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Tech giants such as Google, Facebook seek to defer Indian digital tax - sources
Big U.S. tech firms such as Google and Facebook plan to seek deferment of a new Indian digital tax, which has caught them off-guard as businesses battle the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, industry sources said.
Fashion
Industry
W Magazine furloughs majority of staff, suspends print
The Future Media Group-owned publication has suspended its print edition indefinitely, and those who work on W's online edition will continue to work with reduced salaries.
Luxury
Media
Ex-Hearst UK chief and GFW chair Terry Mansfield dies
Terry Mansfield, one of the UK’s heavyweights in glossy magazine publishing and also the former chairman of Graduate Fashion Week, died at the weekend after contracting the coronavirus.
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Fashion labels try to keep people busy in times of isolation
DIY dress-making, live-streamed cookery and yoga sessions, competitions: many ready-to-wear labels and retailers are featuring daily activities on their social media channels to amuse their fans and stay connected.
Fashion
Media
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Fashion: creating unique content, not clothes, as a morale booster during the Covid-19 pandemic
Fashion houses have begun reaching out to their massive global communities via social media to encourage creativity at home, healthy living and inter-connectivity during the global lockdown caused by coronavirus.
Fashion
Design
Glenmuir launches short film series with YouTuber
The Scottish golf clothing brand has launched a three-part short film series with YouTube vlogger The Average Golfer to capture the spirit of golf during these difficult and uncertain times.
Fashion
Campaigns
Cotton Traders launches first major national ad campaign
Altrincham-based Cotton Traders has unveiled a major Spring/Summer 2020 advertising campaign designed to open up the brand to new and younger audiences.
Fashion
Campaigns
Unilever to launch global handwashing campaign with UK government
Running across multiple channels, the campaign will aim to change people’s behaviour in countries across Africa and Asia to raise awareness of the need for proper hand hygiene to stop the spread of Covid-19.
Beauty
Campaigns