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Does Michigan have the coolest police force in the world?. There’s not much that could dampen the excitement around the Christmas (/party) season than coming home from a night of festivities and experiencing the dread of seeing flashing lights in your rearview mirror, or buying a bunch of awesome presents for people and then coming out to see a parking ticket on your car. Nobody’s getting their day ruined in Michigan, however – the cops there are pulling people over and asking them if they need help with their Christmas shopping: they find out what gifts the people in their cars still had to buy on their Christmas shopping lists, then radio via their walkie-talkies to a team of shoppers waiting at a nearby department store, who quickly rounded up the items and brought them out to the cops, who are then handing them over to the drivers. The stunt was sponsored and the gifts were paid for by UP TV as a part of their #UpliftSomeone challenge, encouraging people “to do something small to m
Etsy’s moving into the real world, rolling out a series of pop-up markets across the country.. From little things, big things grow. Just ask Sophia Amoruso, founder of global girls’ clohing business NastyGal and author of #GIRLBOSS – she created a small vintage women's clothing business on eBay that’s now worth $250 million dollars. Etsy is like Ebay, but specifically for handmade goods and artisan products – and it’s one sweet four-letter word if you’re a small business owner with a product to sell. With over one million active shops and 40 million members, business owners on Etsy generated over $895 million in sales last year. Etsy’s moving into the real world, rolling out a series of pop up markets across the country that will be selling a broad range of stuff: jewellery, art, fashion, vintage and homewares. The Etsy shop-owners will be turning off their computers and coming out into the sunshine to sell their creations the ol’ fashioned way. They’ll also happily let you pick their