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☆ The Meteoric Rise and Spectacular Fall of the Queen of Airbnb
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

Now, after she made her pitch at the VFW hall, attendees clamored around Widell, eager to have her manage their Airbnb rentals. The reign of the Airbnb Queen of Tulsa was over — and her subjects were left to pick up the pieces. Dominic Bugatto for BIThe "Queen of Airbnb" label, which started off as Widell's Airbnb account name, helped create an aura of omnipotence. According to those familiar with the business, Widell seemed to be shifting her focus away from Airbnb rentals to the house-staging business. Today, her "Tulsa Airbnb Group" on Facebook remains active, with some 1,000 members.

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☆ One consumer returns 95% of the clothes she buys online. Some say it should be illegal since it hurts workers and the environment, but companies don't seem to mind — heres why.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Sara Davies | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Last year, fashion returns created 750,000 tonnes of carbon-dioxide emissions in the UK. Today, companies consider returns management to be more of a marketing tool, and handling returns well can help companies gain new customers and keep them coming back. The environment likely suffers from fashion returns a lot more than we dare to estimateStaff aren't the only ones that we need to consider. A big proportion of unwanted clothes that companies can't resell or recycle end up burned or in landfills. Last year, fashion returns were responsible for 750,000 tonnes of carbon-dioxide emissions in the UK.

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☆ Some say 'deshopping' or returning already-worn clothes should be illegal. Others argue it's an invaluable marketing tool — so who's right?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Sara Davies | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Last year, fashion returns created 750,000 tonnes of carbon-dioxide emissions in the UK. But shoppers who buy clothes with the intent of returning them after wearing them are adding fuel to the fire. The environment likely suffers from fashion returns a lot more than we dare to estimateStaff aren't the only ones that we need to consider. A big proportion of unwanted clothes that companies can't resell or recycle end up burned or in landfills. Last year, fashion returns were responsible for 750,000 tonnes of carbon-dioxide emissions in the UK.

Cloetta AB, (CLOEb.ST) a Swedish confectioner which makes Lakerol lozenges that use gum arabic, has "ample" stock of the ingredient, a spokesperson said in an email. Global production of gum arabic is about 120,000 tonnes a year, worth $1.1 billion, according to estimates cited by Kerry Group. "Both buyers and sellers are clueless on when things will normalise.”Alwaleed Ali, who owns AGP Innovations Co Ltd, a gum arabic exporting business, said his customers are looking for alternative countries to source gum arabic. It accounts for the livelihoods of thousands of people and the more expensive variety can cost about $3,000 a tonne, according to Gum Sudan. There is a poorer quality, cheaper gum from outside of Sudan, but the preferred ingredient is only found in acacia trees in Sudan, South Sudan and Chad, Alnoor said.

☆ I was a recruiter for 15 years. The best job candidates don't crunch their résumé onto one page, they follow these tips instead.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Dani Herrera | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Her tips include using active verbs on your résumé and using the "featured" section on LinkedIn. Everything else can go on your LinkedIn profile. Use your LinkedIn profile to elevate your résuméAll those things you couldn't fit on your résumé? Your LinkedIn profile doesn't have to be boring either. Update your banner pictureThe banner is one of the first things we notice when we open a LinkedIn profile, so why not use it to your advantage?

[1/2] Police officers stand guard near the barricades during a protest rally by the supporters of the proposed Vizhinjam port project in the southern state of Kerala, India, November 30, 2022. An Adani Group official who declined to be identified said construction would restart on Thursday. The port has strategic importance for both India and Adani, an ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Asia's richest man. The Adani Group says the port complies with all laws and has cited studies that show it is not linked to shoreline erosion, which the Kerala government says is due to natural causes. Adani has previously faced protests in Australia, where environmental activists protested against his Carmichael coal mine project in the northeastern state of Queensland.

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