Patagonia pivots with "mini warehouses", 20% workforce, and 9 job openings Patagonia could come back into customers’ lives as if it never left. Julia Gray 4.23.20 4:18 PM Innovation
Neuropsychologist Sanam Hafeez says our quarantine drinking habits could outlast the pandemic “People normally turn to alcohol when they are scared, lonely, bored, depressed, isolated, anxious, and want to escape reality. In quarantine, you have the worst possible recipe of all of these components.” Julia Gray 4.22.20 4:23 PM People
Even in quarantine, beauty product sales and social chatter thrive People aren't leaving their homes, which gives them plenty of time to rave about their favorite beauty brands online. Julia Gray 4.21.20 5:00 PM Markets
Neiman Marcus will file for bankruptcy as the first department store Coronavirus casualty Neiman Marcus will be the first major American department store to surrender to pandemic era economic uncertainty. And it probably won't be the last. Julia Gray 4.20.20 7:12 PM Innovation
JCPenney's apparent last leg: slumping hiring, declining employee count, and which REITs may be affected Last week, the company chose not to make a roughly $12 million interest payment. Julia Gray 4.20.20 3:28 PM Innovation
Vox Media hiring tumbled more than 40% just before it furloughed 9% of its workforce Vox has already slashed job postings by 42% since March. Julia Gray 4.17.20 4:28 PM Markets