TikTok and Fashion, Costco and Venezuela & The Brain

A TikTok star is the new face of 74-year-old French fashion house Celine, and it shows how luxury brands are courting Gen Z

The partnership is on trend with high-end brands increasingly trying to capitalize on TikTok’s popularity in the hopes of appealing to a younger generation of shoppers.

Costco in Caracas: how Florida goods flood Venezuelan stores

Venezuelan businessmen have taken advantage of his government’s quiet abandonment of price, currency and import controls to buy direct from U.S. wholesalers including Costco (COST.O) and Walmart (WMT.N).

Why Your Brain Needs Exercise

The evolutionary history of humans explains why physical activity is important for brain health

A Third of America’s Economy Is Concentrated in Just 31 Counties

The nation’s economy is becoming increasingly concentrated in large cities and by the coasts—and less so in rural counties—spurring the question of whether rural areas will be increasingly left behind.

Why This Decade We Finally Started Caring About Fashion and Sustainability

Sophie Benson remembers the 2010s, a decade in which sustainability moved from fringe issue to the most defining challenge – and opportunity – of our time.