CEOs Try to Beat Their Rivals in Softness and Cuddle-ability

[ad_1] Plush-toy makers play hardball in a competition for the squishiest creatures in the hot stuffed-animal market. [ad_2] Source link

How Vanilla Perfume Went From Sickly Sweet to Chic

[ad_1] By Emily Jensen | Illustration by Franziska Barczyk for WSJ. Magazine There’s an inherent paradox to vanilla: One of the world’s most rarefied spices, it has also become shorthand…

In Nicolas Cage’s New Movie, Going Viral Is the Stuff of Nightmares  

[ad_1] Nobody goes to the movies for a message about the internet. So filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli wrapped his in a bizarro premise with plenty of comedy and a surprisingly apt…

On Pageant Day, Miss Universe Faces Bankruptcy Court and a Leadership Crisis

[ad_1] When Thai media mogul Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip fulfilled her lifelong dream of buying Miss Universe, it signaled a new chapter for the beleaguered pageant. Miss Universe, which bows tonight in…

‘Eat the Rich’: How a Union Slogan Set Off a Merch Bonanza

[ad_1] A few weeks into the United Auto Workers strike, the union’s straight-shooting president, Shawn Fain, appeared on a video livestream to update his members on the progress of negotiations.…

WSJ News Exclusive | Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd Steps Down

[ad_1] Bumble Inc.’s Whitney Wolfe Herd is stepping down as chief executive of the company known for the female-focused dating app she founded nearly a decade ago. She will be…

Matthew Perry, ‘Friends’ Star, Is Dead at 54

[ad_1] In the first five minutes of the pilot episode of “Friends,” Ross is destroyed because his wife has moved out and has turned out to be a lesbian, Rachel…

How Young Is Too Young for a Crop Top?

[ad_1] For mini Swifties and Alabama sorority girls-to-be, the Dallas boutique Dear Hannah Prep is a pink-and-green, balloon-filled wonderland. The store, a little sister to adult shop Dear Hannah down…

WSJ News Exclusive | Kylie Jenner Built a Beauty Empire. Now She’s Coming for Fashion.

[ad_1] BAREFOOT AND WRAPPED in a robe in a hushed Paris hotel suite, 26-year-old entrepreneur and reality star Kylie Jenner is seated at her altar: a vanity. Her longtime hair…

Britney Spears Settles the Score in Blockbuster Memoir

[ad_1] In the new memoir from Britney Spears, the lows sing the loudest.  One of many rock-bottom moments in “The Woman in Me,” released on Tuesday, came at the 2007…