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 + The new frontier (erm, Frontierland) Disney has been making inroads into as of late? Sports, in an effort to reach even more fans across generations.…
Read MoreItalian 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 year. The festival continues to grow in terms of its attendance, footprint and number of vendors, over 40 this year. The primary focus is on…
Read MoreDolly 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 could afford to buy anything like Sunday best, she was not much to be found in her grandfather’s church or any other. A curious thing about…
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Read MoreDe 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. The de minimis exemption, which let shipments worth $800 or less enter the United States duty-free, ended for China and Hong Kong on May 2, 2025…
Read MoreRFK 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. The dip is more significant than it seems at face value: The lowered figures place the age groups below the threshold for herd immunity (95 percent),…
Read MoreDHL 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 S Subramanian, senior vice-president–South Asia, DHL Express, and managing director, DHL Express India, told Business Standard. Also, to partly offset the impact of currency volatility, DHL…
Read MoreHomegrown 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 lowest in 2026 at $398 million. Annual funding peaked at $1.6 billion in 2022, moderated to $824 million by 2024, and returned to growth in 2025…
Read MoreDolly 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 named Dolly Parton. If you know the rest of this story, you know that it never gets old. Her parents, Avie Lee and Robert Lee Parton,…
Read MoreHow 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 a handful of tenants and mostly empty storefronts. But walk along the uptown section, and you’ll find something unexpected—life. Boutiques with handpicked apparel, gift shops brimming…
Read MoreTorrential rain and flooding causes damage in Northern Italy
Within a matter of hours, the extreme heat that had been tormenting northern Italy for weeks gave way to exceptional rainfall, flooding and a sharp drop in temperatures. The regions hit hardest were Liguria, Lombardy and the northern part of Tuscany. The disturbance that swept in was “fuelled” by a marine heatwave that pushed the…
Read MoreImproving 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 growing 22 per cent Y-o-Y, compared with 34 per cent growth in June 2026, but its spending share fell 140 basis points M-o-M to…
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