Layoffs and Job Reductions

October 21, 2020

Flight Attendants Face an Uncertain Future

Flight attendants have taken on various roles in the public imagination over the last century: nurse, companion in the skies, doting provider, glamorous traveler. Though commercial […]
August 20, 2020

The Awkwardness of Starting a New Job Remotely During Coronavirus

José Goicoechea had just left his apartment for a quick trip to the grocery store in April when he got a calendar invitation. “I think I […]
July 22, 2020

Diane von Furstenberg’s Brand Is Left Exposed by the Pandemic

At the end of February, just as the coronavirus was beginning to cast its pall over Europe, an elite crowd that included the likes of Anna […]
June 20, 2020

New York’s Gay Bars Fear They Won’t Survive the Pandemic

Protesters have returned to the Stonewall Inn again and again in recent weeks to demand an end to police brutality, raising their fists, taking a knee […]
June 12, 2020

A Barware Company for the Pros Adds Amateurs to the Mix

This article is part of Owning the Future, a series on how small businesses across the country are coping with the coronavirus pandemic. Greg Boehm recognized […]
May 8, 2020

Garment Workers in Unions Fear For Their Jobs

Myan Mode, a garment factory on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, produces men’s jackets, women’s blazers and coats for Western fashion companies like Mango and Zara. […]
April 2, 2020

Will We Lose a Generation of Designers?

You might not know Batsheva Hay, Christopher John Rogers and Carly Cushnie. They are emerging independent designers based in New York with relatively small namesake companies. […]
March 26, 2020

W Magazine Goes on Hiatus, Furloughs Much of Its Staff

ImageSara Moonves, the editor in chief of W, in Sept. 2019.Credit…Tom Jamieson for The New York Times W, the hefty fashion bible known for publishing the […]
March 30, 2016

In Alabama, New Life for the Onetime Sock Capital of the World

By STEVEN KURUTZ March 29, 2016 FORT PAYNE, Ala. — Nine years ago, when she was 27 and unhappily selling real estate, Gina Locklear went to her parents […]