All About Barbie’s Creator, Ruth Handler

When Greta Gerwig embarked upon her journey to create a story about a doll with no personality or inner life, she turned to Barbie’s history for inspiration. Mattel, Barbie’s parent…

FDA Approval of First Alzheimer’s Drug Mired in Controversy

“The whole thing is befuddling, and a series of inexplicable surprises,” says Dr. Caleb Alexander, professor of epidemiology and medicine at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Alexander…

How Climate-Friendly Is Your Christmas Tree-

As a child growing up in suburban southern California, there was no holiday tradition more important than the faux-winter ritual of picking out a Christmas tree at our community college’s…

EU fines Google record $2.7 billion in first antitrust case

The European Commission said the world’s most popular internet search engine has 90 days to stop favoring its own shopping service or face a further penalty per day of up…

Burt’s Bees founder wants to help students launch sustainable businesses

The natural beauty brand’s former CEO Roxanne Quimby has announced the launch of ‘Creating a Healthy Hive: Starting Your Own Sustainable Business,’ an online course set up in partnership with…

New Max Mara scholarships at MMU aim to improve fashion industry diversity

The Max Mara ‘Opportunity Scholarships in Fashion’, in conjunction with Manchester Metropolitan University, will provide funding for six students over three years from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.The scholarships…

PVH donates $1 million to Covid-19 relief

Some $100,000 of the total donation will go to the Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund created by the UN Foundation and Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, benefitting the World Health Organization and other…

Parcels and politics help to lift Royal Mail revenue

After years of underinvestment, the former monopoly was privatised in 2013 and has since reduced layers of management, upgraded technology and cut its property bill.However, the company was left struggling…

Indies’ Black Friday fashion and beauty sales rose, but markdowns were steep

That’s according to retail management platform Vend, which works closely with UK small-to-medium and independent retail stores.By city, Bristol and London appeared to see the biggest overall increases in sales…

Suez Canal unblocked but parcel delays will continue – report

It welcomed the achievement in unblocking what’s a key artery for global trade, but it said the blockage will cost £4.35 billion and delay many Amazon and other e-commerce orders…