Paris (AFP) – The first-ever online Paris fashion week clicks off Monday with the world of glitzy runway shows thrown into an existential crisis by the coronavirus. Paris haute couture and men’s fashion weeks have been rolled into one, with labels making films to showcase their clothes instead of staging […]

By Nikhil Nainan (Reuters) – Browsing online during lockdown, Jessica Friend spotted a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses she liked, but the price tag made the 30-year-old Ohio resident think twice. What persuaded her to click ‘buy’, Friend said, was the short-term credit offered by Afterpay, which split the $260 payment […]