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A Welcome Boost for the Creator Economy as Newsflare Closes Series B Investment Round

London, New York, and Los Angeles 13th January 2022: Newsflare, one of the world’s leading licensing platforms and marketplaces for user-generated video (UGV), has closed a Series B accelerator funding round to fuel faster growth. The £5m investment, from two of the UK’s leading TMT venture funds, will be used to increase Newsflare’s global footprint,… Read More »

The Hair Economy in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Control, Wellness, and Self-Care

The barbershop and beauty salon are important community touch points for health, wellness, and social connection in so many peoples’ lives. In my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen, I feature the black barbershop to introduce a chapter on “The New Retail Health.” In the COVID-19 pandemic, how we’re dealing with hair is… Read More »