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Thrifting is still in fashion for fall. Thats according to Pinterests annual fall 2025 trend report. The company surveyed users from January 2025 until March 2025 and found secondhand shopping dominating everything from fashion to home decor as we head into the new season. Gen Z are driving the trend, now accounting for more than half of Pinterest users. With their well-documented love for thrift and vintage finds, searches for dream thrift finds are up 550%, while searches for vintage autumn aesthetic are up 1,074%. Just as Pinterests male audience is booming, they are also embracing the trend. Searches for secondhand outfits for men have jumped 31%. Specifically they have their eye on vintage watches: searches for vintage luxury watch jumped by 82% and best luxury watches for men are up by 55%. The data backs this up. The global secondhand market is set to reach $367 billion by 2029, according to ThredUps 2025 Resale Report. A recent report by EY found that the global secondhand apparel market is growing three times faster than the overall apparel industry, with 36% of consumers buying secondhand more than ever. Its not just clothes people are looking for. Searches for secondhand kitchens and secondhand decor have also skyrocketed by 1,012% and 283%, respectively. At a time where tariffs are expected to increase the price of goods and skyrocketing costs of living have consumers seeking out a good deal, it’s unsurprising that a renewed focus on thrifting is one way consumers are indulging their shopping habit without breaking the bank. To capture the momentum, and make sure they arent losing potential customers to popular secondhand platforms like Facebook marketplace and eBay, Pinterest is rolling out the Thrift Shop. Rather than a stand-alone storefront, the new e-commerce feature curates items from vintage and thrift sellers across the platform and lets users build wishlists around their finds. The first experience of its kind on Pinterest, the Thrift Shop launch is slated to run from 20th August to 26th September. It further demonstrates Pinterests continuing evolution from virtual vision board to full-blown shopping destination.
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Inc.com columnist Alison Green answers questions about workplace and management issueseverything from how to deal with a micromanaging boss to how to talk to someone on your team about body odor. Here’s a roundup of answers to four questions from readers. 1. Am I old-fashioned about employee lateness? I feel it is non-negotiable thatexcept for cases of emergency, sick kids, or traffic jamsemployees should be at work on time the vast majority of days. This means getting to work about 10 minutes early in time to hang up a coat, use the bathroom, etc., and be at ones desk when the hour begins. I feel like most employees and many managers do not so much care about this or, if they do, they dont say anything to late employees. I have worked with colleagues who regularly show up 10-20 minutes late and no one seems to care. Im not talking about flex-time jobs. Are my standards old-fashioned? Green responds: Not just old-fashioned, but genuinely out-of-date! In lots of jobs, it just doesnt matter if youre at your desk at 9:00 or 9:10 because it has zero impact on the results you get. There are other jobs where it does matterfor example, if an employee covers the phones or has client appointments starting right at 9 a.m.but increasingly jobs that can move away from that (which, again, isnt all of them) are doing so. The only relevant question is: Does it affect the persons work or someone elses work? If yes, then it’s a reasonable expectation of the job and you need to address the lateness and the specific impact its having. But if the answer is no, then youre adhering to an outdated idea of what excellent work should look like. And hassling an excellent performer over 10 minutesor for using the bathroom or chatting with a colleague before they sit downis a good way for managers to demonstrate that they dont value the right things and send them in search of a manager who does. 2. Should I offer my employees resume advice? We will be promoting someone on my team to a low-level management position to free up some of my time. Three current employees applied, submitting resumes (which we require even for internal applications). All three resumes have some very obvious problemsirrelevant jobs given a ton of space, high school coursework given a lot of space six years after finishing college, a highlights section that redundantly lists information from further down the page, and other problems like these. In this case, it doesnt matter much; we know all the candidates well and are aware of their accomplishments and qualifications, but I hate to see someone using a resume that makes them look like a weaker candidate than they are. Would I be out of line to make a one-time offer to help improve their resumes? My thought was to wait until the hiring process is finished, then phrase it as, Would you be interested in getting feedback on your resume? It wasnt a factor in this case since we already knew you so well, but if you would like me to I will go through it as though youd been an outside candidate and help you polish it up. I dont want to be presumptuous or make them think theyre being encouraged to leave. But I want to be supportive and give them advice while Im in a position to give it. Ive got a close working relationship with all of them, and feedback on writing and presentations are already a major part of how we work together. Green responds: Yes, do it! Your wording is good. Id just add, I want to be clear that I hope you wont go anywhere anytime soon, but realistically we all move on at some point, and I since Ive got your resume in front of me now, I wanted to offer that kind of support. 3. Are cotton clothes less professional? Im a mid-40s woman in the biotech industry. Many years ago, I made the decision to avoid buying synthetic fabrics due to the large environmental impact of synthetics and fast-fashion. I find myself buying a lot of items made from cotton since its a natural fiber. One day I was talking with a European colleague about where we shop and she looked at me and said, I have never worn a t-shirt in my life, I think implying that my tops look like t-shirts because they are made of cotton. I noticed that she was wearing head-to-toe polyester. I feel like the clothing I choose looks cute and classic, not very trendy, but still flattering. Have my personal ethical choices forced me to wear clothing that looks too casual? Green responds: Its true that some cotton tops can read as less professional and more t-shirt-ish. Not all of them. There are lots of professional-looking cotton tops (hello, cotton button-downs!). But our norms around professional dress do include an odd convention where the same top can look less professional in cotton than in