TikTok Shop’s Era of Super Subsidies Is Ending

The days of buying ultracheap stuff on TikTok Shop may be winding down. Starting today, the fees TikTok charges sellers increase from 2 percent to 6 percent of the price of each order. They will creep up to 8 percent in July. The changes may mark a crucial moment for people who shop on TikTok … Read more

Kendall Jenner Shops for Home Decor in Los Angeles | Kendall Jenner | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Wed, 17 January 2024 at 2:55 am It looks like Kendall Jenner is changing up the look inside her house. The 28-year-old model spent the afternoon shopping for rugs at the Tufenkian Artisan Carpets store with a friend on Tuesday (January 16) in Los Angeles. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Kendall Jenner For … Read more

This app lets restaurants and coffee shops charge to use the bathroom

Thanks to bans on pay toilets dating back to the 1970s, folks in the U.S. have become accustomed to enjoying free public restroom access pretty much anywhere their travels take them. Depending on the town or city, however, free-use bathrooms aren’t necessarily plentiful — or well-maintained, for that matter. In lieu of stateside political momentum … Read more

Shops in 2 Dutch cities start selling legally grown cannabis in pot trade experiment

BREDA, Netherlands — A paradox at the heart of the Netherlands’ permissive pot policy went up in smoke Friday in two Dutch cities as “coffeeshops” began selling the country’s first legally cultivated cannabis as part of an experiment to regulate the trade. The experiment could mark the beginning of the end for a long-standing legal … Read more

5 new shops for tea, coffee and meditation

Kyoto’s flat geography makes long strolls easy. And by using bustling Shijo Street — also known as Shijo-dori — as a main street for navigation, it was a breeze to weave through the city during my three-month trip in May. Between meal runs and plotting routes to popular attractions such as Nijo Castle and Kiyomizudera, … Read more

This venture-backed startup has quietly purchased greater than 80 mom-and-pop retailers

Teamshares is a low-flying, Brooklyn-based startup with massive ambitions to capitalize on a possibility in plain sight: that of small companies and not using a succession plan. It’s not a small market. In accordance with the U.S. Small Enterprise Administration, small companies characterize 99.7% of U.S. employer corporations and 64% of private-sector jobs. In the … Read more