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How the Selkirk Sport Founders Scaled Their Pickleball Brand

Mike and Rob Barnes were just 19 and 22 when they founded Selkirk Sport, a pickleball equipment brand, in 2014.The brothers had no college degrees, no outside investors, and no guarantee that pickleball, which was widely seen as a niche sport for seniors at the time, would ever catch on.But…

Brand Lingua Franca Spoke up Against ICE and Says It’s Worth Backlash

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rachelle Hruska, the founder of clothing brand Lingua Franca. It has been edited for length and clarity.When I started Lingua Franca, it wasn’t meant to be a business. I was running another company and took up embroidery to get out of…

Misleading TikTok Videos Stir up Brand Backlash to Sell Gift Cards

Sephora faced backlash over a firing that may have never happened.A TikTok account under the name Isla Makeup posted a video on January 18, accusing Sephora of firing her for attending a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest in Minnesota. Over a week later, the video had attracted more than…