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Business Highlights: Victoria's Secret aims for more inclusive catwalk; Maui beckons back tourists

Sep 07, 2023 - qz.com
Victoria's Secret is revamping its image by overhauling its annual catwalk to be more inclusive, featuring a variety of body shapes and sizes. This comes after the company faced backlash for its previous image of sexiness, which was seen as a man's vision. Meanwhile, China's exports and imports fell in August due to weak global demand, adding pressure to its slowing economy. The trade surplus for the world's second-largest economy shrank to $68.4 billion from $80.6 billion in July.

In other news, Wall Street experienced a mixed trading day with Big Tech stocks dropping again due to worries of a too-warm economy pushing the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates higher for longer. On the other hand, Maui is urging tourists to visit and spend their money to help recover from the economic disaster caused by recent wildfires. Lastly, Google and YouTube will require political ads using AI to alter imagery or sounds to have a prominent disclosure, starting in November.

Key takeaways:

  • Victoria’s Secret has overhauled its annual catwalk, now a part fashion show and part documentary-style film, in a move to be more inclusive and reverse its image built on a man’s vision of sexiness.
  • Chinese exports and imports fell in August due to tepid global demand, adding pressure to its slowing economy.
  • Wall Street experienced mixed trading with Big Tech stocks dropping again, and concerns that a too-warm economy will push the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates higher for longer.
  • Political ads using artificial intelligence on Google and YouTube will soon require a prominent disclosure if imagery or sounds have been synthetically altered, according to an update to Google's political content policy.
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