It’s lunchtime in the heart of Leicester’s textile industry, Spinney Hills. Two women are smoking outside a derelict-looking factory building. One says she is Bulgarian, working as a seamstress, and that she is being paid £6 an hour. The national minimum wage for over-25-year-olds is £8.21 an hour. Walking around this part of the city, … Read More →
The company refused to replace the watch or refund. Mumbai: A Mumbai sales executive Imran Babel was cheated by a website selling products online. According to Imran, he bought one advance featured wrist watch following a Facebook advertisement from the Zookr.in website. However, the company delivered him a completely different watch. After contacting the consumer helpline … Read More →
Apple is holding another one of its ‘Lose your wallet’ Apple Pay shopping events this month. According to the company’s website, shoppers in a handful of New York City areas will be able to lock in exclusive discounts when they shop using Apple Pay… Apple says shoppers in Greenwich Village, Nolita, Park Slope, and Williamsburg will be … Read More →
The best of fashion under a roof presented a mix of sarees, lehangas and wedding gowns.(Dheeraj Dhawan/ HT Photo) Hindustan Times’ La Finesse fashion show witnessed the confluence of Indian ethnic and western wear. The best of fashion under a roof presented a mix of sarees, lehangas and wedding gowns displayed by 32 ramp scorching … Read More →
CHENNAI: With the fire in Chennai Silks textile showroom in T Nagar on May 31 still fresh in people’s minds and the fire-ravaged eight storey building is under demolition now, another fire accident at a commercial complex in a different locality in the city shook Chennaiites on Saturday. The fire at multistorey Suntec City Shopping … Read More →
Earrings, Deepa Gurnani New Yorkers in need for some contemporary Indian jewellery are in luck. Multi-designer jewellery brand Nimai, along with label Deepa Gurnani, NEST and The Fashion Edit, are hosting a showcase in the Big Apple to promote contemporary Indian labels on a global scale. Deepa Gurnani is run by a New York-based couple … Read More →