Monthly Archives: November 2022

Levi’s got its start making clothes for cowboys — now it’s a Gen Z status symbol. Here’s how the 169-year-old retailer became the world’s most iconic denim company.

Hollis Johnson/Business Insider Levi’s didn’t invent denim, but it did invent blue jeans as we know them today.  The 169-year-old retailer has weathered world wars, the Great Depression, and the cyclical nature of fashion.  Its jeans were once worn by cowboys in the American West — now, they’re revered by celebs and Gen Z shoppers. Here’s…

Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me Review – true crime antics and dreary puzzles

Tragedy plus time equals… mythology? Cultural fascination with true crime and serial killers is having its moment, and The Devil in Me is comfortable plucking its inspirations from the 1800s. “America’s first serial killer” and serial fraudster may never have had the “murder castle” equipped with traps and torture devices that his mythology credits him…

Leta, a Kenyan supply chain and logistics SaaS provider, raises $3M to scale in Africa

Leta, a Kenyan B2B supply chain and logistics SaaS provider launched last year to optimize fleet management, is looking for growth opportunities in West Africa, even as it scales operations in its existing five markets. Leta’s proprietary route and load optimization technology is designed to boost efficiency in the delivery of goods to customers, and…

Taktile raises $20M to help fintech companies test and deploy decision-making models

The logic behind many fintech companies’ automated decisions — decisions that determine whether a customer is approved for a credit line, for example — is hard-coded into their app’s backend. This means that if a head of credit, for example, wants to make a change to the lending criteria, they have to raise a ticket…

Northern Europe has already slashed Russian oil imports by 90%, 2 weeks before the EU ban kicks in

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Getty Images Russia’s crude shipments to Northern Europe fell 92% in the four weeks to November 18, compared to February. That’s a huge departure from 2021, when Germany, the Netherlands, and Poland were the top European importers of Russian oil. Russia’s crude duty revenue has also fallen to its lowest level…