Trump and the Pandemic
And Now a Word for Laissez-Faire
Coach’s CEO Is Leaving the Company, and Tapestry’s CEO Is Stepping In
Tapestry ended the day with some big news: Joshua Schulman, the CEO and brand president of Coach, is leaving the company. Tapestry, which also owns Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman, announced that its chairman and CEO, Jide Zeitlin, will oversee Coach on an interim basis as the company searches for a new CEO, and that…
Holding Company Stocks Drop 7.5% as Outbreak and Volatility Rattle the Market
The coronavirus crisis and an oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia is accelerating an economic slide that is spooking investors in just about every industry. On Monday, trading was halted on the New York Stock Exchange for 15 minutes so investors could, according to NYSE president Stacey Cunningham, “have time to absorb information,…
From Social Media at CNN to Editor in Chief at Glamour, Samantha Barry Remains a Storyteller
Samantha Barry’s diverse, globe-trotting professional path in communications may have had its start at a radio station in Dublin in the early aughts, but she thinks her career began to unofficially flourish much earlier than the experiences she has listed on LinkedIn. For Barry, her knack for telling stories is hereditary and a cultural given–birthed…
Shiny Aluminum Luggage Is Popular Now, but Zero Halliburton Pioneered It
On a recent winter afternoon, Tom Nelson looks over the display of luggage at Zero Halliburton’s flagship store in Manhattan. There’s nothing flashy about the place or its cases, which rest atop spindly black-metal stands below the trained gaze of spotlights. But the one thing that truly stands out is the silvery sheen of aluminum…
We’ve Been Hearing About Drone Delivery for Years. So Where Are All Those Drones?
It was nearly four years ago when 7-Eleven announced it completed the first autonomous drone delivery in the U.S. A few months later, Amazon’s Prime Air completed its first drone delivery in England. And while Amazon executive Jeff Wilke said he expected drone deliveries in the U.S. “within months” of June 2019, we’re still not…
How Specialized Streaming Services Hold Their Own in a Netflix-Dominated Field
BritBox, the streaming service from BBC and ITV that specializes in British films and movies, wants to thank streaming behemoths like Netflix and Amazon Prime. The series those hefty OTT offerings feature on their platforms, including The Crown, The Bodyguard and Downton Abbey, helped whet an appetite for British TV shows among U.S. audiences, making…
World Wrestling Entertainment YouTube Channel Tops 40 Billion Total Views
World Wrestling Entertainment said its official YouTube channel topped 40 billion total views this past weekend. WWE said in an email that the 40 billion milestone is equal to over five views for every person on Earth, adding that its channel’s 55 million-plus subscribers put it ahead of sports channels on the Google-owned video site…