Ryan Baker
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Livestream shopping is gaining steam in the U.S., thanks to apps like TikTok and Whatnot (opens the original)
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From a warehouse just north of Chicago, Sarah Potempa â celebrity hairstylist and CEO of the viral Beachwaver hair curling iron â keeps thousands of viewers hooked for hours selling products on TikTok live. This kind of livestream shopping, which has boomed in China over the past decade, is building momentum in the U.S. thanks to social media giant TikTok and live commerce platform Whatnot, which just reached a $20 billion valuation. Beachwaver did about $8,000 in sales during the first four
Elevator giant Otis wants to be a defensive play in a volatile market. It has to prove itself first (opens the original)
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Inside a 28-story testing tower erected in the middle of the suburban town of Bristol, Connecticut, Otis engineers run elevator parts through dust chambers, humidity cells and saltwater fog machines. "[Elevators] are supposed to work in the extreme conditions of the world. Whether it's the desert or the Arctic," said Haran Vela, senior vice president of engineering for Otis. "We try to simulate all of those conditions in this facility so that we know that our designs will work in the real enviro
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