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Six things you need to know about the future of retail
By DAPHNE LEPRINCE-RINGUETWhat was the last item you bought online? You probably won’t have to think too far back. Browsing for new headphones on Amazon or buying a 10-pack of socks in one click off ASOS: it seems as natural today as going to the nearest tailor would have been decades ago. Shopping is increasingly happening online, and for an industry like retail – worth £366 billion last year in the UK – the implications are big.While retail sales are looking healthy, with a growth of nearly five per cent year on year in August, saying that the relationship between retailers and consumers has changed would be an understatement. New technologies and innovations such as the transition to digital have transformed the nature of shopping. This week, at WIRED Smarter, we looked at how...
October 17, 2018

Six things you need to know about the future of retail

Ah, the nightmares!
Saudi GazetteImagine that one night you went to bed happy, all ready for the next day. However, you find yourself awake in the middle of the night on a strange road with a car approaching. You can’t move as your body is shaking and unhinged, all you can do is scream.You scream your lungs out, and then you find yourself on your bed in your room. You are shivering and all sweaty. What do you think just happened?It’s a nightmare! You must have heard your parents telling you that.What is a nightmare?They are bad dreams which can upset and frighten the person who has the dream. It mostly plays with your fear and happens during the R.E.M (Rapid Eye Movement) stage of the sleep cycle; towards the end of the night.Bad dreams could be about a monster you saw in a movie or any other scary...
October 17, 2018

Ah, the nightmares!

Nobel Laureate Nadia Murad A Key Speaker at "Investing in the Future" MENA Conference in Sharjah
Sharjah - The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), has announced that Iraqi human rights activist and 2018 Noble Peace Prize winner, Nadia Murad, will be joining the discussions at the third edition of the Investing in the Future Conference (IIFMENA), on October 24–25, to shed light on the how the youth in the MENA region can overcome the challenges they face surrounded by war and conflict, sharing her own personal journey as she was held captive by the Islamic state for three months by the Islamic State.IIFMENA 2018, which is organised by TBHF under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, and his wife, Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Muhammad Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs...
October 16, 2018

Nobel Laureate Nadia Murad A Key Speaker at "Investing in the Future" MENA Conference in Sharjah




Chelsea Pensioner, and 2017 champion John Riley (left) plays his first round match. — Reuters
She came, she saw, she conquered, British woman claims conker crown
LONDON — Standing in a rain soaked English village, more than 200 competitors armed with horse chestnuts dangling from shoelaces faced off for the World Conker Championship. The quintessential British school playground pastime involves competitors taking it in turns to launch their conkers in a bid to break those of their opponents. Victory can also be claimed if you force your opponent’s shoelace to become knotted three times. “Being steady of hand, steady of mind and able to withstand the cold and the wet is also very important,” said competitor Mina Arsanious, who was joined in the international field by rivals from Australia and the United States. Despite her training restricted to just 20 minutes on the eve of the event, Karen Holloway, 32, from the English city of Derby was...
October 16, 2018

She came, she saw, she conquered, British woman claims conker crown




A handout photo shows Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni (R) meeting with US rapper Kanye West (L) and his wife Kim Kardashian at the State House in Entebbe, Uganda.  — AFP
Kanye gives Ugandan leader sneakers, gets African name
KAMPALA — Kanye West and Kim Kardashian gave Uganda’s leader a pair of the rapper’s sneakers on Monday and he gave them both “Ugandan” names, at a meeting aimed at promoting tourism in East Africa.West presented Yoweri Museveni with a pair of white sports shoes made by his own company that he and Kardashian then signed with a marker pen. Museveni’s office said the president gave the US entertainment stars Ugandan names. He dubbed West — who himself declared last month that he wanted to be known as just “Ye” — “Kanyesigye”, a common name among the Banyankore, the ethnic group that Museveni hails from. Kardashian was granted the name “Kemigisha”, meaning “the one with blessings from God,” Museveni’s office said in a statement.West “expressed happiness at...
October 16, 2018

