Ōura’s Ricky Bloomfield proposes new regulatory pathway for wearable health features
The chief medical officer is interested in an easier path to market for health screening features in wearable devices. Continue reading →
Glossy+ Research: Top TikTok Shop brands on the investment needed to win on the platform
Welcome to the Executive Focus Group, a Glossy+ member-exclusive series driven by monthly focus groups with subject matter experts. The bi-weekly series offers actionable takeaways for business leaders navigating the rapidly evolving beauty and fashion industries. This month, Glossy brought...
The new luxury bag is indie
It doesn’t take a fashion insider to choose a Bottega bag. Increasingly, it’s also not the bag fashion insiders are choosing. Rising costs for luxury bags, along with consumers’ logo fatigue and boredom with the sameness of conglomerate-owned luxury brands, are opening the floodgates...
Beauty Briefing: Paula’s Choice makes a bet on longevity and sports with its first campaign of 2026
This week, I checked in on Paula’s Choice’s campaign centered on aging well and longevity. Additionally, Rare Beauty makes the jump to Ulta, and Vacation, Inc. eyes expansion. Paula’s Choice taps into the longevity trend with a sports-centered campaign for 2026This is a member-exclusive article...
Char Siu Pork and Other Cantonese Dishes Get an Update at This Hong Kong Restaurant
Char siu pork made by chef ArChan Chan at Ho Lee Fook. | Eater Video Ho Lee Fook is redefining Cantonese food in Hong Kong, with chef ArChan Chan calling the spot — covered in mahjong tiles and beckoning gold cats — “a Chinese restaurant with a Hong Kong heart.” Chan’s modern renditions of...Telegram Hosting World’s Largest Darknet Market
Wired is reporting on Chinese darknet markets on Telegram. The ecosystem of marketplaces for Chinese-speaking crypto scammers hosted on the messaging service Telegram have now grown to be bigger than ever before, according to a new analysis from the crypto tracing firm Elliptic. Despite a brief...
China eases tariffs on certain textile and leather products
Image for illustration. Credits: Re&Up The Chinese government has introduced a reduction to tariffs on certain raw materials, including strategic inputs for textiles and leather, as it looks to bolster its position as a key sourcing hub. The new plan, which came into effect January 1, 2026,...
The end of the de minimis: How DDP simplifies cross-border compliance
Credits: Bleckmann In the worst-case scenario, shipments could even be seized by the authorities at the border and returned to the sender when documents aren’t correct and complete or when for example duties aren’t paid because of ignorance Alternatively, shoppers could find that their packages...
Vietnam: growth accelerates to 8 percent in 2025 despite US tariffs
Illustrative image. Cortex Vietnam Factory Sewing Floor. Credits: Cortex Vietnam reported an 8 percent growth in its gross domestic product (GDP) for 2025 on Monday, driven by services, construction and exports, despite the impact of US tariffs. “The 2025 GDP is expected to post significant...