Culture

The yarn industry isn’t quick to meet a spike in demand.

Rose Maura Lorre of Wirecutter bought and tested a dozen products from third-party sellers on major e-retailers. Every single one raised red flags.

Manipulation is a big problem in sports betting. Prediction markets could be even worse. So far, the industry has largely been making up the rules as it goes.

Some Christians don’t eat meat on Fridays before Easter. That means we’re in the thick of fish fry season. Usually the spike in demand is no problem for fisheries, but this is not a usual year.

Seattle Opera told Marketplace that it earned more than $28,800 in sales through people who used the discount code TIMOTHEE, while the Hawai’i Opera Theatre made thousands more than it normally would have.

Three-time Paralympic medalist Amy Purdy talks the winter games, which are in full swing in Milan Cortina.

Ski resorts rely on good snow years to make a profit, but weather is fickle. Selling discounted ski passes before the season even starts changed the game.

Preliminary data from Technomic shows that chains grew by 3%, while small restaurants declined by more than 2% last year.

Amanda Sakuma, a freelance journalist writing for The Pudding, discusses the chaotic and inconsistent ways brands come up with women’s clothing sizes.

Wendy Lou, chief revenue officer for Girl Scouts USA who oversees the cookie program, says scouts pick up several digital sales and marketing and communication skills by selling cookies through their Digital Cookie platform.