FTC probing allegations of Amazon’s deceptive discounting

The FTC is probing a complaint brought by the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, which looked at some 1,000 products on Amazon’s website in June and found that Amazon put reference… Read more

Google settles ‘longstanding’ tax dispute with Australia

The settlement comes after an audit that looked into the tech giant’s tax practices between 2008 and 2018, a Google spokeswoman said.In a separate statement, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO)… Read more

Harvey, Irma to hit US apparel retailers more than restaurants

U.S. same-store sales at apparel chains are expected to rise just 0.1 percent in the third quarter ending October, compared with a 0.6 percent increase seen before the hurricanes, according… Read more

Gwyneth Paltrow rebuffs accusations of Goop pseudoscience

This statement, which Paltrow gave in an interview with BBC, comes after the brand  paid $145,000 in damages for “unsupported scientific claims” about its jade and rose quartz vaginal eggs. When… Read more

British fashion industry -lobbying the Government hard” about new immigration rules

Speaking in an interview with Sky News, Mansell described a sense of “uncertainty” in the industry, with many businesses feeling nervous about the future.The industry body is the most inclusive British… Read more

Insurers, reinsurers prepare for battle over UK Covid-19 business payments

Bars, beauty parlours, nightclubs and other small companies in January won the right to business interruption insurance payments after senior judges ruled many insurance policies should cover losses caused by… Read more

India’s ‘invisible’ home garment workers exploited by fashion brands

For each finished item, Sekar earns less than one Indian rupee ($0.0141), and like millions of other “invisible” home-based workers in India, she is being exploited by the country’s garment… Read more