more...
EXCLUSIVE: Disney Debuts First Apparel Collection to Match Each NFL Team With an Iconic Character
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. Shop Disney x Champion’s NFL Release View more...
Italian Festival returns to Endicott for 19th year running
ENDICOTT, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) - Get ready to savor the sounds and flavors of Little Italy this Friday.GUSTO! Italian Festival is returning to the Northside of Endicott for its 19th...
News
Trump Attempts to Troll Canada as He Loses Latest Trade War
The Trump administration has futilely projected a victory in its trade war with Canada, despite the obvious losses for the American public.The White House’s official X account shared an...
RFK Jr. Insists Measles Is Under Control as Two People Die
According to CDC data, vaccination coverage for U.S. kindergartners fell by nearly three percentage points—from 95.2 percent to 92.4 percent—between the 2019–2020 school year and the 2025–2026 school year....
Did Hegseth Really Fire the Army’s Top Officer Over Kid Rock?
Army chief of staff General Randy George insisted on conducting a probe into whether the Pentagon violated protocol after the military performed a flyby around MAGA musician Kid Rock’s...
Hegseth’s Army Purges Have Undermined Military Leadership on Iran
Within the span of a few short weeks, the 62-year-old undertook a gambit to make her interim responsibilities more permanent, throwing her name on the ballot to be formally...
Beauty
Homegrown direct-to-consumer companies raise $6 billion in five years
India's direct-to-consumer (D2C) startups raised nearly $6 billion in equity funding across nearly 2,000 rounds between 2021 and 2026 year-to-date (YTD). On a YTD basis, funding was at its...
Improving credit costs may drive stronger earnings growth for SBI Card
On a per-card basis, average monthly spending was ₹17,064, down 2.1 per cent Y-o-Y and up 2.4 per cent M-o-M. SBI Cards and Payment Services (SBIC) outperformed, with spending...
Axis Bank sees ‘Death Cross’ formation on chart; analyst flags key levels
Axis Bank stock has gained around 1.3 per cent thus far in August, and a little over 7 per cent so far in the financial year 2026-27 (FY27). Broadly,...
Spirit of space: A home that responds to a family’s rhythm and lifestyle
With a passion for telling stories, Anushka Bhardwaj completed her post-graduation in journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, in 2022. In her two years with...
Celebrity
IPO frenzy: Why retail investors need to look beyond subscription, GMP buzz
Disclaimer: This article is written by Arun Kejriwal, founder of Kejriwal Research and Investment Services. Views expressed are his own. Readers' discretion is advised. There has been a deluge of...
DHL Express India kicks off indexed levy to offset rupee volatility
The company also plans to uphold its €1 billion investment in India, despite currency volatility — a matter of concern in economies such as South Korea and Japan, R...
Smaller PSBs may partner larger peers to expand their credit card business
Public-sector banks (PSBs) are exploring partnerships to issue co-branded credit cards, as smaller state-owned lenders seek to tap the scale, technology and distribution networks of peers with an...
Bill Gates seeks meeting with Xi Jinping to push global AI safety efforts
Bill Gates is looking to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this year, eager to propose global efforts to mitigate the growing risks posed by artificial intelligence....
Culture
De Minimis Exemption Is Gone and a New Fee Is Coming
If you import inventory in small batches, the rule that made that work is gone, and a guide updated on August 17, 2026 lays out where things now stand....
Small Warehouse Space Model Expands Across Denver Metro
I used to tell product founders that their first warehouse would be the decision that nearly killed them, and now that advice is aging fast, because WareSpace opened a...
Seed Funding Records Fall as Callosum Lands Atomico
A company founded barely a year ago just raised nine figures before most startups finish their first sales hire, and Callosum closed a $100 million seed round on August...
Small Business Health Insurance Cost Jumps in 2027
Owners who cover their teams got an unwelcome preview this month, because early rate filings point to double-digit increases in the small-group market for 2027. Nearly 300 carriers across...
Style
Dolly Parton’s Outlaw Christianity
Dolly Parton grew up steeped in Scripture and hymns, and a congregation was her first audience; her faith and her talent were forever inseparable. But by the time she...
He Gave the Knicks Their Name. Why Was He Forgotten?
When Irving was alive, everyone read him. “His Crayon, I know it by heart,” the usually acid Lord Byron wrote of Irving’s “The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.,”...
Holiday Ecommerce Planning Starts Now for Small Brands
Online sellers have already started their fourth quarter, and retailers are locking promotion timing, AI visibility and fulfillment plans now rather than in October. The goal is simple: spread...
Startup Valuation Doubles as Etched Lands Jane Street
AI chip company Etched raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, and the round roughly doubled its price in about a month. Quant trading firm Jane Street led...
Fashion
Nvidia discussed buying AI startup Hugging Face: report
Published Thu, Aug 27, 2026 · 09:52 AM[SAN FRANCISCO] Nvidia held talks about acquiring Hugging Face in a deal that would potentially value the artificial intelligence startup at more...
Wall St slips at open after inflation data; Nvidia in focus
Published Wed, Aug 26, 2026 · 09:44 PM[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Wednesday (Aug 26) after hotter-than-expected inflation data reinforced bets on another quarter-point Federal...
Meta to pay $17 billion, overhaul Facebook and Instagram in teen addiction settlement
Meta agreed to pay up to $17 billion and make changes to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark settlement to resolve a child safety lawsuit...
Two more close calls at Sydney Airport add to safety concerns
The incidents highlight a persistent shortage of air traffic controllers at Australia’s busiest airportPublished Wed, Aug 26, 2026 · 01:23 PMAUSTRALIAN authorities are investigating two more aircraft taxiing incidents...
