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Halfdays Is Breaking Up Skiing’s Old Boys’ Club

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Halfdays Is Breaking Up Skiing’s Old Boys’ Club

Kiley McKinnon competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics wearing men's ski pants. By the time the freestyle aerialist arrived in PyeongChang three Februarys ago, she had racked up just about every accomplishment under the sun and on the slopes. Aesthetically and technically, though, there was something ... Continue reading #Halfdays #LabelToWatch #Style #Business #Sustainability

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Company that turns plastic into patio furniture successfully expands into Denver area during pandemic

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Company that turns plastic into patio furniture successfully expands into Denver area during pandemic

Considering that Jay Dillon is expanding his outdoor furniture business in the middle of a global pandemic, things are going well. Dillon’s company, Yardbird, which uses repurposed plastic debris from the ocean to make the furniture, had been planning to expand from its base in Minneapolis to Denver, Kansas City and Detroit. The novel coronavirus then broke out in China and other Asian countries where the company gets about 55% of its products. As the disease spread around the world, Yardbird went from scrambling to get its goods from overseas to the prospect of having the products but little demand...

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