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L'Oreal Reportedly Nearing Deal to Acquire Byredo hypebeast
Falling under the Manzanita Capital (Diptique, Malin+Goetz, etc.) since 2013, Byredo is now being pursued by L’Oréal (Giorgio Armani, Kiehl’s, Maison Margiela Fragrances) with a rumored valuation of approximately one billion euros.
As Travel Booms, Fashion’s Hospitality Ambitions Heat Up bof
Elle International is launching hotels as Bulgari plans to nearly double its resort footprint in the next three years — with brands anticipating post-pandemic tourism will bring fortune to the fashion hospitality space.
Catch a Rising Star at the Auction House nyt
No longer does museum validation or scholarly attention determine a painting’s value. Now the collectors’ hunger comes first, and institutions must follow.
Klarna’s layoffs signal a broader buy now, pay later slowdown morningbrew
The BNPL giant said it was laying off 10% of the company’s roughly 7k employees.
Conan O’Brien’s podcast co sells to SiriusXM in deal valued ~$150m wsj
Team Coco will produce a full-time comedy channel for the satellite subscription service.
On-demand grocery app Gorillas lays off half its office workforce theverge
An unsustainable business or a side effect of the downturn?
Bird-watcher wrongfully accused in Central Park video gets a bird-watching TV show npr
“I love spreading the gospel of birding.”
Birdocracy: Noisy jackdaws 'vote' before flying france24
A crescendo of calls from hundreds of noisy jackdaws can often be heard right before they take to the sky all at once, right around sunrise on cold winter mornings.
The Annihilation of Florida: An Overlooked National Tragedy currentaffairs
An accelerating race to destroy Florida’s wilderness shows what we value.
The last public payphone in NYC has been removed from Midtown gothamist
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