Business & Enterprise

Black-Owned Vintage And Thrift Shops Are Preserving Fashion And Culture

Businesses are emerging as resale captures a larger share of consumer spending by Sidnee Michelle Black-owned vintage thrift shop owners in Atlanta are turning the booming secondhand clothing market into an entrepreneurial opportunity while preserving pieces of Black culture and the city’s fashion history, UATL reports. Entrepreneurs behind Nello Vintage, Vintageland ATL and Everythang Dope are among the business owners […]

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Employees Conceal Their Expertise To Ward Off AI Replacement

The findings come as companies increasingly seek employee data and institutional knowledge to develop AI tools by Sidnee Michelle Workers are increasingly withholding their expertise from colleagues as fears grow that companies could use their knowledge to train artificial intelligence (AI) systems that eventually replace them, Fast Company reports. A survey of 4,000 knowledge workers in the United States,

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‘For The Ville’ Tributes Muhammad Ali With Football Apparel

The Cardinals and adidas unite to celebrate ‘The Greatest.’ by Edwian Stokes Muhammad Ali turned each place he entered into a platform promoting Black pride, principle, and conviction. Just as the “Louisville Lip” from Kentucky shaped global culture decades ago, the University of Louisville today shows that Ali’s legacy lives on not only in museums but also

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He Built His $30 Million Brand Without Quitting His 9-to-5

Crowned Skin founder Darrell Spencer scaled his brand while working full-time at Meta and Google — then landed $500,000 on ‘Shark Tank.’ Here’s the exit plan he says every entrepreneur needs from day one. By B.Kadijat Towolawi Darrell Spencer built a $30 million body butter brand without quitting his day job. When it comes to entrepreneurship,

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The Lip Bar Founder Melissa Butler Is Offering Equity To Save Her Cosmetic Line Thread Beauty

Rather than shutting down Thread Beauty, Melissa Butler is betting that community and the right business partner can save the brand. by Selena Hill Melissa Butler turned The Lip Bar from a lipstick that she made in her Brooklyn kitchen into a nationally distributed beauty business. But even seasoned entrepreneurs can struggle to get another venture off the

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