Fashion

Luxury Briefing: Tapestry, Capri and the American fashion portfolio shakeup

Luxury Briefing: Tapestry, Capri and the American fashion portfolio shakeup

Posted by - February 21, 2025 Fashion

In this week’s Luxury Briefing: The fallout from the failed Tapestry-Capri merger continues, with Tapestry selling Stuart Weitzman and Capri reportedly eyeing divestments of Versace and Jimmy Choo. Also, news to know and luxury executive moves. If you have comments on this briefing or tips for future editions, please email...

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Fitness

How Hyrox Took Over New York – and the Rest of the Fitness World

How Hyrox Took Over New York – and the Rest of the Fitness World

Posted by February 4, 2025

Hyrox returns to New York this May for a follow-up to last year’s NYC event, which put the popular fitness race on the map in America When Christian Toetzke founded Hyrox back in 2017, he sought to create the “marathon of fitness,” a series of mass-participation events that would bring...

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Shopping

Infra

Big infrastructure investment plans take shape in America

Big infrastructure investment plans take shape in America

Posted by - February 20, 2025

Amtrak and dozens of major industry partners representing construction, manufacturing, rail supply, engineering, and other sectors convened for an industry roundtable to discuss trends and highlight the hundreds of major rebuilding projects that Amtrak and its partners are delivering across America, today and into the future. These partners, who are...

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Sports

Wayne Gretzky Gets in Trouble With Fans for Gesture Towards American Team During 4 Nations Finals: “Remove His Honorary Title”

Wayne Gretzky Gets in Trouble With Fans for Gesture Towards…

Posted by - February 21, 2025

The atmosphere is electric among the hockey fans during the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game between Team USA and Canada. The situation has escalated to the point where even iconic figures such as Wayne Gretzky have faced backlash from the community due to a particular gesture directed at the American...

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Gambling

Study shows Americans wagered almost $150 billion on sports betting…

Posted by February 20, 2025

The American Gaming Association is out with their annual gaming revenue tracker looking back at 2024 and it shows continued record growth for sports betting. The American landscape was fundamentally changed when the Supreme Court opened the door to legalized sports betting several years ago. And although it is still...

Latin America’s Online Gambling Market Set to Explode: A $12.3…

Posted by February 20, 2025

5 The Latin American gambling market is changing at a rapid pace and attracting global interest because of its huge potential. The growing industry expects major changes in regulations and market trends that will shape the next couple of years. The online gambling market is soon to grow exponentially. It...

U.S. sports betting revenue hit a record $13.7B in 2024…

Posted by February 20, 2025

The U.S. sports betting industry continued to grow in 2024, generating record amounts of money wagered and revenue. According to the American Gaming Association’s latest commercial gaming revenue tracker, Americans legally wagered $147.91 billion on sports in 2024, an increase of 23.6 percent over the previous year. That betting generated...

Gambling on Armageddon • Stimson Center

Posted by February 19, 2025

Acknowledgments The authors wish to thank our Henry L. Stimson Center colleagues, Dan Grazier, Julia Gledhill, Hunter Slingbaum, Will Smith, and Nicole Gilbert for their advice, input, and collaboration in initiating this project; Justine Sullivan, Caitlin Goodman, and Joaquin Matamis for their hard work and flexibility in its production and...

U.S. sports betting industry sees record revenue in 2024 (which…

Posted by February 19, 2025

The house always wins. Which means its visitors always lose.Not every single time. There are short-term wins. Over the long haul, however, the house is picking pockets like a six-fingered Artful Dodger.Via David Purdum of ESPN.com, the American sports betting industry had a record $13.71 billion in 2024 revenue. It’s...

New Report Suggests US Gambling Addiction Searches are Increasing

Posted by February 19, 2025

Responsible gaming is a major concern for our best sports betting sites and the state's they operate in. The legalization of sports betting in the US has increased searches for information on gambling addiction in the nation, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of California San Diego Qualcomm Institute...

New Siena-St. Bonaventure poll shows enthusiasm by young men for…

Posted by February 19, 2025

A new survey shows that a large percentage of young men are participating in online sports betting. And that trend is raising concerns about more people dealing with gambling addictions.The survey released Tuesday by the Siena College Research Institute and St. Bonaventure University shows that 22% of Americans including nearly...

New Study Finds US Gambling Addiction Searches Increased

Posted by February 18, 2025

Millions of Americans have looked up problem gambling information since the Supreme Court let states legalize sports betting in 2018. Feb 18, 2025 • 15:53 ET • 4 min read Photo By - Imagn Images. Millions of Americans have sought gambling addiction information since the U.S. Supreme Court let states...