September 26, 2024 Shein faces probe in Italy over alleged greenwashing Under European Union anti-greenwashing regulations that came into force this year, companies are banned from making vague environmental claims about their products. BY Reuters Italy’s antitrust agency has launched an investigation into a Dublin-based company that operates Shein‘s website and app over possibly misleading environmental … Continue reading Shein faces probe in Italy over alleged greenwashing
Amazon faces nearly $6 million in fines over California labor law violations The company failed to properly notify its warehouse workers about their expected quotas. anna washenko Updated Wed, Jun 19, 2024 ASSOCIATED PRESS The California Labor Commissioner’s office has fined Amazon $5,901,700 for infractions related to a law designed to protect warehouse … Continue reading Amazon faces nearly $6 million in fines over California labor law violations
June 11, 2024 EPA’s ‘forever chemicals’ drinking-water rule faces fresh legal challenges The groups said the rule exceeds the EPA’s authority under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, a 1974 law empowering the agency to pass water-quality regulations. BY Reuters U.S. manufacturing and chemical industry groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to block a federal rule … Continue reading EPA’s ‘forever chemicals’ drinking-water rule faces fresh legal challenges
By Kelly Cloonan February 07, 2024 Spotify’s posts subscriber growth: Spotify reported a 23% rise in monthly active users in the fourth quarter, which now total 602 million, just ahead of analysts’ expectations of 601.33 million. The rise, announced Tuesday, comes after the company raised subscriber prices and cut thousands of employees in a … Continue reading Today’s top business headlines: Spotify adds users, Boeing faces new pressures, and Adam Neumann eyes a WeWork comeback
By Fatimah Gilliam February 02, 2024 I believe it is time to lift the veil on a workplace reality some white leaders, managers, and employees may find surprising. Many white people aren’t on nearly as good and friendly terms with some of the Black people they work with as they might think. In … Continue reading 3 blunt things Black people want their white coworkers to know, but won’t say to their faces
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands developer faces layoffs in latest Embracer cuts Lost Boys Interactive is the latest studio to face cost-cutting measures. Sarah Fielding Mon, Jan 15, 2024, Gearbox / 2K We’re just a couple of weeks into 2024, but the layoffs that plagued the gaming industry last year are back. An undisclosed number … Continue reading Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands developer faces layoffs in latest Embracer cuts
Legacy TV Faces Challenges: Maturing Streaming, Lack Of A Future Ad Vision by Wayne Friedman , Staff Writer, August 22, 2023 With connected TV’s advertising investment looking to grow 13% to $25.9 billion globally this year — and 10.4% over the next five years, according to GroupM — that would suggest a now maturing business. But … Continue reading Legacy TV Faces Challenges: Maturing Streaming, Lack Of A Future Ad Vision
The FTC has opened an inquiry into ChatGPT owner OpenAI, while Google faces a genAI-related lawsuit. Kim Davis on July 13, 2023 With creative workers across the board, including marketers, looking to a future of generative AI-powered content creation, some of the highest profile vendors of the disruptive technology are facing regulatory inspection and at … Continue reading Generative AI faces more regulatory and legal challenges
Emotions expressed by facial expressions can diagnose user reactions to mobile ads. William Terdoslavich on April 13, 2023 There they stare, heads bowed, but not in prayer. This is the profile of your typical smart phone user, surfing the net, looking for the next thing. As they flip from page to page and scroll up … Continue reading Scanning the faces that scan the mobile screens
By Michael Grothaus February 09, 2023 Tech companies aren’t the only ones seeing mass layoffs. America’s premier entertainment giant, the Walt Disney Company, has announced it will lay off 7,000 of its workers in an effort to cut $5.5 billion in costs. Disney CEO Bob Iger, who only returned to the helm last November, … Continue reading Disney is cutting 7,000 jobs in a cost-saving blitz as traditional TV faces an existential crisis
