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Fashion Network
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Love magazine relaunches after five-year hiatus with new creative directors
British fashion magazine Love announced its return on Monday, with the bi-annual publication set to unveil its premier edition as an independent title this September, under new creative directors, Juan Costa Paz and Nordine Benotmane. Part of the Paris-based agency, Convoy, Costa Paz and Benotmane will lead an international editorial team at Love, whose rebrand promises to offer a "distinct perspective that steps outside the Anglo-American fashion axis, rooted in European culture, but engaged with a global creative community," according to a press release. In addition to the magazine's fashion bread and butter, the luxury publication will also spotlight emerging technologies, health, identity, politics, art, film, and travel. 'I've lived in Paris for over twelve years, and the city has shaped the way I see the world. With Love, I want to reflect that generosity back - to spotlight a new generation in France that's self-aware, culturally engaged, and globally connected. There's a youth here exploring its identity while staying closely attuned to what's happening elsewhere -in Lagos, Seoul, Buenos Aires," said Costa Paz, who spent three years as global creative director at Vogue, where he shaped the creative direction of the fashion bible worldwide. "This is a year for fashion to look beyond itself - to step outside the echo chamber and move forward by engaging with new cultural spaces. Our goal is to make Love a platform where those perspectives meet, collide, and spark something meaningful.' Love will be published in both print and online, and will also serve as a platform for events, conversations, and cultural programming, as part of its relaunch. Distribution will be global with a focus on key cities such as New York, Paris, Milan, London, and Los Angeles. 'The most exciting creativity happens through exchange - when different worlds, disciplines, and perspectives collide. Love is designed to host and celebrate that kind of energy," added Benotmane. Love magazine was founded in 2009 by UK stylist and fashion journalist Katie Grand. Grand left the Condé Nast -owned title in 2020, revealing at the time, "The world has changed, and I have changed, and what is important is now so clear. Telling beautiful and important stories will never change. But it's time for something new, it's time for something different."
Fashion Network
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Fashion Network
Love magazine relaunches after five-year hiatus with new creative directors
British fashion magazine Love announced its return on Monday, with the bi-annual publication set to unveil its premier edition as an independent title this September, under new creative directors, Juan Costa Paz and Nordine Benotmane. Part of the Paris-based agency, Convoy, Costa Paz and Benotmane will lead an international editorial team at Love, whose rebrand promises to offer a "distinct perspective that steps outside the Anglo-American fashion axis, rooted in European culture, but engaged with a global creative community," according to a press release. In addition to the magazine's fashion bread and butter, the luxury publication will also spotlight emerging technologies, health, identity, politics, art, film, and travel. 'I've lived in Paris for over twelve years, and the city has shaped the way I see the world. With Love, I want to reflect that generosity back - to spotlight a new generation in France that's self-aware, culturally engaged, and globally connected. There's a youth here exploring its identity while staying closely attuned to what's happening elsewhere -in Lagos, Seoul, Buenos Aires," said Costa Paz, who spent three years as global creative director at Vogue, where he shaped the creative direction of the fashion bible worldwide. "This is a year for fashion to look beyond itself - to step outside the echo chamber and move forward by engaging with new cultural spaces. Our goal is to make Love a platform where those perspectives meet, collide, and spark something meaningful.' Love will be published in both print and online, and will also serve as a platform for events, conversations, and cultural programming, as part of its relaunch. Distribution will be global with a focus on key cities such as New York, Paris, Milan, London, and Los Angeles. 'The most exciting creativity happens through exchange - when different worlds, disciplines, and perspectives collide. Love is designed to host and celebrate that kind of energy," added Benotmane. Love magazine was founded in 2009 by UK stylist and fashion journalist Katie Grand. Grand left the Condé Nast -owned title in 2020, revealing at the time, "The world has changed, and I have changed, and what is important is now so clear. Telling beautiful and important stories will never change. But it's time for something new, it's time for something different."
