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Can mushrooms solve the world’s diaper problem?

Can mushrooms solve the world’s diaper problem?

No one enjoys a dirty diaper, but the stinky things are threatening more than just your nostrils.  More than 300k diapers — first introduced in 1948 by Johnson & Johnson — are thrown out every minute, per Fast Company, and the issue is piling up in our landfills.  Now, startup Hiro wants to give parents an option more convenient than…

You wouldn’t guess who’s driving perfume sales  

You wouldn’t guess who’s driving perfume sales  

The fragrance industry is booming. In 2024, fragrance was the fastest-growing beauty segment, per Circana, sales for which have picked up in recent years alongside RTO mandates and increased IRL socializing.   And keeping the momentum up is a group of unassuming new customers: notoriously smelly, drugstore aftershave-loving teen boys.  Out with the Old Spice, in…

Wegovy-maker Novo Nordisk abruptly ends partnership with Hims & Hers

Wegovy-maker Novo Nordisk abruptly ends partnership with Hims & Hers

One of the biggest team-ups in telehealth just ended faster than Kim Kardashian’s marriage to Kris Humphries, and on equally bad terms. Novo Nordisk announced yesterday that it’ll stop offering Wegovy through Hims & Hers—less than two months into their partnership—claiming that the direct-to-consumer pharmacy is unlawfully selling knockoff weight loss drugs. Rewind: When the FDA declared that the…

BNPL loans will affect credit scores

BNPL loans will affect credit scores

The decision to buy that $600 collectible Labubu doll with a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) loan might soon impact your creditworthiness. The company that assigns credit scores, FICO, said yesterday that starting in the fall, it’ll incorporate BNPL borrowing into its scoring formula. The loans that allow customers to break up purchases into four installments have…