“Beauty” for J.C. Penney consists of fine jewelry, its hair salons and Sephora shops. According to CEO Marvin Ellison, Penney’s salon customers visit a store twice as often as non-salon customer. Winning shoppers in the beauty category can lead to increased foot traffic and sales in other departments, including apparel.J.C. Penney’s investments in beauty aim […]

SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean delegation met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday, a South Korean official said, after arriving in the North on a visit aimed at encouraging North Korea and the United States to talk. Both North Korea and the United States have expressed a willingness to hold talks, but […]

Travel time for students of north campus and residents of other North Delhi areas such as Model Town, Gujranwala Town, GTB Nagar and Mukherjee Nagar to Rohini, Dwarka and West Delhi will reduce considerably once the Delhi Metro’s Pink Line opens this week. The Azadpur Metro station, which will be the first interchange station in […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – It’s not often the dress that steals the show at the Oscars isn’t even new. But that’s what happened Sunday when comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish strode on stage in a $4,000 white Alexander McQueen dress she’s worn publicly at least two other times, widely considered a faux pas in Hollywood. Haddish wore […]

The gold-plated Oscar trophies featured in ceremonies this Sunday (March 4) have a special space connection, according to NASA. The same process that coats the trophies will also help the agency’s $8.9 billion James Webb Space Telescope look at faraway galaxies, NASA officials said. Gold is a useful substance in space because it doesn’t tarnish. It reflects […]

Online marketing has changed a lot over the last few years. The paradigm has shifted, and what worked for you last year won’t work for you this year. What got you to this point won’t get you to where you want to be, and your job as an entrepreneur is to keep up with this change. Related: 4 […]

The first significant bipartisan attempt to alter rules established after the 2008 financial crisis is turning into a battle on Capitol Hill, as some of the biggest Wall Street banks seek to weaken a crucial requirement aimed at ensuring that they can withstand financial losses. The Senate plans to vote this week on a bill […]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently hailed blockchain’s transformative potential and emphasized the need for “rapid adaptation,” a rare instance of a head of state publicly praising the technology. Blockchain’s grand promise is to do for transparency what the Internet did for communication. It increases trust between two parties — a particularly big deal in economies with low […]

Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies are undoubtedly changing the way we view the world. Finance, banking, identity, and privacy are all areas that are immediately and irrevocably affected by blockchain technology. However, I also believe that they may be just as disruptive as automation to the way we work. CRYPTOCURRENCY OPENS A WORLD OF POSSIBILITY FOR WORKERS, QUITE LITERALLY […]

The 90th Academy Awards saw Latin American artists and films take home some of the most coveted Oscars. Mexico’s Guillermo del Toro won best director and his The Shape of Water took the top honour for best film. Chile’s A Fantastic Woman was named best foreign language film and its star Daniela Vega became the […]