Josh Luber wants to revolutionise the streetwear economy with his platform StockX, a marketplace for sneakers and luxury goods that ensures pricing stability and product authenticity, while providing users with hard data on how specific products are selling. Having grown up in Philadelphia, attended school during the 90s and played basketball when Michael Jordan was […]
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The Clevland Browns NFL team have signed quarterback Baker Mayfield to his rookie deal, the team announced Tuesday. The No. 1 overall pick signed a four-year deal with $32.68 million fully guaranteed! NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, per a source. The deal includes a $21.85 million signing bonus, Rapoport added. Mayfield won the Heisman Trophy in 2017. […]
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Paris-based business incubator Station F – which calls itself the largest ‘startup campus’ in the world – will start offering co-living leases later this year. In preparation, it’s currently hiring a community manager to help new tenants settle in. The job description offers an interesting insight into what this role entails. Take a look at the […]
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What exactly is “The LeBron Effect,” and is it something that can be tracked and evaluated? Personal income James’ four-year, $154 million contract with the Lakers certainly makes for excitable headlines and pushes him into territory no NBA player has ever seen before. He will make $35.6 million next season, with his salary rising annually to $41 million […]
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It’s been announced that Uber will be teaming up with electric scooter rental company Lime to add a new type of transport to its existing offering. Lime, which was founded by ex-Uber executive Travis VanderZanden, is currently growing at a rapid pace and just completed a $335 million financing round led by Alphabet Inc., valuing […]
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Wimbledon’s number one seed Roger Federer has announced a new partnership with Japanese clothing company, Uniqlo, ending his association with Nike, which he first signed with in 1994. The new deal was confirmed on the first day of Wimbledon when the SW19 favourite arrived for his opening match wearing the new brand’s kit. However Uniqlo […]
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Having struggled to keep up with demand for quite a while now, Tesla has finally hit its production goal of 5,000 Model 3s per week. The target was hit during the last week of its second quarter (even though the 5,000th car technically came off the production line a few hours after midnight), which was […]
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Unlike James Bond our mornings don’t consist of sitting in the bath, reading papers, on the phone and leisurely taking out time. Well for some they might. But how did you spend your commute this morning? It can be strange, being squashed up on a bus or train for up to an hour every morning, […]
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Often when you think of head chefs in bustling New York City restaurants, you think the likes of Gordon Ramsey or our recent fallen culinary hero Anthony Bourdain, sweating, shouting and shepherding their team and food with a meticulousness that is found only in the world of fine dining. That is until you come […]
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Well… Wouldn’t you rather be a rich nobody than whatever the fuck Mark Zuckerberg is? My MySpace profile was abandoned when, at the ripe age of 18, I decided it was just a little too juvenile — the glittering GIFs affixed to every page, the garish customized designs, the pressure on maintaining your top 8. […]
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According to a new report from Launchmetrics, “mega” influencers — described as having a following between 501,000 and 1.5 million — are becoming increasingly less valuable to brands. The study finds that most advertisers and brands prefer influencers with smaller followings as micro-influencers (10,000 to 100,000 followers) are seen as the most effective partner by 46 percent of […]
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Mr.porter took a look at The co-founder of Airbnb’s home and shares his local hotspots. It’s more bachelor pad than billionaire’s palace, but Mr Joe Gebbia’s characterful home in San Francisco is an accurate reflection of who he is and the company he started. Airbnb was launched in 2007 from the small apartment nearby that Mr Gebbia shared […]
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“Choose a job you love,” assert thousands of self-help books, fridge magnets, and school guidance counsellors, “and you will never have to work a day in your life.” If only it were that easy. For many who love the worlds of fashion and footwear, a life spent working at the brands that define those industries would […]
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Ahead of this weekend’s highly anticipated 2018 NBA All-Star game, Forbes has compiled a list of the players involved ordered in the amount of money each one earns annually in endorsements. While some of the highest ranked players’ earnings come as no surprise—after all, LeBron James did sign a seven-year, $90 million contract with Nike while he […]
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Amazon’s attempt to remake shopping as we know it will take a major step forward Monday, when members of the public will get their first chance to shop in the AmazonGo convenience store. The store, which has been open to Amazon employees since 2016, uses advanced technology to let shoppers walk in, take what they want […]
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David Letterman is back with a new Netflix chat-show that is, well, not much like a chat-show. No band or jazz-hands or opening gags, just Letterman with a monthly one-hour show and a single mega-famous guest. For the first episode that guest is one Barack Obama. Get the popcorn! Except, uh, maybe not all of […]
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The hottest book in the country lays out a devastating portrayal of President Trump as a larcenous “douchebag” “clown prince,” in the words of author Michael Wolff. But liberal editorializing could paradoxically end up making it harder to fulfill the author’s prediction that its revelations will bring an end to this presidency. If half—hell, a quarter—of […]
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So, you quit your day job and gone out alone in the big bad world. You were full of ideas, dreams and fire; you wanted to revolutionise the world and build a better society. But now, having come short several times, you’re thinking about returning to a normal nine to five. And it’s understandable – selling […]
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WeWork has spent 2017 riding a rocket. The co-working company leases buildings, renovates them to be luxe Silicon Valley-style offices, and then rents out those offices one desk or a conference room at a time. Just within 2017, WeWork raised $4.4 billion from SoftBank’s Vision Fund. As of October, it had 172 locations in 18 countries, used by more than 150,000 members. WeWork itself employs over […]
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Jay-Z, one of the world’s highest-paid musicians, but despite this his Tidal streaming service is reportedly suffering from financial difficulties. According to Norwegian business paper Dagens Næringsliv, Tidal is facing both cash flow and user growth issues, leading to the service having enough funds to last just six months. The news comes less than a year since Tidal received investment from […]
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