Toys aren't just for kids. Mattel and other companies are embracing 'kidults'
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Business - Inc.
This Mystery Shopping Company Just Became America’s Top Small Business
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce named mystery shopping and customer experience research platform Confero as the top small business of 2024.1 hour ago -
Business - The Wall Street Journal
Easing Food Prices Aren't Enough for Pinched Shoppers, Nestlé Says
Nestlé lowered its sales expectations for the second time this year as the food giant offers greater discounts to lure back shoppers deterred by rising prices in recent years.7 hours ago -
Entertainment - Los Angeles Times
Toys aren't just for kids. Mattel and other companies are embracing 'kidults'
Mattel, Lego and other toy companies are targeting a growing number of adults who are buying toys for themselves.7 hours ago -
World - Financial Times
Toxic slime and other dangerous toys sold online in Europe
Toy Industries of Europe finds that many products on marketplaces in the ‘kids’ category are unsafe10 hours ago -
Business - Financial Times
Companies curb UK advertising spending ahead of the Budget
Marketing budgets fail to grow for the first time in 14 quarters, trade body finds18 hours ago - United Kingdom -
Lifestyle - The New York Times
Tiny Love Stories: ‘A Queer Kid in Appalachia’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.21 hours ago -
Top stories - BBC News
Eliminated England aren't fit enough - Hartley
England need to get fitter following their shambolic exit from the Women’s T20 World Cup, according to former spinner Alex Hartley.Yesterday -
Politics - The Hill
House Democrats call on companies to retain DEI program
Forty-nine House Democrats signed an open letter to Fortune 1,000 chief executives asking them to affirm their commitment to their workplace equality initiatives, amid heightened backlash and legal ...Yesterday -
Tech - VentureBeat
SAG-AFTRA and game companies resume negotiations
The SAG-AFTRA talent union has resumed negotiations with video game companies around rules for using AI for voice acting in games.2 days ago -
Business - Inc.
Don’t Send Your Kids to College
In our emerging economy, learning how to do something, like carpentry, may have more value than going to a university for four expensive years.2 days ago -
Business - MarketWatch
Britain’s summer riots paid off for one company
Mitie Group, a provider of outsourcing services, said the provision of “surge response” security services for the U.K. Home Office was one factor behind a 13% rise in revenue in the first half2 days ago -
Business - Financial Times
Insurers embrace climate change investments as catastrophe costs mount
Industry adopts low-carbon goals it once shunned as natural disaster losses exceed $100bn a year2 days ago - Climate -
Business - MarketWatch
‘DJT’ and these other Trump-linked stocks are rallying with just over three weeks until the election
Shares of Trump Media, which operates the social-media platform Truth Social and is viewed as a Wall Street proxy for Republican nominee Donald Trump’s election bid, soared last week.2 days ago -
Business - Financial Times
Don’t bet on a taxing outcome for UK gambling companies
Fears that money would flow from the regulated sector has long deterred action against the industry3 days ago - United Kingdom