Month: April 2020

In Crisis Management, Why the Future Is as Important as the Here and Now

As the impact of the coronavirus outbreak continues to run its course, business leaders are being forced to adopt new modalities of leadership that require often untested skillsets. Operating in a “crisis response” mode also spotlights the need to maintain operational strategies endemic to any successful business. As part of a series of stories on […]

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Qubit Is Helping Retailers Move Product and Drive Sales With Personalization 

LONDON — As screen time grows and retailers face growing issues with stock, Qubit, the personalization software service, has become a useful backend tool for e-tailers. “Personalization is even more relevant now, because a lot of our clients are using our technology to target loyal customers and to make sure, if they’ve got limited supply, […]

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Ousted Sports Illustrated Journalist and Publisher Both Address Firing

A fired Sports Illustrated journalist who wrote for the title for almost 25 years and its new publisher have both moved quickly to tell their sides of the story about the termination. And of course, it played out on social media. Grant Wahl, a prominent senior soccer writer at the magazine, said on Twitter on […]

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Photographers Hold Benefit Sales for Coronavirus Relief

Countless confined people would like to experience the world beyond their smartphones or the views outside their windows, and now they can through two benefit photography sales. While corporate powerhouses like 3M, Brooks Brothers and Apple are ramping up production to help offset the dearth of medical-grade masks for health-care workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic, […]

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L.A. Extends ‘Safer at Home’ Order, Closure of All Non-essential Business

Los Angeles County isn’t letting up on its lockdown order for citizens and business closures anytime soon. During a daily tele-briefing, county officials said “safer at home” rules ordering people to stay inside whenever possible and the close of all nonessential business will now run through at least May 15. That is a full month […]

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#PayUp Petition Calls for Major Fashion Companies to Pay Garment Factories

An online petition is calling on major fashion brands to pay their garment factories for the orders canceled or delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Remake, a nonprofit organization that strives to educate consumers on the fashion industry’s treatment of women and its environmental impact, launched the #PayUp petition on April 3 to spotlight how […]

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Experimental Fashion Boutique Café Forgot Launches E-commerce Site

Café Forgot cofounders Vita Haas and Lucy Weisner are used to seeing each other nearly every day. Under current coronavirus lockdowns in New York City, they’ve gone a month without meeting up in person — something that would have seemed unfathomable not too long ago. The experimental fashion boutique, which stages monthlong temporary installations in […]

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How to Apply for a Small Business Loan Through the Coronavirus Stimulus Package

Small businesses across the country have taken a big hit amid the coronavirus pandemic, as stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidelines have meant many have shut their doors, laid off employees or even ceased operations. Several large companies and cities across the country are offering some respite to small businesses by launching grant programs to keep […]

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The Hollywood Reporter’s Top Editor Is Leaving Amid Friction With Parent Company

The editorial director of the Hollywood Reporter is stepping down, following a disagreement with the industry publication’s owner. In a memo to staffers Monday morning revealing his departure, Matthew Belloni explained that it is has nothing to do with pressure from the coronavirus crisis, but is the result of discussions he’s had with Modi Wiczyk, […]

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Lady Gaga to Host Virtual Concert With World Health Organization

Lady Gaga is teaming with the World Health Organization and Global Citizen for a global concert amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Oscar-winning singer and actress announced the concert during the WHO’s media briefing on Monday, where she also revealed that she’s helped raise $35 million from several global companies in the last week to benefit […]

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