StubHub faced backlash from fans over the inflated price of tickets for the Tragically
Hip's farewell tour.
This past summer, the company launched its OrigAudio Marketplace, an online store where fans can buy headphones custom - designed by celebrities or athletes — including motocross racer Jeremy Stenberg or
hip - hop group Latryx.
A company that became a national phenomenon with retail alchemy — a rare ability to attract millions with
hip designer items at clear - out prices — has seen that delicate formula stifled by excessive caution and a strangling bureaucracy, even as competitors emulated Target's approach, and fast - fashion retailers like H&M, off - price chains such as T.J. Maxx, and dollar stores all muscled onto its turf.
He also raised eyebrows when asked the source of his inspiration, citing iconic entertainer Fred Astaire and irascible
hip - hop artist Kanye West.
Your head will be held high, shoulders back, torso out of
your hips, and feet weightless.
But with the pump and a tangle of plastic tubing affixed to
my hip in a fanny pack, exercise was off the agenda.
Public furor over StubHub's inflated costs for tickets to the Tragically
Hip's farewell tour shows the risks of variable pricing.
Hands on
your hips is another power pose.
When standing, uncross your arms and keep your hands off
your hips and out of your pockets.
Why it's effective: Repeated, prolonged sitting at work typically causes
the hip flexors and muscles of the lower back to tighten, allowing the hamstrings, gluteals and abdominals to stretch and atrophy.
On the day I visited, Ripple Labs had just moved into new,
hip offices in San Francisco's Financial District.
But when you move into the warrior position (essentially a modified lunge), you stretch
the hip flexors while strengthening your hamstrings and glutes, correcting the imbalance.
Strengthening your core muscles — which include abs, back, and
hips — helps stabilize your spine and keep it aligned.
The new workforce is
hip to the fact that if a company's values are not aligned with their own, there is little chance they will thrive in the long haul.
And outside of the food aisles, other retailers and department stores are still on the hunt for
the hip - and - cheap sweet spot.
There are at least six rivals in the space, including a startup that has attracted $ 14 million from
hip - hop artist Snoop Dogg's fund and other backers.
Walmart, coming off a year of acquisitions like those of Bonobos, Modcloth and Moosejaw, will likely continue to buy
hip digital - first brands as it looks to counter Amazon's moves in the fashion world and attract more well - heller shoppers to Jet.com if not its own site.
If you shoot from
the hip, you're not going to get the best deal.»
To kick it off and rally spirits, a few employees performed
a hip - hop song - and - dance routine on the first day.
That phone you use to check your messages constantly or that iPad that's stuck to
your hip?
Late last year, McDonald's opened an aggressively
hip café in Sydney, Australia.
The company's Soho Street office is located a short distance from Toronto's
hip Queen West shopping strip and has the exposed brick and informal vibe of a startup.
There are also lots of former motorcyclists who have had to give up riding due to everything from a bad back to
hip surgery, but have rediscovered their mojo on the Spyder.
But
hip - hop music and gaming / e-sports held.
Sure, it's been more than two decades since he rewrote the rules of
hip - hop with The Chronic and 15 years since he released a new album, but the man born Andre Young remains ubiquitous in popular culture.
In an industry known for indiscipline — «Our industry historically shoots from
the hip,» says longtime Coach executive Todd Kahn — it's widely regarded as a superbly run company, with a strong supply chain and a knack for eliminating inefficiencies.
Yet the import market for Japanese pop culture is still in its infancy, and oftentimes it's entrepreneurs who are bringing the best items here to sell to early - adopting arbiters of cool, whether they are 7 - year - olds clamoring for Naruto or
hip 20 - somethings sporting Domo - kun t - shirts.
Think about influencers the next time you put on your ultra-cool, collectible, musician - promoted
hip - hop jersey.
But the biggest surprise came when the burlesque music kicked in and Dorothy's
hips started to sway.
People love new startups and technologies, and they love to show the world that they're cool,
hip and trendy through social media.
In fact, the researchers found that for certain groups of people — such as those who started out with a certain minimum amount of vitamin D already in their blood — adding more vitamin D was actually tied with a slightly greater risk of
hip fractures.
Priced at $ 9.99 per month or $ 99.99 per year, Beats Music has reportedly struggled to poach subscribers from rivals Spotify and Rdio, but that didn't stop Apple from gobbling up Beats this summer in a cash and stock deal valued at $ 3 billion, vaulting Dre's personal fortune to $ 800 million and making him the richest figure in
hip - hop history.
Fellow
hip - hop act Astronautalis says he makes a few hundred dollars a month via streaming on his back catalog because he owns all of the publishing rights to it and doesn't have to split anything with a label.
The term «newcomers» is code for a couple of demographic subsets, one being women, the other aging boomers — people with time on their hands, replacement
hips and money to spend.
She put on considerable weight and developed problems with
her hips that caused her constant pain.
The app works with hotels across six categories designed to cover all comers: Basic, Solid, Charming,
Hip, Luxe, and Highroller.
Thomas missed seven months of action with
a hip injury so worrisome that the Cavs almost didn't trade for him.
«So now we know all of these three groups are passionate about
hip - hop music and gaming, and now we know where we can show up authentically in their lives.
And the poplars are the excruciatingly
hip borough of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Think of Warby Parker and its unapologetic crediting of the fashion industry as an inspiration source to deliver eyewear that is festive, meaningful (portions of proceeds are donated to social causes) and
hip.
A 25 - year - old man was arrested after a lone policeman unwaveringly stared down the agitated suspect — clothed head to toe in black — who appeared to repeatedly draw an object from
his hip and point it at the officer.
For the study, 22 men and women from Division I golf programs in the Midwest practiced putting in silence and while listening to different genres of music, including classical, country, jazz, and
hip - hop / rap.
Grid artists have been mentioned in
the hip - hop music magazine XXL.
But the shop feels decidedly modern and cool, thanks to
hip merchandise from brands like Public Supply and the stylish barbers.
Before Dan Price caused a media firestorm by establishing a $ 70,000 minimum wage at his Seattle company, Gravity Payments... before Hollywood agents, reality - show producers, and book publishers began throwing elbows for a piece of
the hip, 31 - year - old entrepreneur with the shoulder - length hair and Brad Pitt looks... before Rush Limbaugh called him a socialist and Harvard Business School professors asked to study his radical experiment in paying workers... an entry - level Gravity employee named Jason Haley got really pissed off at him.
Too often, risk takers are thought of as gunslingers who shoot from
the hip and ask questions later.
In an ode to one of my favorite
hip - hop artists DJ Khaled, mentorship in my mind leads to this: «All we do is win, win, win!»
«
Hip hop is so competitive, so if you can get a really awesome sounding master for a tenth of the price and put [the savings] into marketing, maybe it makes sense to use Landr,» Evans says.
If you're single, looking to mingle and an iPhone or Android owner, there's
a hip new way to meet people.