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The Scottish singer who drove Santana through the Eighties and early-Nineties, leaving behind a catalog that proved post-fusion rock could move stadiums.

The platform just revealed that 48 percent of new uploads are AI-generated, a hard number confirming what everyone suspected: AI commodified the production layer and changed the supply side overnight.

NYC's elected brass showed up Monday to spotlight the human labor inside fashion's most exclusive night, a quiet frame-shift on who actually dresses the gala.

NYT Sunday Review surfaced reading for the gifting moment five days out, capturing how culture media plans the calendar around tentpole occasions.

Australian beauty dupe brand MCo Beauty hired former Stila chief Michelle Kluz to lead globally, a bet that Gen-Z dupe culture now scales beyond TikTok into enterprise infrastructure.

The Costume Institute expanded its display to include bodies beyond the traditional form, a quiet signal that fashion's official institutions are finally grappling with who "belongs" in haute couture.

Business of Fashion examined how brands navigate the tension between exclusivity and access, using Nike's Boston Marathon ad and the Met Gala as case studies in the new rules of aspiration.

NYT Style caught up with Kentucky's first lady on the mechanics of Derby style, proving that regional tentpole events still command serious fashion real estate.

The footwear retailer hired a proven operator from Famous Footwear to lead the chain, a bet that specialty retail can still compete when backed by experienced management.

Party City and Staples are building shop-in-shop partnerships post-bankruptcy, a cost-of-goods strategy that lets legacy retail share infrastructure and customer density without reopening standalone stores.

Saint Spritz, the celebrity founder RTD, grew 700 percent YoY by making each retail launch a moment, proving that celebrity beverages can scale when founder-led activations anchor distribution.

Target is building a new facility type that moves past traditional distribution, a signal that retail ops are rearchitecting around speed and density, not footprint.

A shock to the system: supply chains reshored $300 billion in commerce away from China and Vietnam, a structural tectonic shift that will ripple through CPG and retail for years.

Fox launched its World Cup campaign with celebrity fill-in, a reminder that tournament rights still command major media spend even as cord-cutting fractures the audience.

Publishers are now facing a new extraction layer: AI data brokers who keep 100 percent of the licensing fees, a structural squeeze that makes ad tech tax look quaint.

Two clinical trials published this week confirmed that low-fat vegan diets slash diet-related emissions by more than half, a hard scientific validation that plant-forward CPG can build on.

Bipartisan House and Senate members reintroduced labeling restrictions for plant-based proteins, a regulatory headwind that will tighten packaging and messaging for the alt-protein category.

The Seoul fragrance brand opened its first US location in Manhattan, signaling that K-beauty momentum now extends into prestige fragrance and physical retail.

Big retailers are expanding shelf space for hemp-derived THC beverages and non-alcoholic alternatives, signaling that the category is now segmenting away from traditional beer and spirits.

The Israeli food-tech startup raised $270K as part of a $1 million round and brought a Nestlé veteran to the board, a pattern that signals VCs are backing ingredient-level innovation with operational support.

AGC is launching an AI-assisted animated feature written by the "Paddington" duo for Cannes, a signal that mainstream studios are now integrating AI into production pipelines for mid-budget features.

ESPN's debate titans are reuniting on-air, a reminder that personality-driven sports talk still moves viewership and sponsorship value.

The longevity biotech is selling at-home NAD+ injection kits via telehealth, a consumer adoption move that capitalizes on GLP-1 familiarity with self-injection.

Runner's World surfaced simple warm-up moves that improve speed and strength, a reminder that fitness content still drives engagement through utility, not just motivation.

The former Marlins GM is now building infrastructure for women's softball, a power move that uses institutional experience to scale emerging sports.

MAC ranked fifth in makeup at Sephora at Kohl's during its first month, a signal that heritage brands can still move merchandise through new distribution if the retail context is tight enough.

Spirit just filed for bankruptcy again after antitrust blocked the Frontier merger, a case study in how regulatory intervention can clear the field instead of protecting consumers.

Young Money examined the brain drain starting to ping AI companies as top talent gets poached by Wall Street and corporate venture, a scarcity problem that will repricing the AI talent market.

Spirit is liquidating rather than fighting, a collapse that clears the ultra-low-cost carrier lane and consolidates the market toward Allegiant and Southwest.

The Trentino-based SaaS travel startup closed Italy's largest vertical SaaS round on the back of AI operations scaling, a signal that European tech can scale beyond consumer applications.