Business of Fashion
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Business of Fashion
Exclusive: ‘Love' Magazine Relaunches Under New Creative Direction
Five years after it ceased publication, Love magazine, known for its subversive fashion spreads, is relaunching independently in September. An investor pool, of which creative conglomerate The Independents is a minority shareholder, bought the publication's IP from Condé Nast, which until this year housed Love in its stable of publications. Juan Costa Paz and Nordine Benotmane, co-founders of Paris-based creative and brand strategy agency Convoy, are leading the relaunch. Costa Paz said he and Benotmane identified the opportunity to bring back the publication — which had been dormant since founder Katie Grand's departure in 2020 — while he was working at Condé Nast as global creative director for Vogue. The market, they felt, lacked a 'cultural fashion magazine' that more directly reflected a Parisian point of view, said Costa Paz — the two are based in the city. 'It's usually the English that always championed that kind of crossroad between culture and fashion,' he added, citing publications like i-D and Dazed. ADVERTISEMENT The two plan to retain the sharp visual and editorial point of view Love was known for in its heyday, but in this new iteration they want to provide a broader global view of the intersections between fashion and culture. They also hope to look beyond traditional fashion capitals and highlight regions such as South America and Africa. In addition to broadening its international outlook, the publication will lean into 'documentary fashion stories,' said Costa Paz, where fashion plays a supporting role in telling broader stories about technology — for example, the topic of digital twins — politics and more. The first edition of the biannual magazine's new era will be released in September. 90,000 copies of each edition will be distributed worldwide, and the print magazine itself will be designed to be seen as a 'collectible object,' said Benotmane, with a theme for each issue. As magazines face unprecedented challenges in a digital-driven world, the new Love will also extend beyond its core print issues and operate as more of a 'media platform' and space for 'creative exchange,' said Benotmane. In addition to the biannual editions, it will release digital content, special print editions, events and merchandise created alongside brand partners. 'If you're going to start a magazine in 2025 pretending it's still the '90s, it's not going to happen. It's a very different world,' said Costa Paz. 'Magazines today need to feel alive. Magazines need to be like a living, breathing organism.' Still, they'll take a considered approach to digital, not wanting 'to overwhelm people with content,' said Benotmane. The pair also hopes to share content that speaks to audiences beyond fashion insiders. Its special editions will be focused, too, highlighting specific cities and events like the 2026 Fifa World Cup and providing opportunities to double down on events — another key element of the new Love ecosystem, supported by the Convoy team's experience designing events like Vogue World. 'Today the role of a magazine should be more about creating the moment, as opposed to being on the outside, reporting on these moments,' said Costa Paz. The team plans to collaborate with brand partners and artists to create products alongside the events, like exhibitions, concerts and sports matches, to further extend the magazine's cultural impact and presence. While the team still hasn't decided if they'll revive Love's best-known asset — its advent calendar, a video series released each December featuring celebrities in lingerie — Costa Paz and Benotmane hope to recreate the calendar's franchise model with recurring events across other cultural spheres. 'You're taking the principle of a print product and you're applying it to events,' said Costa Paz. 'You're becoming something that becomes expected in one way or another.'
