TikTok is expanding its online retail offerings, with its Chinese parent company selling products through the viral video app as the group seeks to challenge rivals such as Shein and Amazon.

In recent weeks, UK users have begun to see a new shopping feature within the TikTok app called “Trendy Beat”, a section offering items that have proven popular on videos, such as tools to extract ear wax or brush off pet hair from clothing.

All the items advertised are shipped from China, sold by a company registered in Singapore that is owned by TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company ByteDance, according

Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group has bought a £22m stake in the fashion group Boohoo as the high street retail tycoon makes a flurry of investments in online retail.

The group, which owns Sports Direct and the designer fashion retailer Flannels, added the 5% stake in Boohoo on Monday shortly after announcing it had built a 9% stake in the electrical goods retailer Currys in the past week. Ashley has a long history of snapping up ailing brands, from House of Fraser to Everlast.

The latest investments come after Frasers said last week it had built up a 21% stake in

What are the biggest pain points you’re dealing with as a restaurant owner? Where are you seeing holes in your business model? The most common ones include:

• Staffing: Labor shortages continue to plague an industry that historically has had a high turnover rate.
• Order Errors: If you’re still using an old-school pen-and-paper ticketing system, you’re at increased risk for human errors and inaccurate orders, leading to wasted food and unhappy customers.
• Decrease in Customer Satisfaction: Consumer preferences are ever-shifting, but their expectations remain high, including speed and convenience. You need to meet or exceed those expectations to keep them coming

Veteran-owned clothing brand, Nine Line Apparel, made a concerning discovery after a test showed one of their suppliers was suspected of using cotton grown in a slave labor region in China.

“We’ve identified one supplier that fell below the standards we expected,” Tyler Merritt, the brand’s CEO and US Army Special Operations aviation veteran, said in a Youtube video in April. “We decided to return any products purchased from that supplier until further tests confirm that all products come from sustainable sources.”

The test revealed that cotton allegedly used by Next Level — a wholesaler of blank apparel — was

Choosing your outfits for college can seem like a challenge, especially if this is your first year at school. And even more so if you (like most of us) are on a small college student budget. But today, we’re going to share some tips on looking effortlessly stylish in collegeno matter what you currently have in your closet.

We’ve already broken down our favorite college wardrobe essentials, so see that post if you missed

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I just love one dish recipes, and this Zucchini Ham Frittata is definitely a great one. You can add a salad and some rolls to round it out a bit if you’d like. Frittatas are also a great way to get those veggies in. If you don’t have zucchini or just don’t like it, you can substitute the zucchini for broccoli or spinach or another green veggie that suits your fancy,

Jimmy Kimmel might not have been the first choice (or even the 11th) to host the 2023 Oscars. But now that he’s secured the gig, his first promo for the awards ceremony has been unveiled. The soon-to-be three-time emcee shared the promotional spot, which spoofs best-picture nominees Top Gun: Maverick, during Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday.

He’s joined by Mavericks stars Jon Hamm and Charles Parnell, who poses as their opposite characters Kimmel in a Tom Cruise–esque flight suit. “I have to admit, I wasn’t expecting to be asked to host again,” the late-night host said. Hamm quips, “We

While the fast fashion industry continues to proliferate – its market size increasing by $106.4 billion in 2023 alone – so too is a behemoth landfill site taking the seize of Chile’s Atacama desert. The fetid mountain comprises 60,000 tonnes of discarded clothing and it can now be observed from space. See here, a high-resolution satellite image proves just how expansive the dumpsite has become in comparison to the neighboring city of Iquique and its population of 191,468. Situated one mile from Iquique’s most deprived districts, the Atacama landfill has created so much waste that the United Nations has