Kim Gamez knew she had a winning concept for a startup within the first six months of launching Mi Padrino, an online event-planning platform for Hispanic traditional celebrations, such as quinceaneras (girls’ 15th year birthday parties), weddings, baptisms and more.
Within a few weeks, the retail world tumbled, stores were closed, production stopped, customers went online, but not necessarily to acquire fashion items. The main question is, what will the fashion world look like the day after the crisis? Will stores still be relevant? What will the collections production process look like in the future? And which technologies will retailers adopt to cope with the new trends created?
We buy romaine “hearts” at the grocery store because, well, they look pretty. What many of us don’t know is that the rest of the lettuce, the outer leaves, is perfectly edible, but is shaved off to create those visually appealing hearts, meaning more lettuce is left on the field than is sold at the supermarket.
Depuis le début du confinement, la start-up de livraison de repas, a mis en place plusieurs initiatives solidaires et a choisi d'élargir son offre de livraison depuis son "SUPER-Marché" en ligne à tout la France, en moins de 24h.
In the three weeks since people across the United States have been relegated to self-isolation in the interest of public safety, many Americans are discovering, for the first time, that women do a lot of work. And that women’s work is really hard.
A rebel’s approach to the rules of book publishing seems to be working for Elena Favilli, founder and chief executive of Rebel Girls, a Santa Monica-based independent publishing house that has built a brand through empowering girls and women to follow their dreams.