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Convoy of Hope Delivers 100,000 Pounds of Relief Supplies to Texas Hill Country Impacted by July 4 Flooding
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., July 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Within hours of the historic Fourth of July flooding in the Texas Hill Country, Convoy of Hope sprang into action, coordinating with local churches, mobilizing volunteers and loading multiple tractor trailers with needed relief supplies. By Saturday afternoon, the first of many semitrucks rolled into the communities impacted by the flooding. Across multiple counties and towns, including Kerrville, Convoy of Hope is on the ground distributing food, water, hygiene supplies, baby kits and cleaning kits to people in need. "We seek to bring the right resources to the right places at the right time," said Stacy Lamb, Convoy of Hope's Vice President of Disaster Services. "Over 100,000 pounds of resources have been sent and 10,000 people have currently been served." Convoy of Hope's Disaster Services team is consistently among the first to respond to disasters at home and around the world. This team is highly regarded for its scalable response and distribution model, which uses several warehouses, a specialized disaster response fleet and a highly-trained team of staff and volunteers to respond to disasters quickly and effectively. "We want to help as many people as we can for as long as we can," said Lamb. "We are partnering with local churches across the region in Kerr County, Burnet County, San Sabo County and Tom Green County in our initial, early recovery phase." "We're thankful it's not just a weekend thing," said Mario Calderón, Executive Pastor of Creative Arts at Gateway Fellowship in San Antonio. "They're going to be here to help develop a disaster response plan to help us rebuild Kerr County." "Disasters like this don't end when the flood waters recede. That's just the beginning," said Ethan Forhetz, Convoy of Hope's national spokesperson. "We're committed to walking with these families to restore hope and ensure no one is left behind in the recovery process." Follow Convoy's response online for daily updates, videos and media assets at Convoy of Hope is a global, faith-based organization that serves vulnerable communities. By partnering with local churches, businesses, civic organizations and government agencies, Convoy has strategically offered help and hope in more than 130 countries around the world. Since its founding in 1994, Convoy of Hope has served 300 million people and counting. Media ContactJon D. WilkeConvoy of Hope Media Relations Representative (270) 293-7818jon@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Convoy of Hope
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
The startups rolling out of Europe's early-stage micromobility scene
Early-stage micromobility has shifted over the last few years. The cowboy antics of e-scooter companies causing chaos in a bid to scale has faded along with those fat venture checks that are now flowing to AI startups. Tighter capital combined with an existential need to create sustainable business models has produced a new crop of micromobility startups. This week, I attended Micromobility Europe in Brussels, where I toured the conference's so-called 'Startup Arena' to get a sense of what Europe's early-stage micromobility ecosystem was bringing to the table. Many of the companies I spoke to are trying to fill the gaps of this industry – whether it's through fleet management software, parking, or charging. Some, though, are just building the vehicles they wanted to ride. All of them represent the next phase of the ever-evolving micromobility industry. E-cargo bikes are often marketed as making parents' lives easier, but most are heavy, bulky, and expensive. UK-based Convoy, which was founded in 2023, is trying to surpass those obstacles with a clip-on cargo conversion kit for bikes and e-bikes that can carry up to two small children. The team behind Convoy has a diverse background that ranges from femtech and e-bikes to the ex-CEO of Dyson. 'We have worked together for 10 years building the first hands-free wearable breast pump,' Tatiana Escobar-Peake, Convoy's chief revenue officer, told TechCrunch. 'For a decade, we have been obsessing over why life for new parents has to be so miserable?' Convoy's attachment fastens easily to the back wheel of an existing bike, stores easily, and only weighs about 26 pounds. It offers a 250-watt motor that turns pedal bikes into e-bikes, as well as rear-wheel steering preserves the turning circle of the bike. Convoy is launching pre-orders for the €2,200 ($2,500) trailer next week. The startup has raised modest funding and secured enough demand from European distributors this year to start thinking about expanding to Japan and the U.S. next year. Founded one and a half years ago by brother and sister duo Caroline and Johannes Goeckel, Germany-based Azora Charge is building solar-powered charging and parking stations for e-bikes. Azora Charge isn't trying to directly meet the needs of shared micromobility operators as much as serving regular people who own an e-bike that can be safely charged and parked in public. 'There are no solutions like this,' Caroline Goeckel told TechCrunch. 