#Etsy buying Gen Z-oriented clothing app Depop for .63B

#Etsy buying Gen Z-oriented clothing app Depop for $1.63B

“#Etsy buying Gen Z-oriented clothing app Depop for $1.63B” Etsy is making an outsize bet on Gen Z’s vintage clothing craze. The Brooklyn-based arts-and-crafts site said Wednesday it is buying the social shopping app Depop — which has a reputation for selling TikTok-worthy vintage clothing — for $1.63 billion in cash. London-based Depop, founded in…

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#Why Gen Z could be better off after the COVID-19 pandemic

#Why Gen Z could be better off after the COVID-19 pandemic

“#Why Gen Z could be better off after the COVID-19 pandemic” Generation Z has grown up in an age of comfort and prosperity. As children, we were awarded participation trophies for losing the soccer game. Today, we demand trigger warnings and safe spaces on our campuses, emotionally bubble wrapping ourselves lest we be triggered.  Positioned…

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#Gen Z needs to start thinking critically about politics

#Gen Z needs to start thinking critically about politics

“#Gen Z needs to start thinking critically about politics” In our increasingly digitized, secular, and ideologically polarized era, my generation — Gen Z — has overwhelmingly turned to political activism in their search for meaning. The rise of BLM protests, climate change rallies, and LGBTQ pride parades over the last half-decade have given young people…

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