CVS Profits Eclipse $2.9 Billion As Aetna Health Plan Costs Ease

CVS Health reported first quarter net income of more than $2.9 billion as costs slowed for subscribers of the Aetna health plans the company sells.

Esteworld Moves Beyond Cosmetic Surgery Into Wellness—With The U.S. In Its Crosshairs

Leading Turkish medical aesthetics group, Esteworld, is expanding beyond hair transplants and cosmetic surgery by building a longevity‑focused lifestyle community.

How Ace Hardware Employees Are Using AI To Serve Shoppers

Ace Hardware is scaling its Hey ARMA technology across 2,300 stores to give associates instant project expertise and improve the customer experience.

Cosmetics giant Rituals confirms data breach of customer membership records

The cosmetics retailer, which counts 41 million customers in its membership data, declined to provide an accurate total number of customers affected.

How Coachella Became A Testing Ground For Cultural Brand Relevance

Coachella has proved a key cultural moment for brands to showcase their relevance and ability to deliver memorable experiences to consumers.

How AI Agents Could Rebuild Fashion’s Visual Production Layer

How Genera, OmegaRender and AlphaRender use AI agents to turn visual production into new infrastructure, with major implications for fashion and creative workflows.

Google Pixel And Highsnobiety Build A Talent Pipeline For Fashion

Google Pixel and Highsnobiety launch PIFT, a fashion-tech incubator using AI, mentorship and creative workflows to build a talent pipeline at Milan’s Salone del Mobile.

Google, DressX And The New Fashion AI Virtual Try-On Stack

How DRESSX, Google and NVIDIA are reshaping fashion AI, virtual try-on and ecommerce as brands chase better fit, fewer returns and more brand-accurate shopping workflows.

CVS Begins Rollout Of Smaller ‘Pharmacy-Only’ Stores

CVS Health is pushing ahead with plans to open nearly 20 smaller “pharmacy-only” stores that are less than half the size of traditional stores by the end of this year.

Embrace Progress Says Sephora As ChatGPT Pilot Expands In U.S.

Sephora has become the latest retailer to embrace AI checkout services but it is far from alone in using chat services to try and enhance its customer service.