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Carrefour cuts profit forecast as French riots and looting hit 50 stores

Carrefour has slashed its full-year profit outlook after widespread riots and looting across France damaged dozens of its stores, disrupted trading and pushed up operating costs. The French supermarket group warned that the unrest could wip

Patch the Planet: global response coordination as agents uncover critical vulnerabilities

Patch the Planet connects security researchers, maintainers, and incident responders to help address critical vulnerabilities across open source.

How we built ChatGPT’s novel ad stack for user trust and relevance

Learn how OpenAI built ChatGPT’s LLM-powered ad stack to understand conversational intent, keep ads separate from answers, and deliver relevant ads at scale.

L’Oréal and Natura target ‘Ozempic face’ as weight-loss jabs spark beauty boom

Beauty giants including L’Oréal, Natura and Galderma are developing treatments to tackle the effects of rapid weight loss on the skin. The companies are testing products designed to address facial sagging, reduced skin firmness and volume l

IKEA invests £31.5 million into improving UK online fulfilment as digital sales grow

IKEA is investing £31.5 million into its UK online fulfilment to make it more efficient and sustainable. The post IKEA invests £31.5 million into improving UK online fulfilment as digital sales grow appeared first on InternetRetailing.

New Look “proud” to partner with Macmillan Cancer Support

New Look has announced a two-year charity partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support, which will see both its staff and customers raise funds for people living with cancer across the UK. It follows a “company-wide colleague vote”, which saw

Sennder set to hit €1bn sales this year

Sennder today announced that “it has turned IFRS EBITDA positive on an unadjusted monthly basis, and is to hit €1 billion in annual revenue for 2026”. It is on track to deliver “IFRS EBITDA profitability for the full year 2026. This milesto

Average of 1.5 days to make a sale, seller profit 32%! This "niche market" is rising rapidly

This forms a sharp contrast with Chinese sellers on mainstream platforms in Europe and the US.

Red Sea container traffic set for full return in Q1 – October 20, 2026 Update

Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index Air rates – Freightos Air Index Analysis Trends in international ocean logistics seem even more confusing than usual lately: more Iranian attacks but more Hormuz traffic; more crude exp

Full-funnel growth has a system | Off-season growth and massive SKU management: how ZealChange optimizes full-funnel delivery

From audience reach to conversion handoff, two approaches tackle different growth challenges

Accredited official statistics: HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions for the UK

Summary of HM Revenue and Customs' tax receipts, National Insurance contributions (NICs), and expenditure for the UK.

Asian Equities Slide as South Korea Drops 3.6% and AI Spending Faces Scrutiny

South Korea led regional market losses on Tuesday as artificial intelligence infrastructure debutant Elice Group sank 16 per cent below its offering price.

How to implement AI training for employees

Most teams don't struggle to implement AI in their daily workflows because they're resistant to change—they struggle because they haven't been given the structure to learn how to use it effectively. Employees who receive formal AI training

Using thousands of AI agents to uncover new leads in biological data

See how OpenAI, PerturbAI, and Scripps Research used distributed AI agents to uncover promising research leads in data from millions of brain cells.

179-2026: AusTreat registration renewals now available through ProviderHub

21 October 2026 Who does this notice effect? Pre-border biosecurity treatment providers currently registered under AusTreat. What has changed? The department has introduced ProviderHub, a new online platform for managing AusTreat registrati

The best mobile scanning and OCR software in 2026

For the longest time, I relied on a photo to take my documents from paper to the digital world. But now that I've discovered the power of OCR scanning software, I have no intention of going back to the Paper Ages. I most often use scanning

Framer vs. Webflow: Which website builder should you use? [2026]

As a web designer in the mid-2010s, I used what everyone recommended at the time: WordPress. While it's a great tool, I found myself spending hours trying to fix spacing issues, reconcile bugs created by incompatible plugins, and troublesho

How to make a Google Meet meeting

I live in a bubble of sorts where most of my coworkers and other professionals in my network default to Zoom meetings. It's glorious—and, honestly, the right way to do meetings. But every now and then, that precious bubble is burst when som

Southeast Asia’s digital economy to hit $368 billion

Widespread AI adoption is propelling Southeast Asia's digital economy to a projected $368 billion in 2026 and $1 trillion by 2035.

Taobao’s Double 11 reset: Simpler prices, AI assistant and a push beyond China

This is the first Double 11 in which a shopper can complete the whole purchase through an assistant. The post Taobao’s Double 11 reset: Simpler prices, AI assistant and a push beyond China appeared first on Inside Retail Asia.

How to Select Products for Wayfair? Mature Bestsellers vs. High-Growth Blue Ocean Categories | Wayfair Operations Tips ③

Overview of Hot-Selling Products

More than half of sellers, yet only 40% of revenue: who is making the money in pet product exports?

A turning point for pet product exports has arrived! Understanding shifts in overseas pet care demand through consumption signals from four major platforms

1 day countdown! Anker sells 63.62 million annually on the new platform, and Chinese sellers can open stores directly

Growth is not a trend on paper, but an individual fact that is happening right now!

Beware of pitfalls! The latest patents for 6 kitchenware categories have just been granted!