IPO Preview: Honest Company, Chinese Lifestyle Brand Onion Global, Hydroponic iPower Lead Group

Playboy's parent PLBY Group has skyrocketed 143% since going public via SPAC on February 11. The company has reemerged with a focus on lifestyle and sexual health. Playboy covers are seen on dis.....»»

Atlanta-based Focus Brands added another new face to its executive team. The global hospitality brand franchisor said Tuesday it promoted Beto Guajardo to lead the company's international business unit, effective at the end of the month. He succe.....»»

China's Citic Securities Co. , has hired Charles Lin, the former Asia head of Vanguard Group, to be vice chairman of Hong Kong unit CLSA, as the biggest Chinese securities company seeks to build up an international presence......»»

A consortium led by Tencent has agreed to buy up to 20% of Vivendi's Universal Music Group. The deal, which values the world's largest music label at $34 billion, will increase the Chinese company's clout on the global market. David Pollard reports......»»

Call it the 22-year itch: Seth Goldman is leaving Honest Tea Inc., more than two decades after launching the bottled tea company out of his Bethesda kitchen and growing it into a massive global brand. The company co-founder, who has held the titl.....»»

Global deliveries for Skoda Auto, part of the Volkswagen group, dropped by 6.6% to 104,900 vehicles in May, pulled down by a weaker overall market in China, its biggest sales destination, the company said on Wednesday......»»

Gaithersburg-based Viela Bio Inc. has landed a $220 million agreement that will allow Chinese pharmaceutical company Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. to commercialize Viela's lead candidate in China. The strategic partnership will give Hansoh.....»»

Gallery Media Group After buying women's lifestyle media brand PureWow in 2017,&nb.....»»

BMW Group and the biggest Chinese SUV brand, Great Wall Motor, announced a partnership Tuesday to produce electric MINI vehicles in China as global automakers ramp up development under pressure from Beijing.         .....»»

Refinery29 Christene Barberich is the cofounder and editor in chief of Refinery29. Refinery29 is a lifestyle and news media company primarily for young women. Acr.....»»

The DDB Chicago ad agency is ending the year with a big new business win.   The iconic Chicago agency got the good news late Tuesday that the United States Army has selected DDB parent, the Omnicom Group global agency holding company, to handle.....»»

Manhattan Skyline Management Corp. announced a new, long-term lease with Equinox, the global high performance lifestyle company, to bring E by Equinox to the .....»»

Manhattan Skyline Management Corp. announced a new, long-term lease with Equinox, the global high performance lifestyle company, to br.....»»

Cronos Group Inc., (NASDAQ: CRON) a global cannabinoid company, has reported an increase in net revenue for the first quarter of 2024. read more.....»»

Cryptocurrency company Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) will report first-quarter (Q1) financial results after market close on Thursday, May 2, 2024. read more.....»»

The Onion has been sold to Global Tetrahedron, a company connected to Lawson — and a long-running Onion gag. Jeff Lawson, Twilio cofounder and, probably, the new owner of The Onion.Steve Jennings / Getty ImagesSatirical news website The On.....»»

Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate The Platinum Collective, based in Newcastle, Oklahoma, is the latest firm to join the lifestyle real estate brand. The white-glove full-service company assists clients in a wide range of real estate transac.....»»

Kim Marotta, who has been with Molson Coors Beverage Co. since 2004, will soon leave her position as global senior director of sustainability and enterprise risk management, to join Chicago-based Beam Suntory and lead the company's sustainability efforts......»»

There are only three offerings scheduled for the trading week beginning May 17. The offerings include an online platform for businesses, a construction management company and the global leader of oat milk. read more.....»»

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. posted revenue growth on stronger retail and cloud-computing results in the latest quarter, but a large fine levied by the Chinese government dragged the company to a quarterly loss......»»