Visits: 22 An entrepreneur said a rival olive oil start-up ripped off his big idea. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but not in the world of start-ups. There was drama this week in the olive oil business …
What Would You Do for a Taylor Swift Sweatshirt?
Visits: 25 TAMPA, Fla. — Did you hear about the women who hid all night underneath the truck? Rumors were flying outside the Raymond James Stadium more than 36 hours before Taylor Swift took the stage of the 75,000-seat site …
It’s a Toddler’s Party. How About a $75,000 Budget?
Visits: 19 In Los Angeles, children’s birthday celebrations have spiraled into mini-weddings. One hundred people RSVP’d for William’s sixth birthday party, which was held at a Los Angeles park on a March afternoon. By 12:30 p.m., the fire station-themed event …
They’re Over Being Real
Visits: 25 BeReal was pitched as Gen Z’s safe haven from the artifice of social media. For some, authenticity only proved interesting for so long. Each day last summer, a black-and-white notification appeared simultaneously on millions of phone screens. As …
Is There Life After Influencing?
Visits: 21 The internet personality Lee From America wanted to see what life was like as plain old Lee Tilghman. She’s not alone. But leaving behind lucrative brand partnerships and high follower counts is harder than it looks. At her …
Want This Snoopy T-Shirt? You’ll Have to Pay in Blood.
Visits: 17 The Red Cross teamed up with “Peanuts” for an April blood drive, and a T-shirt promoting the campaign has become an unexpectedly hot commodity online. What would you be willing to give for an ultraexclusive T-shirt? Hundreds of …
Who Gets to Use a Hair Oil?
Visits: 24 When bottles of a hair-care product favored by Black women started getting harder to find, all eyes turned to the influencers. When vials of Mielle Organics’ rosemary-mint hair oil started disappearing from store shelves this year, Black women …
Baby’s First Social Media Handle
Visits: 23 Sorry, that profile name is taken. It belongs to a newborn. Sophie Kratsas was only a few hours old when she received her first email: a “welcome to the world” message from her father, Nick Kratsas. He had …
These Cats Do Their Own Stunts. They Film Them, Too.
Visits: 25 In one video, the athlete pauses, assesses the height and leaps. He tries to free-climb up the side of a building, before jumping back to the ground. In another, he leaps across a roof, his shadow stretching out …
Private Dinner Party: Clothing Not Allowed
Visits: 32 The Füde Dinner Experience gathers those who want to meet, eat and drink — only after leaving their clothes at the door. While two dozen women took big, synchronized breaths, stretched their arms up and wobbled, one of …