Bloomberg Taco Bell took over the fashion district in Los Angeles. Yes, the same Taco Bell that serves up double-decker taco supremes and chicken chalupas held a full-fledged runway show. The show was put on to promote Taco Bell’s new fashion collaboration with Forever 21. Quirkiness is a signature of the fast-food chain, which often uses odd marketing to stay ...

Bloomberg Italian fashion house Gucci plans to drop animal fur from its collections, showing how concerns about responsible business practices that originated with the Birkenstock brigade have galvanised an industry known for its celebration of excess. The Milan-based maker of $1,000 fur-lined slippers, part of French luxury conglomerate Kering, will sell its remaining fur items in a charity auction, the ...

Bloomberg Airlines including Ryanair Holdings Plc and IAG SA’s Aer Lingus and British Airways are set to ground hundreds of flights and said more cancellations are likely as 90-mile per hour winds from Storm Ophelia slammed into Ireland. Ryanair halted 92 flights from across Europe as of 11:25 am Irish time, according to updates on its website. Dublin-based competitor Aer ...