Madden CEO Details Wholesale Issues and Talks Dress Shoe Momentum

Madden CEO Details Wholesale Issues and Talks Dress Shoe Momentum

Even after efforts to mitigate tariff impacts, CEO Edward Rosenfeld detailed pressures on Steven Madden Ltd.’s second-quarter results. “Wholesale customers canceled orders and reduced open-to-buys. Shipment delays led to lost sales and pushed deliveries to later periods, and organic gross margins declined due to the significant increase in our landed costs, resulting in substantial pressure…

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Google is indexing ChatGPT conversations, potentially exposing sensitive user data

Google is indexing ChatGPT conversations, potentially exposing sensitive user data

Google is indexing conversations with ChatGPT that users have sent to friends, families, or colleagues—turning private exchanges intended for small groups into search results visible to millions. A basic Google site search using part of the link created when someone proactively clicks “Share” on ChatGPT can uncover conversations where people reveal deeply personal details, including…

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How Viral Moments Boosted the Hottest Shoes of the Season: From Jonathan Bailey’s The Row Flip-flops to Harry Styles’ Prada Sneakers

How Viral Moments Boosted the Hottest Shoes of the Season: From Jonathan Bailey’s The Row Flip-flops to Harry Styles’ Prada Sneakers

Six out of 10 of the hottest products on the Q2 2025 Lyst Index are footwear, and some of them landed on the list after viral moments online and celebrity endorsements. The list features The Row‘s Dune sandals on top, followed by other shoes like Miu Miu’s Faded Suede Loafers in fourth place, Vibram’s V-Soul…

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Stock market holds steady after Fed leaves interest rates unchanged

Stock market holds steady after Fed leaves interest rates unchanged

U.S. stock indexes are drifting on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates where they are, a move that could upset President Donald Trump but was one that Wall Street was widely expecting. The S&P 500 was edging up by 0.2% in afternoon trading, coming off its first loss after setting all-time highs for six successive days.…

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‘War of the Worlds’ Review: Ice Cube Headlines a Disastrous Movie Retelling of H.G. Wells’ Alien Invasion Classic

‘War of the Worlds’ Review: Ice Cube Headlines a Disastrous Movie Retelling of H.G. Wells’ Alien Invasion Classic

In 1938, Orson Welles hosted a radio version of H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds” that reportedly sent listeners into a panic by treating the alien invasion as a breaking news broadcast. Skip forward to today, and a witless, straight-to-streaming adaptation of Wells’ novel seems highly unlikely to alarm anybody, confining the global takeover by…

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Senate Democrats Turn to Rare Rule to Force Release of Epstein Files

Senate Democrats Turn to Rare Rule to Force Release of Epstein Files

Senate Democrats are pulling out a rare stop in hopes of compelling the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation to release all documents related to notorious late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. On Wednesday, Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer announced that he and the seven Democratic members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs…

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