USA Today
The owner of infidelity site Ashley Madison is ditching its corporate name in a rebranding push after a devastating hacking episode last year exposed the site's database of cheaters and philanderers to the world. Toronto-based Avid Life Media said it is rebranding as Ruby Corp.
New York Daily News
A Yelp marketing executive fell to her death while hiking with friends in the Grand Canyon on Friday. Colleen Burns, 35, accidentally stepped off an edge at Ooh Aah Point, approximately one mile down the popular South Kaibab Trail, according to witnesses.
Vogue
It's clear that the Victoria's Secret Angel is a master of easy, all-American beauty. So when Taylor Hill revealed that she was the new face of Lancome, the iconic French cosmetics house, we wondered what the ultimate girl next door would have to say on the subject of hair and makeup a la Parisienne.
The Guardian
Burberry's chief executive, Christopher Bailey is to cede control of the company's day-to-day management as part of a boardroom overhaul amid criticism from investors. Marco Gobbetti will take over as chief executive in 2017, leaving his position at the helm of French luxury brand Celine.
Boston Globe
Millennials have supplanted baby boomers as the largest pet-owning generation in America, and, increasingly, they're feeding their pets as they feed themselves: free range, organic, and gluten-free. And despite stagnating wages and student debt, market researchers say that Millennials are more likely than their elders to spring for high-end pet food.
USA Today
Hoping to stack the deck in its favor when it comes to the breakfast wars, Denny's unveiled a new pancake recipe Monday that replaces the just-add-water powdered mix routine with fresh buttermilk and eggs. The new hotcakes are 50% fluffier, executives say.
Brand Channel
Hotels are no longer just for sleeping and meeting. Millennials, who hold the interest of pretty much all brands these days just as Baby Boomers did for decades before them, are all about creating and selling experiences, so hotel brands-fearing they'll lose them all to Airbnb-are attempting to up their game.
Ward's Automotive
The electric-car maker, which has skirted the traditional dealership franchise system in favor of owning its own sales outlets, ranked dead last on this year's Pied Piper Prospect Satisfaction Index. Infiniti took the top spot (for the first time), followed by Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Audi.
Benzinga
In an email to investors, Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry discussed one astonishing metric about Tesla's young business that should give Tesla bulls reason for optimism. While other car companies are spending between $248 and $3,325 in advertising per car sold, Tesla is spending just $6 per car.
Today.com
The studio is trying to build up excitement for the picture by fanning nostalgia from the original 1984 classic. At the same time, the advertising campaign has downplayed the novelty of a summer action blockbuster anchored by women, in the hopes that a large percentage of tickets are sold to men.