synthetic fabrics. It depends on the top, and it depends on the specifics of the fabriclike whether its t-shirt fabric or something more structured or with a different drape. It also depends on the office; in many offices this would be a complete non-issue, while in others it might matter more. And as for why this is even a thing, its one of those inexplicable conventions that has its roots in something other than logic. My guess is its probably very old and rooted in the fact that cotton used to cost less. In any case, if your shirts arent cut like t-shirts and dont drape like t-shirts, I think youre fine. 4. How to check on collaborators during a natural disaster Whats the best phrasing to check in with someone who may be dealing with fires, floods, or other increasingly frequent natural disasters? In my case, I hadnt heard from a collaborator in over a week. Her city had been recently hit by a hurricane, and I didnt know if her organization or home had been affected, but she is in a leadership position on my project, so I needed her feedback before I could move forward. I sent a brief message checking if shed seen my previous email, but I feel like this is going to keep happening. Can you give us some scripts for checking in with collaborators whose worlds may literally be on fire? Green responds: A good basic formula is to acknowledge the situation, express empathy, explain what you need, and make it clear that you understand if events are getting in the way. For example: Hi Jane, I hope youre doing okay! Ive been following the hurricane that hit your area and I hope you and your family are safe. I wanted to check with you about (project details). If you have your hands full with whats happening in your area right now and need to push this back, I of course understand! If you actually cant push back the thing very easily, adapt that wording at the endyou need to acknowledge that they might not be able to do it right now regardless, but you can tweak the wording to whatever fits. For example: Id been planning on finalizing this by Friday since we want to distribute it at the board meeting the following week, but if that just cant happen right now, let me know and wel figure it out. Depending on circumstances, you might need to add, If I dont hear from you in the next few days, Ill figure youve got your hands full and will work on alternate plans. Want to submit a question of your own? Send it to alison@askamanager. By Alison Green This article originally appeared on Fast Company‘s sister publication, Inc. Inc. is the voice of the American entrepreneur. We inspire, inform, and document the most fascinating people in business: the risk-takers, the innovators, and the ultra-driven go-getters that represent the most dynamic force in the American economy.
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Chipmaker Nvidia will release a quarterly report Wednesday that could provide a better sense of whether the stock market has been riding an overhyped artificial intelligence bubble or is being propelled by a technological boom that’s still gathering momentum. Nvidia became the first publicly traded company to surpass a market value of $4 trillion last month, and its stock price has gained another 13% since then to create an additional $500 billion in shareholder wealth. The latest financial results are due on Wednesday afternoon. They have become a key AI barometer during the past two years because Nvidia makes most of the chips that power the technology in vast data centers at the center of the boom. This summer’s run-up has continued Nvidia’s jaw-dropping rise from early 2023, when the company’s market value was hovering around $400 billion. That was shortly after OpenAI’s late 2022 release of its ChatGPT chatbot triggered the biggest craze in technology since Apple released the first iPhone in 2007. While the technology industry has been the biggest beneficiary of the AI frenzy, it’s also been a boon for the overall stock market. The benchmark S&P 500 has gained 68% since the end of 2022, with AI fervor fueling much of the investor optimism. But even amid the general euphoria, there recently have been murmurs about whether AI mania will prove to be an echo of the late 1990s dot-com boom that culminated in an excruciating stock market meltdown in 2000 that eventually drove the U.S. economy and plunged Silicon Valley into a funk that lasted several years before the tech industry began to thrive again. Investors were recently spooked by a combination of an MIT report that said 95% of AI pilots fail and comments from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman floating the idea that the artificial intelligence market is in a bubble. And by some metrics, the stock prices of tech companies at the AI are looking frothy. For instance, Nvidia is trading at about 40 times its future earnings, roughly double the rate that investors traditionally believe is a reasonable level. Meanwhile, the market value of Microsoft, another AI leader, is hovering just below $4 trillion, while the values of other fellow pacesetters Amazon, Facebook parent Meta Platforms and Google parent Alphabet currently range from $1.9 trillion to $2.5 trillion. Nvidia is expected to post another quarter of robust growth for the May-July period of its fiscal year. Analysts surveyed by FactSet research predict Nvidia will earn $1.01 per share, excluding certain items unrelated to its ongoing business, which would be a 49% increase from the same time last year. The analysts anticipated Nvidia’s revenue would rise 53% from a year ago to about $46 billion. Those gains reflect the financial tsunami flooding the AI market as the biggest players spend heavily to build and expand data centers needed to power the technology. Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet and Meta are collectively budgeting more than $325 billion for investments in AI this year. With its dominant position in the AI chip market, Nvidia is reaping the benefits of that intense demand. Even so, the trajectory of Nvidia’s growth has been tapering off. If analyst projections pan out, Nvidia’s revenue growth for its latest quarter will be significantly lower than the 122% increase it posted during the same period last year. And Nvidia has also been losing business because of President Donald Trump‘s trade war with China. Following a ban on its AI chip sales in China, which resulted in a $4.5 billion blow to its finances during its fiscal first quarter, Nvidia estimated that the restrictions would cost it about approximately $8 billion in sales in this during the past quarter. Trump took the China handcuffs off of Nvidia earlier this month in return for a 15% cut of the company’s sales in that country a compromise CEO Jensen Huang is expected to discuss with analysts while he shares his perspective on the state of the AI market on a call with investors. Michael Liedtke, AP technology writer
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