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Authentic Partners with Drake to Scale OVO Globally
27 Aug 2026
Authentic Brands Group ("Authentic"), a global brand and entertainment platform, today announced the acquisition of a majority stake in the intellectual property of OVO, the premium lifestyl
Champion and Ted Baker Launch Collections inspired by the World of Netflix’s The Gentlemen
27 Aug 2026
Champion and Ted Baker today unveiled official The Gentlemen Season 2 capsule collections inspired by the acclaimed Netflix series. Launching alongside the global premiere of the new season, the partn
Authentic Expands Its Global Ecommerce Ecosystem Through Strategic Partnership with Luzern eCommerce
24 Aug 2026
Authentic Brands Group (Authentic), a global brand and entertainment platform, today announced an expanded strategic partnership with Luzern eCommerce, a leading eCommerce marketplace and retail media
Authentic Completes Acquisition of Care Bears, Establishing New Character Entertainment Vertical
24 Aug 2026
Authentic Brands Group (Authentic), a global brand and entertainment platform, today announced the closing of its acquisition of the intellectual property (IP) of Care Bears, one of the world’s most e
Lucky Brand Announces Charlie Puth as New Brand Ambassador Celebrating the Brand’s Enduring Connection to Music
11 Aug 2026
Lucky Brand, the iconic denim and lifestyle company known for celebrating individuality and self-expression for more than 30 years, today announced Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and producer Cha
Champion Announces Global Partnership With International Icon V of BTS
10 Aug 2026
Champion, the iconic American athletic and lifestyle brand, today announced a global partnership with V of BTS, introducing the internationally acclaimed artist as the face of its new True Champion campaign.
Hunter and Dunlop Protective Footwear Announce Partnership to Introduce the First-Ever Hunter Safety Boot in the US and Canada
21 Jul 2026
Hunter, the iconic British heritage brand, and Dunlop Protective Footwear, a global leader in protective footwear innovation, today announced a new partnership introducing the first-ever Hunter Safety Boot available in the US and Canada.
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
Donald Trump may be many things, but a good economist he is not. Accustomed to dictating terms to people he has worked with,
The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