'In London, for example, there's no way I can park my bike somewhere and know that it's safe. It's just gonna get stolen.' Azora's flagship product, Azora Arc, is a covered charging station that can fit inside one parking space. It features integrated five solar panels, four charging stations that can accommodate up to eight bikes, and can be adapted for advertising. It's designed to be a plug-and-play solution, suitable for various locations like parking garages and city streets. Azora wants to sell these stations at a retail price of €28,000 ($32,000) – or €15,999 ($18,400) for the Azora Flow that doesn't have a cover – to cities, apartment complexes, shopping centers and other businesses. They hope to raise €250,000 through venture capital or friends and family, emphasizing the need for expertise in B2B distribution. A pilot program is set to start in Heidelberg, Germany, to test the first prototype's viability. Fleetser is a European-based micromobility marketplace that buys, sells, and refurbishes shared electric bikes and scooters. The company, founded in late 2024, caters to both new and established operators, offering help with supply chain, software management, and batteries. Fleetser's client base includes sellers looking to offload hardware and new operators seeking cost-effective entry into the market. 'We are the right marketplace to help someone that wants to start out, or even a big operator that wants to expand affordably,' Alexei Stefan, managing partner at Fleetser, told TechCrunch. The company operates remotely with warehouses in Romania and the Netherlands. It has sold 6,000 bikes this year and is scaling organically through market demand and word-of-mouth. Fleetser also offers logistics support for moving and delivering bikes, and was seen chatting with the founders of Detroit-based Bloom – which wants to take on all the hard, behind-the-scenes work for e-bike startups – at the event. Italian startup Switch is bringing AI and simulation to fleet planning and fleet management for cities and shared mobility operators – including a pilot with Lime. The startup offers two core products: Urbiverse generates synthetic data and simulations for logistics and mobility, while Urban Copilot offers real-time demand forecasting, fleet rebalancing, and operations optimization. Then there's the AI agent that is 'able to access all the tools of the stakeholders,' from Slack to CRM apps, so that users can ask 'cross-section questions.' 'So you can ask it somelike like, please send a notification on Slack every time that the fleet battery average level goes below 40% in this neighborhood, you can you ask for a report of the status of my fleet in comparison with public transport disruption,' Alessandro Ciociola, Switch's AI officer, told TechCrunch. Founded in 2020, the company has raised nearly $1 million, including from the European Institute of Technology. Zapp, a super app from Bosnia and Herzegovina, offers food delivery, shared micromobility, package delivery, rent a car, and taxi services. Zapp launched in 2020 and has expanded to 10 cities in Bosnia — where Uber still doesn't have a big presence – and plans to enter Croatia this year. What's different about Zapp is that it operates a franchise model, an idea that came from CEO Martin Mikolic, the former CEO of gaming cafe franchise Friendly Fire. 'In the Balkans, there's not a lot of competition [from established players like Uber], and the focus for our franchise is smaller cities below 1 million people because the concept is to empower local people, because local people know best what the customer needs in that city,' said Mikolic. Jean Madaule was a business analyst for the video game industry who wanted to buy an electric motorcycle, but couldn't find anything on the market that met his needs of traceability, reparability, and a cool design. A self-taught engineer, he started building motorcycles in his garage until he came up with what is now J2R's flagship model. J2R, which was founded in 2022, named its first electric motorcycle Smol — in a nod to its small size. Smol has a sharp, radical design that has futuristic dirtbike styling with a minimalist appeal, which is enhanced by features like the exposed suspension. 'It's a toy, but for the city,' Madaule said. 'Basically for people who are really urban and into street culture. I guess that's why scarcity marketing works for them. They feel like it's a drop of something super exclusive.' The team launched a pre-sale campaign in September with a price tag of €9,450 ($10,800). They plan to deliver 15 numbered units by the end of the year and 100 units in January 2026. Smol is assembled in France with parts primarily sourced from the EU. As the former founder of German bike-sharing operation Velocity Mobility, Tobias Meurer understands the pain points of the shared micromobility business. In April 2023 he returned with a new startup, Trace Mobility, which provides business intelligence services for bike and car-sharing operators. Trace Mobility offers a subscription-based software service that tracks key metrics such as user registrations, bookings, vehicle utilization, and revenues. It also integrates publicly available data and offers an AI agent for customized insights and operational suggestions. The company's target client is smaller operators that don't have their own booking platforms but rather rely on white label solutions, which Trace draws data from to come up with its own insights for clients. 'Profitability is a big issue for everyone in the business and to improve profitability, or to first reach profitability, it is important to know the mechanisms behind your cost and revenue structure and how these are connected,' Meurer said. 擷取數據時發生錯誤 登入存取你的投資組合 擷取數據時發生錯誤 擷取數據時發生錯誤 擷取數據時發生錯誤 擷取數據時發生錯誤
