Sam Blumenthal

With inflation beginning to rise, retailers and consumer-packaged-goods (CPG) companies may need to raise prices to cover their costs. Simultaneously, they face increased competition from start-ups and from companies with relatively inexpensive offerings. But, if consumer reviews of a company’s products are less positive than those of competitors,... See more

One question I had is whether you can build giant fictional worlds this way. Right now the NFT market is full of speculators hoping to flip their acquisitions for a quick profit. There is more than a little of the mania that fueled this winter’s meme stock enthusiasm to be found on the crypto Discords. (More than a little cynicism among the... See more

On Instagram, Olaplex has long defended its reputation for quality via a robust network of affiliated stylists. But the brand has taken over TikTok with a different approach, owing its prominence largely to organic endorsements from amateur beauty and lifestyle creators. In contrast to Instagram content from haircare professionals, which tends to... See more