A customer walks past the entrance of a department store bearing a placard promoting French summer sales on the opening day in Beziers, Southern France, on June 24, 2026. The summer sales kick off on June 24, 2026, amid scorching heat, "a godsend" for air-conditioned department stores where consumers take refuge, but a source of concern for downtown shops, which fear purchases will shift to ultra-fast-fashion online platforms. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images)

Pedestrians walk past the entrance of a department store bearing a placard promoting French summer sales on the opening day in Beziers, Southern France, on June 24, 2026. The summer sales kick off on June 24, 2026, amid scorching heat, "a godsend" for air-conditioned department stores where consumers take refuge, but a source of concern for downtown shops, which fear purchases will shift to ultra-fast-fashion online platforms. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images)

A customer walks past the entrance of a department store bearing a placard promoting French summer sales on the opening day in Beziers, Southern France, on June 24, 2026. The summer sales kick off on June 24, 2026, amid scorching heat, "a godsend" for air-conditioned department stores where consumers take refuge, but a source of concern for downtown shops, which fear purchases will shift to ultra-fast-fashion online platforms. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images)

Pedestrians walk past the entrance of a department store bearing a placard promoting French summer sales on the opening day in Beziers, Southern France, on June 24, 2026. The summer sales kick off on June 24, 2026, amid scorching heat, "a godsend" for air-conditioned department stores where consumers take refuge, but a source of concern for downtown shops, which fear purchases will shift to ultra-fast-fashion online platforms. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images)

Pedestrians walk past the entrance of a department store bearing a placard promoting French summer sales on the opening day in Beziers, Southern France, on June 24, 2026. The summer sales kick off on June 24, 2026, amid scorching heat, "a godsend" for air-conditioned department stores where consumers take refuge, but a source of concern for downtown shops, which fear purchases will shift to ultra-fast-fashion online platforms. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images)

A customer walks past the entrance of a department store bearing a placard promoting French summer sales on the opening day in Beziers, Southern France, on June 24, 2026. The summer sales kick off on June 24, 2026, amid scorching heat, "a godsend" for air-conditioned department stores where consumers take refuge, but a source of concern for downtown shops, which fear purchases will shift to ultra-fast-fashion online platforms. (Photo by Gabriel BOUYS / AFP via Getty Images)

Vehicles queue at a traffic signal amid congestion near a Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) metro construction site in Bengaluru on June 24, 2026. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP via Getty Images)

CANNES, FRANCE - JUNE 24: Scott Brown speaks onstage during 'The Microdrama Boom: Inside the Next Entertainment Economy' on Day 3 of Cannes Lions 2026 on June 24, 2026 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images for Cannes Lions)