A Santa Monica-based personal finance platform named Reel, which discourages the use of credit cards, gained traction during the pandemic.It is not alone. In the last couple of years, a number of nonbank financial platforms popped up or ballooned in popularity as at-home consumers took to managing their money and investing with apps. So much…
More than two years after the pandemic forced fitness junkies to take their workouts in house, many of them are back in the gym, hoisting dumbbells and bouncing on treadmills. While 25% of health and fitness facilities permanently shuttered between March 2020 and December 2021, according to IHRSA, the Global Health & Fitness Association, thousands…
Economic downturns have changed how we shop for clothes. After the Great Recession, fast fashion became the norm for millennials dressing professionally on a budget. The pandemic was a shift toward secondhand clothing as Gen Z sought nostalgia and good vibes. Loading Something is loading. You can thank the economy for your outfit of the…