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Casio to celebrate Baby-G anniversary with Hello Kitty

Watch brand Casio is collaborating with Hello Kitty, a character from the Japanese entertainment company Sanrio, on a new Baby-G shock-resistant watch. The collaboration watch marks both the 50th anniversary of Hello Kitty and the 30th anniversary of the Baby-G and is based on the BGD-565, which inherits the design of the first Baby-G model. The...

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European Commission fines Guess almost 40 million euros in new crusade against online distribution restrictions

Brussels - On 17 December 2018, the European Commission fined the clothing company Guess 39.8 million euros for infringing EU antitrust rules by imposing restrictions on retailers’ ability to compete online. Concerns included ‘geo-blocking’ (i.e., restrictions on the EU territories into which retailers were allowed to sell Guess products),...