Shein IPO: What it could mean for the fashion industry
Last week, ulltra-fast fashion brand Shein confidentially filed for an IPO. The eleven year-old company is known for creating very low cost garments that it can produce quickly for its predominantly...
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Why Disney Plus’s new Hulu integration was such a huge, high-stakes challenge
Four years ago, The Walt Disney Co. seized control of its streaming destiny. Instead of continuing to provide content to the likes of Netflix, it rounded up its storied brands—Disney itself, Marvel,...
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Why tech giants are putting $57 million into crushed volcanic rock
Last fall, on a farm in Northern Wisconsin, a farmer spread 1,421 metric tons of crushed volcanic rock on his fields before planting soybeans and corn. The rock dust, from a startup called Lithos,...
View ArticleKraft, ChatGPT, Zelle, and Southwest Airlines were all top brands for...
The fastest growing brand of 2023 was one that hardly any consumer knew about the year before: ChatGPT. That’s according to decision intelligence company Morning Consult’s Fastest Growing Brands report...
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Pantone’s 2024 Color of the Year is everything 2023 was not
Peach Fuzz has been crowned Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2024. A soft, warm shade that is nestled between pink and orange, Peach Fuzz is meant to be peaceful and cozy. It evokes comfort, kindness,...
View ArticleEmployers, this is why you’re being ghosted by job seekers. There are ways to...
Unfortunately, ghosting just doesn’t happen in the dating world. The practice is quite common in the professional world when it comes to job hunting. Talk to any recruiter and you’re likely to hear...
View ArticleMeta makes end-to-end encryption a default on Facebook Messenger
Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption for calls and messages across its Facebook and Messenger platforms, the company announced Thursday. Such encryption means that no one other than the sender and...
View ArticleHousing market ‘golden handcuffs’ are very real, new data shows
Want more housing stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the daily free ResiClub newsletter. Back in the late 1970s, the term “golden handcuffs” was popularized to explain...
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Peek inside CosMc’s, McDonald’s glimmering challenge to Starbucks
The first car lined up at 3:30 a.m. Employees didn’t even show until 5, and food didn’t leave the drive-through window until 6. Technically, McDonald’s new drink-and-snack-focused spin-off concept...
View ArticleP(doom) is AI’s latest apocalypse metric. Here’s how to calculate your score
So, what’s your p(doom) score? The term that began as a half-serious inside joke on tech message boards to describe the odds that AI destroys humankind, has broken into the mainstream. The buzzword is...
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This new research hub wants to record your life history via your cells
What mysteries might a time-lapse of a single cell unlock, and how might it transform our understanding of disease and the body’s most granular processes—over the long term and in real time, to fuel...
View ArticleScientists have yet to find a superconductor that works at room...
If you hadn’t heard about superconductors before 2023, odds are you know what they are now. Researchers raised eyebrows early in the year with claims of operational room-temperature superconductors,...
View ArticleToday’s top business headlines: Elon Musk’s AI venture, Shein IPO, and Meta’s...
Meta: Facebook and Instagram’s parent company announced Purple Llama, a project that prioritizes safety tools and best practices amidst the AI renaissance and the risks coupled with it. Read:...
View ArticleWhy this Denver company is giving $750 a month to pregnant women
Maternal mortality has been on the rise in the U.S. at the same time that childcare, healthcare, and housing costs are rising. A new initiative in Denver hopes to help combat those issues by improving...
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A plastic-free gift guide for last-minute stocking stuffers
For many, waking up on Christmas morning to a tree overflowing with presents and stockings peeking over the mantel isn’t just a child’s fantasy—excess can be an iconic part of the holiday season. But...
View Article10 hottest and 10 coldest housing markets right now
Want more housing stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the daily free ResiClub newsletter. Heading into 2023, numerous forecast models predicted that deteriorated housing...
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As Hertz and Avis adopt EVs, airports like DFW race to expand electric grids
As Texas prepares for another winter that could bring more rolling blackouts, leaders at one of the nation’s largest airports, Dallas Fort Worth International (DFW), are preparing for a future where...
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