New Delhi/Kolkata, India – A pair of black Dandy Pik Pik loafers covered in sharp, uneven spikes and shiny studs was part of the evidence before Judge Pratibha M Singh in an intellectual-property lawsuit brought by French luxury shoe brand Christian Louboutin against an Indian shoe manufacturer in a Delhi high court last year. Louboutin's lawyers had already regaled the court with anecdotes about the iconic status of their shoes. The signature stilettos, with their luxuriant red soles, had starred in movies like The Devil Wears Prada and Sex and The City, and were registered as a trademark in India and other countries, they said. Riding on the brand's reputation, the lawyers were now trying to make the point that spiked shoes, too, were unique to Christian Louboutin, and the defendant, Shutiq – The Shoe Boutique, was manufacturing and selling their designs in India illegally. Incriminating evidence presented to Judge Singh included testimony from ChatGPT, saying that Christian Louboutin is known for spiked men's shoes. Then there were photographs of Shutiq's 26 spiked and bedazzled shoes next to Louboutin originals, including Dandy Pik Pik.

Every winter, households across Britain get misty-eyed at the latest Christmas advert from John Lewis. From 2021's'Unexpected Guest' featuring an alien crash-landing on Earth, to 2016's'Buster the Boxer' starring a dog leaping on a trampoline, these adverts pull on our heartstrings like no other. While there's still four months to go until Christmas rolls around, some people are already so excited for the advert that they're speculating what it could be about. Its script features a pocket watch left in a cozy coffee shop in a picturesque snowy village - but does it live up to John Lewis' reputation? The ad opens on a snowy village with a cozy coffee shop at the heart.

On April 3, 2001, Alanis Morissette and Don Henley appeared before Congress in a bid to save the music industry. Henley, the drummer and a lead vocalist for the Eagles, was dressed in a pin-striped suit. Morissette, the Grammy Award-winning singer of "You Oughta Know," wore a red top and a purple ring. Also present was Hilary Rosen, the president and C.E.O. of the Recording Industry Association of America (R.I.A.A.); Shawn Fanning, the co-founder of Napster; Ken Berry, the president and C.E.O. of EMI Recorded Music; and Dianne Feinstein, the then sixty-seven-year-old senator from California. The Senate Judiciary Committee had called the hearing because online file sharing was understood to be threatening the viability of the entire music industry, and of the future of art in America. As the sole musicians to testify, Morissette and Henley might have chosen to echo the chorus of their record-industry colleagues, bemoaning piracy and praising the R.I.A.A.'s moves to stop it.

Imagine: social distancing restrictions are over. It's safe(r) to go out again! For once, after a long, grueling era of pandemic stress, you make plans to go out to a special public event. It hasn't happened for the longest time. Clearly, this is a cause for celebration and what else to mark the occasion than to dress yourself up a little?

If one was to explain ecommerce personalization in a simple manner, this could be it. When you walk into a physical brick and mortar store, what really impresses you? The ways in which the store engages you and treats you like you are their most special customer, isn't it? If you get what you are looking for, easily and quickly, without searching for it, then certainly the shopping experience is a breeze. If the owner is able to understand your preferences and shows you products according to your likes and thus, helps you save on time and effort, wouldn't you like to visit the store again and again?

This forecast is part of the Risk-Conscious Package, as one of I Know First's equity research solutions. We determine our aggressive stock picks by screening our algorithm daily for higher volatility stocks that present greater opportunities but are also riskier. Package Name: Aggressive Stocks Forecast Recommended Positions: Long Forecast Length: 3 Months (8/28/2019 – 11/28/2019) I Know First Average: 37.51% The algorithm correctly predicted 7 out 10 of the suggested trades in the Aggressive Stocks Forecast Package for this 3 Months forecast. Among the top-performing market predictions in this forecast was FRAN, which registered a return of 277.67%. MHLD and OMI also performed well for this time horizon with returns of 53.16% and 42.33%, respectively.

When offering customer assistance via a chatbot, do you let customers know they're not talking to an agent? Or do you try to make it seem like they're chatting with an agent? "Tell them right out of the gate. If you mask a chatbot as a human, I think I'm talking to a dumb human," said one contributor during Customer Contact Week's interactive discussion groups, focused on managing the transition between self-service and assisted-service. Lively discussions ensued, centred primarily around chatbots.

When I was in high school, my workout regime involved marching band, Denise Austin VHS tapes and copious rounds of Dance Dance Revolution. Not only did I play DDR in bowling alleys and arcades whenever I had the chance, but I had a metal dance pad at home (PlayStation 2 with a converter to make it run on my Xbox 360). Late last year, a decade after graduating high school, I bought a plastic dance pad and busted out my PS3 just to play DDR again, with the idea of incorporating it into my workout routine. All that said, I'm no stranger to the idea of video games as exercise. Neither is Black Box VR.

First, there were mom-and-pop stores and boutiques. Then came malls and, with them, big retail chains. After that, we got the online experience -- where with just a click we can access thousands of products, order them, try them on and send them back if they don't suit us. Americans do over 90 percent of their shopping in physical stores, and the launch of physical stores by online companies, including Amazon and Warby Partner, is one of the latest trends in retail, according to New York data company CB Insights. So startups worldwide are also striving to bring new technologies to stores, to help improve the buying experience and sales.