Fashion experts said China’s manufacturing infrastructure and know-how makes it an ideal place to make women’s apparel that needs to be delivered quickly and is often more detailed than men’s.
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Steven Sashen sells running shoes and sandals from his home state of Colorado that are designed to be very easy on the feet, which helps explain his company’s name, Xero.
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At Amazon, the focus is on getting exactly the right goods to people’s doorsteps at lightning speed.
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While at first glance the fashion industry favors women, behind the smiling cover-girls, are major gender diversity issues.
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U.S. farmers have lobbied lawmakers in Washington DC to ratify new trade deal with Canada and Mexico
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The trade dispute between the U.S. and China has impacted a range of industries not least a large portion of U.S. farming. Among the commodities to be affected is ginseng, a product that is predominantly exported to China.
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Apple unveiled new iPhones, Apple Watches and an iPad at its annual launch event on Tuesday.
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Four Chinese dynasties were represented at the ICY show at New York Fashion Week.
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Hemp is a type of cannabis. It’s similar to marijuana but hemp has only a tiny fraction of THC- the compound that creates marijuana’s mood-altering effects.
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San Francisco International has become the first major airport in the world to ban the sale of plastic bottles. It’s part of lofty goal to make it the first zero waste airport.
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Chef Ron Freeman’s time in prison led to to recovery and entrepreneurship in the instant noodle business.
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U.S. football fans are mobilizing against new rules banning them from bringing politics to the game.
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Car sales were down every month for the first six months of 2019 compared to the same months in 2018.
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Electric vehicles have grown in popularity thanks in part to companies like Tesla, Nissan and Chevrolet. But EV’s can be quite pricey, something Kaiyun Motors from China is steering clear of by with its simpler and more affordable vehicle.
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CGTN’s John Terrett explains the growing men’s grooming industry.
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The ongoing U.S.-China trade war is impacting a wide range of industries. U.S. agriculture is taking an especially hard hit. That, in turn, is putting the breaks on America’s trucking industry.
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About 1.3 million Venezuelans fled political and economic crisis at home for work in neighboring Colombia. In a country with its own unemployment troubles, digital platforms offering freelance work are quickly becoming the best option for migrants.
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The massive fire that destroyed Brazil’s National Museum one year ago has been repeatedly called a tragedy that could have been avoided. Housing 20 million artifacts, it was one of the most important natural history and anthropological museums in the Americas.
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Washington has slapped a new 15% tariff on $300 billion worth of Chinese goods. The taxes will be imposed in two stages. The first batch of affected imports include smart watches, TVs, and footwear.
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There is still little awareness about the impact of flight travel on the environment, but that is rapidly changing as Greta Thunberg’s influence is growing among younger populations. It’s a generation the airline industry can’t afford to ignore.
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Economists are warning that climate change isn’t just an environmental emergency, it could put a dent in global GDP.
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With second-hand goods becoming extremely popular, more people are turning thrifting into a living.
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The U.S. Trade Representative’s office has reaffirmed President Donald Trump’s plans to impose an additional 5% tariff on a list of $300 billion of Chinese imports, with some starting September 1st. Many farmers who are attending a farm show, say they’re deeply concerned.
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Just as weather often forces farmers to improvise, growers, who tout the quality and sustainability of U.S. soybeans and America’s transportation networks, are now trying to attract new customers in places like Mexico.
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Members of the deaf community often struggle in buildings and spaces designed for hearing people, unaware of fire alarms or people knocking on doors. However, architects at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. are creating spaces that break down those barriers.
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Diabetes is a growing problem worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that it affects more than 420 million people and is on the rise.
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Apple has partnered with MasterCard and Goldman Sachs to introduce the sleek Titanium, laser-etched Apple Card.
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Representatives from Amazon, Google and Facebook plus several industry associations testified before the U.S. Trade Representative Monday about France’s new digital tax.
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Countries across the world are increasingly looking to renewable energy sources to limit the impact of environmental damage to the planet. Mexico, for example, recently installed Latin America’s largest windfarm, but it has caused problems within the local community. CGTN’s Alasdair Baverstock reports.
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Recent heat waves across America and Europe are also taking a toll on other ecosystems such as sea life.
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Owen Fairclough paid no attention when Pokémon became a global craze in 1996, so who better to send to the Pokémon World Championships?
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Small colleges across the United States are closing at an unprecedented pace as they struggle to attract students and face revenue shortages.
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Motor racing has historically skewed males, but more women are now getting behind the wheel to make history on the race track.
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The first-ever all-female motor-racing championship has crowned its winner. The W series uses Formula Three cars to give a platform to top female drivers from around the world.
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As school shootings and deaths resulting from them have climbed in recent years in the U.S., school safety has become a bigger priority than ever.
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President Mauricio Macri was trounced in what was predicted to be a close presidential primary race, has announced a series of emergency measures aimed at appeasing voters, who are frustrated with inflation running at more than 50 percent. CGTN’s Joel Richards reports
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Every year there are roughly 30,000 new reported cases of Lyme Disease in the United States.
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Internet connectivity has come slowly to Cuba but recent years have seen significant growth in WiFi hotspots, cyber cafes, and home DSL connections. And with the launch of mobile data service last December, enterprising young Cubans saw further opportunity.
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Movie lovers in Venezuela are finding inventive ways to enjoy films, despite the country’s deep economic crisis. Rising prices have meant many can no longer afford a ticket to see the latest movies. But as CGTN’s Mary Triny Mena reports, that hasn’t stopped people in Caracas from coming up with their own cinematic experience.
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Every year around 300,000 foreign students from over 200 countries are granted a J-1 Visa to study or work temporarily in the United States. But the Trump administration would like to curtail the program, causing worry among many small businesses.
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The escalation of U.S.-China trade tensions is rippling out to other economies – especially in Latin America.
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In a new set of guidelines, the World Health Organization said that infants under 1 year old should not be exposed to electronic screens and that children between the ages of 2 and 4 should not have more than one hour of “sedentary screen time” each day.
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Tiny apartments are a growing trend in the world’s most crowded cities, including now in Brazil’s Sao Paulo.
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The world’s oceans are awash in plastic pollution, and studies show it’s having an impact on our environment. Reusing plastic and reducing plastic waste are two solutions. In Mexico, one local business has an innovative way it hopes to make a difference to solve this growing problem.
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In the days before computers drove global stock markets, companies issued highly decorative pieces of paper to buyers to prove which firms they’d invested in.
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With U.S.-China trade tensions at a heightened state- a California company has made a surprising breakthrough.
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Wyoming residents see a new and potentially lucrative opportunity in blockchain technology—a digital ledger system which records transactions across many computers and, its proponents argue, is virtually hack-proof.
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A once barren gully on a hillside above one of Mexico’s biggest cities, the kilometer-square patch of land named El Pedregal has been transformed into an oasis of biodiversity and life.
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Poverty is one important reason behind the large number of waste-pickers here in Brazil.
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Small colleges across the United States are closing at an unprecedented pace as they struggle to attract students and face revenue shortages. Part of the problem is demographics. The number of high school seniors is dropping – dramatically in some parts of the country – and students are growing increasingly concerned about student debt.
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