Months after concerns about spreading COVID-19 spawned bans on reusable shopping bags, the ubiquitous totes are coming back. Months after concerns about spreading COVID-19 spawned bans on reusable shopping bags, the ubiquitous totes are coming back. Read Full Story

There’s a huge discrepancy between how consumers believe recycling works and the system that actually exists. Companies can do better. If you’re like most American consumers, the term compostable plastic evokes images of plastic bags and packaging gently decomposing into dirt over the course of a few months. It’s reasonable to think this kind of packaging is eco-friendly, based on what we know about composting. In fact, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Read Full Story

The pandemic has transformed our daily lives. These bags are perfectly designed to fit into our new reality. The pandemic has transformed every part of our daily lives—including our relationship with our handbags. Read Full Story

These large totes are ready for anything—work, play, working out, travel, and even grocery shopping. You should swap out your leather tote bag for a nylon one. Why? Let us count the ways: Read Full Story

'The past few months have proven we can make that work,' a Twitter spokesperson said on the company's decision to make working from home a permanent option for some employees.

At first it seemed to be a kind of joke, however, the complaints on social networks were growing.

If a role at Amazon can 'effectively be done from home' then Amazon is happy for it to remain that way for another five months.

Bee & Kin’s tech-y luxury leather bags can find your phone or send texts for you–and now they come in two brand new styles. Bee & Kin has carved a pretty amazing niche for itself in a very crowded luxury brand market. With the options for a smartly designed work bag or purse seeming nearly endless, the brand actually made bags smart. Each Bee & Kin bag has a button inside that can perform various tasks. An app that you download onto your phone allows you to program the button to do basically whatever you want, such as find your phone, text your location to a predetermined person, play music, send a drafted email, or even order an Uber. Additionally, each bag also includes wisely-placed pockets for your phone, your metro card, credit cards, chapstick, and the like. If you do end up misplacing something in your bag, each one …

Out with your luxurious ‘it’ bag, in with hands-free, easy-to-clean bags for your new pandemic lifestyle. I recently took a peek inside the closet where I store my handbags, looking lovingly at each like it was an old friend who had accompanied me on adventures in my pre-pandemic life. Stylish purses don’t have much of a point when we’re confined to our homes, and leather work totes don’t serve much of a purpose when we no longer go to the office. Around the world, handbags will continue to gather dust through this strange moment in history. Read Full Story

Here are three major trends that leaders can monitor as workers relocate and work remotely. White-collar work is a pillar of the big city, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, that pillar might be crumbling. We may not be facing a mass exodus, but many urbanites have already packed their bags and headed to greener, less crowded pastures. And if they haven’t moved already, those that remain may not be far behind. Read Full Story