Some Vaping Companies Are Turning to Synthetic Nicotine to Outsmart the FDA

Troy Johnston swears he wanted to play by the rules. Johnston, who owns the Texas-based vaping company VaporSalon, tried to follow the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA)…

How to Watch Tonight’s Super Blue Moon

The moon has been much in the news this August. For most of the month, uncrewed spacecraft from Russia and India were in a hot cosmic race to…

The Apollo 1 Tragedy and the ‘Challenge of the Impossible’

Sudden death is always shocking, and even more so when those who die are heroes who defied danger in the past. But on Jan. 27, 1967, when the…

Environmental Health study shows fast fashion’s negative effects

“From the growth of water-intensive cotton, to the release of untreated dyes into local water sources, to worker’s low wages and poor working conditions, the environmental and social…

EssiLux loses Dutch court case against takeover target GrandVision

The French-Italian maker of Ray-Ban had told a court hearing earlier this month that GrandVision’s decisions to suspend payments to store owners and suppliers and to apply for…

Peloton sues Lululemon in dispute over new apparel line

The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday night, 2-1/2 months after Peloton launched its apparel brand following the end of its five-year co-branding relationship with…

Microbiome skincare and clean makeup among biggest trends in UK beauty market

These are some of the trends driving growth in the UK beauty market in 2019, according to a new report from Mintel following on from the 2019 CEW…

Rise of the millennial consumer boosts US online luxury sales

Overall, 60% of the consumers included in the report conducted with reference to Checkout e-commerce data stated that they mostly or only shop for luxury products online. Among…

UK shop prices slip 0.1 percent in November for third month running

Although prices for non-food goods declined at the slowest rate since May 2013, food price inflation cooled this month, Retail Consortium (BRC) and market research firm Nielsen said.Still,…

UK tourist spend dips but luxe London continues to rise says Global Blue

Its data from the last 10 months shows that overall visitor retail spend across the UK is down compared to the same period last year, but the big…