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Sierra Leone records no new Ebola cases in a week: WHO

Sierra Leone has not recorded a new case of Ebola in the last week, a first since the outbreak reached the country in March last year, the World Health Organization said Monday. “This is very good news but we have to keep doing this intensive working with communities to identify potential new cases,” said Anders Nordstrom, the WHO representative in the west African country. The development comes after Sierra Leone’s

Military kids may be more apt to smoke, drink and carry guns

“We believe this is partly due to ongoing stressors related to war, deployments, frequent moves, being bullied, and being involved in risky peer groups,” lead study author Kathrine Sullivan, a researcher in social work at the University of Southern California, said by email. More than one million school-aged children currently have parents in the military, Sullivan and colleagues note in JAMA Pediatrics. Including families of veterans, there are four million

Gucci makes substantial gains in counterfeit lawsuit against Alibaba

Gucci’s Lady Web handbag Italian fashion label Gucci is making significant headway in the ongoing fight to prevent counterfeiting with a recent win in its lawsuit against Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba. Gucci won a U.S. court order barring Alibaba merchants from selling counterfeit goods online and requiring them to turn over financial information to Gucci’s parent company Kering. As this lawsuit and others continue to be fought in court, luxury

Luxury brands perform well in Indian ecommerce market: report

Image from Four Seasons Mumbai Luxury brands must continue to optimize Web performance to succeed in the rapidly growing Indian ecommerce market, according to a new report by Catchpoint. Web pages that fail to load at an acceptable rate discourage consumers and result in fewer sales. Despite the fact that most luxury brands have content-heavy sites, many loaded significantly faster than the sites of non-luxury brands, marking an impressive feat

Karl Lagerfeld cast as fashion-forward Waldo in parody tome

Where’s Karl? illustration of Mr. Lagerfeld and Choupette Karl Lagerfeld, creative director of both Chanel and Fendi, is the star of a new picture book for adults that plays off the classic “Where’s Waldo?” series. The parody children’s book, which relies on expert observation skills to find the object of desire while also coming across additional characters embedded in the scene, was written by Stacey Caldwell and Ajiri A. Aki with

Barneys to keynote Luxury Retail Summit: Holiday Focus 2015

Barneys’ SpinCycle window display Do join us at the Luxury Retail Summit in New York! Please click here to register for the third annual Luxury Retail Summit: Holiday Focus 2015 on Wednesday, Sept. 16 in New York Please join us for the third annual Luxury Retail Summit: Holiday Focus 2015 Wednesday, Sept. 16 in New York featuring leading specialists and top thinkers in luxury retailing and marketing. This daylong event

John Varvatos inspires risk-taking with Dark Rebel campaign

Image from John Varvatos’ Dark Rebel campaign U.S. fashion label John Varvatos is speaking to the independently minded through a digital campaign surrounding its latest fragrance Dark Rebel. A campaign video, “From Darkness Comes Light” takes the brand back to its eponymous designer’s hometown of Detroit, following a solitary male model as he traverses the dimly lit streets. This campaign enables the brand to highlight that its founder’s heritage and