Kanye gives Ugandan leader sneakers, gets African name

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Actress who helped trigger India’s #MeToo movement won’t back down
MUMBAI — The Bollywood actress who helped trigger the #MeToo movement in India challenging sexual harassment and abuse sees it as part of her religious education after an experience 10 years ago she said effectively ended her career.Dutta, who said she was inspired by Christianity, Buddhism, yoga and the #MeToo movement in the United States, said last month that prominent actor Nana Patekar had sexually harassed her on the set of a movie in 2008. Patekar has denied wrongdoing.Dutta said Patekar, 67, had demanded she do intimate dance steps with him in one song in the Hindi-language romantic comedy “Horn OK Pleassss”. When she refused, she said, members of a far right-wing Hindu group attacked her car while she was in it, including jumping on the roof and trying to smash the...
October 16, 2018

Actress who helped trigger India’s #MeToo movement won’t back down

Richard Gere
Richard Gere trolls Trump as he makes his TV debut
CANNES — Hollywood star Richard Gere took at pop at US President Donald Trump as he unveiled his television debut at Cannes playing a billionaire tycoon not dissimilar to Rupert Murdoch. The “Pretty Woman” actor is shooting a new BBC series “MotherFatherSon”, which he said is a bid “to tell a story that relates to this crazy moment on the planet.“The reality-show president we have highlights the real stuff even more,” Gere told reporters at MIPCOM, the world’s top entertainment showcase Monday in the French Riviera resort. Gere, 69, plays the media mogul patriarch of a dysfunctional dynasty who has build up a worldwide empire on the back of his trashy British tabloids. Although the story includes many parallels with the rise of Australian-born tycoon Rupert Murdoch, the...
October 16, 2018

Richard Gere trolls Trump as he makes his TV debut




Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex meet Daphne Dunne during a visit at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday. — Reuters
Harry, Meghan get baby gifts, meet koalas Down Under
SYDNEY — British royals Harry and Meghan received copious baby gifts, met a koala couple and posed in front of Sydney’s dazzling Opera House Tuesday, on their first public outing since announcing they are to become parents.The happy prince and his US-born wife laughed and smiled as they were inundated with gifts — a pair of Australian baby Ugg boots, baby blankets, toy kangaroos and joeys — watched eucalyptus-munching koalas at the zoo and took a boat ride across Sydney Harbour at the start of a lengthy tour of the Pacific.“We genuinely couldn’t think of a better place to announce the, err, upcoming baby... a boy or a girl,” said a hesitant Harry, as he toasted his Sydney “mates” and lauded an afternoon reception for serving both tea and beer “in true Aussie...
October 16, 2018

Harry, Meghan get baby gifts, meet koalas Down Under

US President Donald Trump gestures as he delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, in this Jan. 26, 2018 file photo. — Reuters
Trump hangs painting of self with past Republican presidents in White House
WASHINGTON — It could be any Republican president’s fantasy: hanging out in White House with fellow conservative American leaders of years, decades, and even centuries past. For President Donald Trump, that fictional “happy hour” exists, in the form of a painting hanging at the White House that caused a huge uproar on social media when it was revealed over the weekend. The president’s critics say the scene is as real as some of the claims Trump made during his interview on “60 Minutes” that aired on Sunday where a glimpse of the painting could be seen in the background. Trump’s likeness has been ruthlessly disfigured by “high” and “low” artists alike, who have made no secret of their dislike of the Republican president. But in “The Republican Club,” a painting...
October 16, 2018

Trump hangs painting of self with past Republican presidents in White House

Pakistani motor mechanic Uzma Nawaz, 24, fixes a car at an auto workshop in Multan.  Since picking up a wrench as one of the first female car mechanics in conservative Pakistan, Uzma Nawaz has faced two common reactions: shock and surprise. And then a bit of respect. —AFP
Female car mechanic driving change in patriarchal Pakistan
MULTAN — Since picking up a wrench as one of the first female car mechanics in conservative Pakistan, Uzma Nawaz has faced two common reactions: shock and surprise. And then a bit of respect. The 24-year-old spent years overcoming entrenched gender stereotypes and financial hurdles en route to earning a mechanical engineering degree and netting a job with an auto repairs garage in the eastern city of Multan.“I took it up as a challenge against all odds and the meagre financial resources of my family,” Nawaz told AFP. “When they see me doing this type of work they are really surprised.”Hailing from the small, impoverished town of Dunyapur in eastern Pakistan’s Punjab province, Nawaz relied on scholarships and often skipped meals when she was broke while pursuing her degree. Her...
October 16, 2018

Female car mechanic driving change in patriarchal Pakistan

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