Beef prices are surging… and the Big 4 meatpackers (Cargill, JBS, Tyson Foods, National Beef) are pulling in the profits.
London-based artist Stacie McCormick founded Fair Art Fair, which she calls the “Tinder for artists and collectors.”
Wayfair co-founder Steven Conine thinks future-us will shop for furniture using 3D models of our homes.
Wingstop sales hit $71m in Q1, +28% YoY. Now, it hopes to score the same success with chicken thighs via a new brand called Thighstop.
Songtradr matches artists with businesses looking to license music. After a flurry of acquisitions, it is valued at $300m+.
Stripe -- the $95B fintech startup -- is edging into another high-value business: identity management.
To woo homeowners onto its platform, Airbnb is offering mentorship, while Vrbo will let users transfer ratings.
To stay culturally relevant and compete with upstarts, Victoria’s Secret is embracing new trends, including athleisure and body positivity.
Several companies are working on flying cars or taxis. But when can we ride in them?
The student loan freeze ends this fall. Here’s what readers and experts say.
Didi owns 90% of China’s ride-share market and could go public at $70B+.
A number of tech companies -- Grabango, Amazon Fresh, WalkOut, Main Street Market -- are rolling out some form of self-checkout technology for grocery stores.
Virtual reality (VR) lets researchers “look” at the 3D structure of COVID proteins.
Startups are using technology to learn your writing style and give you a better text editor.
Mythical Games raised $75m to create “Blanco Block Party,” an open-world game where players own the characters… as NFTs.
Liteboxer is riding the home gym wave by offering an at-home boxing machine (priced at $1.5k).
The G-7 countries want a 15% global minimum tax. Big Tech is showing support for it.
Parking generates ~$30B in the US. Can the industry be digitized?
Warby Parker is adding 25% more brick-and-mortar locations, betting that post-COVID shoppers will want the hybrid experience.
Subscription businesses often make it hard to cancel a service. Regulators are stepping in.
Free goodies related to vaccines may not increase the actual vaccine rate… but help stores drive traffic.
Hard seltzer had a big 2019 and an even bigger 2020, outpacing even analysts' predictions to become a bubbly $4B industry.
7-Eleven is adding 500 EV charging stations across the US by the end of 2022 -- a big increase from its current 22 stations.
Eggs made by chickens grazing on organic soil are storming the $6B+ egg industry.
TikTok influencers are spreading Starbucks drink recipes that are a pain to make.
Baking goods -- cocoa, flour, yeast -- boomed during the pandemic. The boom may be here to stay.
Candymakers (Mars, Hershey, Mondelez) are filing complaints and lawsuits against cannabis makers. Why? Branding edibles as “candy” is a public hazard for children.
TaniHub matches 45k+ farmers with 350k buyers across Indonesia, the world’s 4th-most-populous country.
Internet Explorer once controlled 95% of the browser market. Today, it has <1% share and Microsoft is moving onto the Edge browser.
Treating sewage is a cost-effective way to make tap water. But can Americans get over the yuck factor?