App of the year: Health codeWho’d have thought the app of apps, the one that defines 2020 in China would be web-based? Now in most Chinese cities, QR code-scan checkpoints are at the entrances of just about everywhere you go. There’s no getting through an ordinary day in China without...
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This is an installment in a special series, Startup Year One, interviewing startup founders about the major lessons they learned in the immediate aftermath of their businesses’ first year of operation.To paraphrase an old adage, some people live to eat, and others eat to live.In the case...
Our mission to help you navigate the new normal is fueled by subscribers. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.The Jersey Shore’s empty boatyards bear witness that locked-down leisure-seekers are making outings on our canals, creeks, and rivers the new jaunts to Disney...
It’s hard to walk by and not notice a glittery portrait of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, painted in her judicial robe and trademark jabot…but also a robin’s egg blue embroidered sweater that reads “booyah.”Framed in the window just above the slogan “Give a damn,” the...
3 New York City businesses on what it’s been like reopening in the first U.S. epicenter of the pandemic
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Subscribe to How To Reopen, our weekly newsletter on what it takes to reboot business in the midst of a pandemic.New York City quickly became the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States this past spring. As the novel coronavirus has spread rapidly elsewhere nationwide, New York has...
Airlines have been waiving change and cancel fees during the pandemic. How long will that last?
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Our mission to help you navigate the new normal is fueled by subscribers. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.As travel started to shut down in March, most major airlines were generous in waiving change and cancellation fees—even if the actual process of getting a...
Our mission to help you navigate the new normal is fueled by subscribers. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.Subscription boxes are piling up at doorsteps as consumers increasingly shop from home and avoid brick-and-mortar stores since the outbreak of COVID-19 earlier...
The fight against fast fashion means buying fewer clothes—and this retailer encourages that
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Fashion has a major waste problem, and this issue has become more timely than ever as brands scramble to find ways to unload their unsold items as a result of the economic slowdown.Fashion brand Cuyana believes it is already several steps ahead of the industry when it comes to minimizing...
By Jerry Cheuk VAGO is a great product for anyone who travels frequently but wants to use a small suitcase. This light and portable air compressor can save you luggage space or space anywhere in your home. I personally think that air compressors...
As a Star Wars fan, I had a great time watching The Mandalorian recently. It struck me that there are some lessons that we can pick from the series, especially for all of us in the startup ecosystem. (Disclaimer: I consider myself a noob. I have just enjoyed the movies but have not read any...
Why this health care startup felt launching early during a pandemic was the best business strategy
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This is an installment of Startup Year One, a special series of interviews with founders about the major lessons they have learned in the immediate aftermath of their businesses’ first year of operation.Launching a startup during a pandemic sounds unfortunate. Launching a health care startup...
When nonessential businesses shut down in March, that included gyms and fitness centers—prompting many gym rats to have to get creative, from at-home workouts via Zoom or braving cooler temperatures for an outdoor run.Now that summer is here, there are many more options for outdoor fitness...
When the pandemic slammed the travel industry earlier this year, Jeff Cavins didn’t know if his startup was going to make it. Cavins is the chief executive officer of Outdoorsy, a Texas-based RV marketplace. In March and April, as Americans scrapped their travel plans en masse, Outdoorsy’s...
From ball gowns to medical gowns: How one designer changed her business model to help local health care providers
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Subscribe to How To Reopen, our weekly newsletter on what it takes to reboot business in the midst of a pandemic.When the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of the United States in March, private businesses from liquor producers to automakers mobilized to help produce essential supplies, from hand...
In a year that has already included an impeachment hearing, a global pandemic, an economic crisis worse than any other in modern history, and a U.S. presidential election still on the horizon, there is no shortage of news.But there is a shortage of resources to report on these events,...
Chinese beverage chain Luckin Coffee has named Guo Jinyi, a co-founder and the company’s acting chief executive officer as its new chairman and CEO, replacing founder and former chairman Charles Lu.Why it matters: The power struggle in the topmost ranks of the embattled Chinese coffee chain...
The founder of wellness startup Muniq on prioritizing public health concerns over diet trends
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This is an installment of Startup Year One, a special series of interviews with founders about the major lessons they have learned in the immediate aftermath of their businesses’ first year of operation.Health and wellness have always been an integral part of Marc Washington’s life, both...
Spa appointments balance safety precautions and soothing therapy as coronavirus lockdowns lift
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Subscribe to How To Reopen, our weekly newsletter on what it takes to reboot business in the midst of a pandemic.I rang the doorbell, and there was no answer. I looked in the window, and the lights were on. It was the middle of the day, during open hours, and I had an appointment. Still, no...
Covid-19 has done significant damage to the global economy. The tourism sector has been hit particularly hard.A report from the China Hospitality Association shows that 74% of hotels and homestays chose to close. In the first two months of 2020, the industry lost more than RMB 67 billion...
For nearly eight years, much of my work has involved documenting the many evolutions of the French capital, as it transforms from a change-phobic city to a European powerhouse with global ambitions. Although representations of Paris have started to transcend stereotypes and deeply embedded...
Samsung’s newest appliance on the U.S. market seems tailor-made for pandemic life—that is if you still have the need to regularly clean your workwear.Behold the AirDresser, a self-service cleaning mechanism designed for the home closet—cleaning and drying clothes, while eliminating odors...
This is an installment in a special series, Startup Year One, interviewing startup founders about the major lessons they learned in the immediate aftermath of their businesses’ first year of operation.Aishwarya Iyer and her family emigrated from India to the U.S. when she was just six months...
After building and selling a billion-dollar makeup empire, it would be easy (and understandable) to pack up and retire.But cosmetics legend Bobbi Brown is looking to push the industry forward with the launch of a new company meant to disrupt the beauty industry once again. EVOLUTION_18 is a...
Our mission to help you navigate the new normal is fueled by subscribers. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.It’s often remarked that history is written by the winners. It’s also an unmistakable fact that most history lessons taught in schools are often told from...
Our mission to help you navigate the new normal is fueled by subscribers. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.Even though the pandemic is still ongoing—and will be for the foreseeable future—some travel restrictions are being lifted here and there. And after months...
China’s biggest automaker SAIC Motor is hammering out a deal for a potential takeover of Car Inc, the Hong Kong-listed car rental company which had shared a chairman with scandal-ridden Luckin Coffee.Why it matters: If the deal proceeds, Luckin founder Charles Lu and his family will receive...
The remarkably dry weather and white sand beaches of Hawaii Island’s Kohala Coast have long attracted the most luxurious of resorts, and since 1983, the Mauna Lani Resort stood among them as an icon of the coast. After a group of investors purchased the resort for $225 million in 2017, it brought...
The Big Island attracts vacationers to its Kona coast with snorkeling and sunshine, and the rainy windward side tantalizes with the lush Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden, waterfalls, and the famed Hilo farmers’ market. But in the high hills between the coasts, the island’s best food town...
“One of these temples…erected by some ancient Michelangelo might take an honourable place beside our most beautiful buildings. It is grander than anything left to us by Greece or Rome.” So wrote the French explorer and naturalist Henri Mouhot of the staggering majesty of northern...
Minutes before our ship pulled away from Ushuaia—a port town at the southernmost point of South America—my grumblings about the Drake Passage reached a fever pitch. For weeks, my mental and physical preparation were tested as I turned suitcase into pharmacy to quell my worries, angst, and...