Profile: Apple at 50
Apple: 50 years of Thinking DifferentWikipedia, Apple Insider, Apple.com

News: The Labubu Drop.
Image: PopMart. Reuters: Labubu resale price falls.

Debate: Demand based pricing.
Image: Wimbledon Tennis Championship, Sinner Semi-Final. Better retailing, Supermarket dynamic pricing,The Guardian, Sticker shock: LA residents alarmed

News: Louis Vuitton moves into the home.
Image: Louis Vuitton, Milan Design Week 2026. Louis Vuitton Objets Nomades, WWD Milan Design Week Highlights, The Fluxx Milan Design Week 2026

Debate: Net-a-Porter rejects refunders.
Financial Times: It’s over. Net-a-Porter has sent me packing

News: The Met Gala’s Tech Takeover.
Image: Angela Weiss, Getty Images. CNN: Jeff Bezos at the Met Gala: extreme wealth's big night out, Fashion United: Guerrilla poster campaign against Bezos hits New York,

Signals: Sometimes the institution is no longer the asset.
Image: Annie Leibovitz. Vogue, May 2026. Variety: Why is Anna Wintour on the cover?, Vogue Magazine: Power, fashion and acting the part

News: Ferrari proves depth beats scale.
Image: Ferrari. Sources: CNBC: Ferrari Q1 2026 earnings, Ferrari: 2026 guidance, Yahoo Finance: Ferrari beats Q1, Invezz: Ferrari sees 4% earnings growth,

News: Zara x Bad Bunny.
Image: Bad Bunny, Superbowl 2026. The Latin Times: Inside ‘Benito Antonio,’ the Bad Bunny and Zara Collection, Fashion Network: Zara steps up commitment to strategic collaborations, Business Today: Bad Bunny’s Latest Move Isn’t Music,

News: BrandZ 2026.
Image: Google. Kantar: Revealed: the world’s most valuable global brands in 2026, AdAge: The world’s most valuable brands, ECommerce Germany: Google overtakes Apple in Kantar’s 2026 BrandZ ranking,

News: Laopu Gold rises.
Image reference: Laopu Gold. Pandaily, China’s Luxury is Changing, Business of Fashion, Laopu Gold: China’s Homegrown Jewellery Success Story, China Daily, Laopu Gold embracing Chinese culture for success,

News: The Pope on AI.
Image reference: Pope Leo XIV, Getty Images.Vatican.va, Magnifica Humanitas, MIT Technology Review, The Pope’s Magnifica Humanitas, RNZ, Pope Leo quotes Lord of the Rings

Signals: Desire is the new KPI.
Images & Sources : Pietro D’Aprano, Gucci Cruise 2027 NYC. Luca de Meo, Kering AGM address 28 May 2026, Kering Capital Markets Day, ReconKering strategy presentation Florence 16 April 2026, WWD, Inside Luca de Meo’s Kering Turnaround Plan, Gucci’s Renaissance, Kering Shareholders Annual Meeting, Kering Revenues Declined, Global Newswire, Kering AGM Press Release.

News: Tank Day.
Image: The Guardian.Seoul Economic Daily: Starbucks Korea apologises for Tank Day event, Tank Day backlash may threaten E-Mart stake deal, Foreign media spotlight Tank Day backlash and sales plunge, The Diplomat, Starbucks Korea Tank Day promotion causes political firestorm, NBC News, Starbucks Tank Day ad sparks backlash, Malay Mail, Starbucks Korea boss apologises after AI-generated Tank Day campaign, Al Jazeera, Starbucks Korean sales fall , CNN, Starbucks Korea CEO fired — CNN / Reuters, 19 May

Debate: Etsy vs Bezos.
Image: Etsy. Etsy News, Etsy launches “Shop Other Jeffs”, MediaPost, Who needs Bezos?, Inc.com, Etsy’s Anti-Amazon Ad Campaign, Creative Bloq, Etsy shades Bezos in anti-Prime Day, PR Daily, The Scoop, Etsy tells customers to “Shop Other Jeffs”.

Debate: FIFA, Seattle and the Pride Match.
Image: Sociaty. NBC news, FIFA allows rainbow flags, Fox News, Iran Egypt world showdown, Huffpost, World Cup Pride Match, Sky Sports, The World Cup 2026 Pride Match, Yahoo.com, World Cup Pride Match controversy.

Signals: Google’s Gemini ad.
Image: The Verge/ Google. TechCrunch, New Google Commercial…, The Verge, Infuriating Google Commercial…, Bluesky post (quoted by TechCrunch), bsky app, WWD, America 250..., Forbes, Google pulls controversial ‘Dear Sydney’…

Debate: Elo recreates Pelé’s voice.
Image: Elo. Ads of the World, The King's Last Letter, LBBOnline, Payment Platform Elo…, Adobo Magazine, Elo unearths letter from Pelé…, Electronic Payments International, Elo growth challenges Visa and MasterCard…, The Washington Post, Pelé, Brazil's 'king of soccer,' dies at 82