Burberry has returned to profit after opening new stores and spending more on online marketing. The British luxury brand reported pre-tax profits of £166m for the year to March. A year ago it made a loss of £16.1m, hit by charges at its Spanish operations. In the past year it has opened 21 new stores…
Sportswear sales in the UK are set to surpass 6 billion pounds by the end of this year, due to the blurring line between activewear and high fashion driving up demand, according to research by Key Note. The report notes that the British sportswear market grew 9.5 percent to 5.9 billion pounds in 2014, following…
Felipe Massa’s heavy crash during FP1 for the Canadian Grand Prix was caused by a DRS problem, Williams has confirmed. Early in the session, Massa lost control approaching Turn 1, causing him to take to the grass in the braking area. With the Williams pitched into a spin, Massa slid backwards into the tyre barrier and…
Have you built your blanket fort yet? Have you emerged from your blanket fort yet? Mother Nature is not playing around, it’s beyond frigid outside. The only thing warming our souls this winter might be watching Harry Potter movies all day, every day. Netflix we are forever grateful for keeping us from crying until summer…
WWE Hall Of Famer Mick Foley briefly spoke to the folks at Newsday on Monday night to comment on Jon Stewart’s appearance on WWE RAW. “I think Jon did a great job on ‘Raw,’” Foley told Newsday via text Monday night. “Fans have to respect his knowledge of wrestling.” You can check out highlights of…
Daniel Ricciardo admitted to still finding it hard to extract from his McLaren car the “last few tenths” that would allow him to mix it up with the first half of the field in qualifying. Ricciardo enjoyed an upswing in performance at Silverstone two weeks ago where he qualified P6, just one spot behind teammate…
This summer — with record heat waves crashing over Europe — climate activists appeared to find an unlikely champion: the conservative German politician Ursula von der Leyen. Shortly before she was confirmed as the next president of the European Commission, the former defense minister pledged to introduce a “European Green Deal” within 100 days of…
Jérémy Chatelain s’est fait connaître en 2002, lors de la deuxième saison de la Star Academy. Aujourd’hui, le chanteur revient à la chanson avec le titre Je me rappelle. Découvrez cinq choses que vous ignoriez peut-être sur l’ex mari d’Alizée. 1. Il n’aurait jamais dû être à la Star Academy. Jérémy Chatelain, 32 ans, doit…
– As seen on Monday’s RAW, there was a “We Want Nexus” chant during the Wade Barrett vs. Justin Gabriel match. The chant was so loud that the announcers had no choice but to acknowledge it. According to PWInsider.com, the Nexus chant was a huge surprise to everybody backstage. – The advertised main events for…
– This week’s edition of WWE SmackDown drew 2.443 million viewers, up from last week’s show, which averaged 2.353 million viewers. – Ric Flair issued the following statement to TMZ regarding the passing of Roddy Piper: “We’ve shared the ring, traveled the world, maintained a friendship throughout the ups and downs of the wrestling world,…