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Hollie Berman
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News editor at The Economist. Views own

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How much would you pay for a strawberry? The business of luxury fruit is on the rise in America. For this week's issue of @economist.com, I headed to a vertical strawberry farm in New Jersey to find out why 🍓 www.economist.com/business/202...
Would you pay $19 for a strawberry?
The rise of luxury fruit
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July 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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June 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Fragrance may be the smallest category in beauty, but thanks to social media it is growing and changing fast.

I fell down TikTok’s perfume rabbit hole for @economist.com (featuring smells of cookies, cat urine and opulent old ladies)
economist.com/culture/2025...
TikTok is changing the perfume business
You too can smell like freshly cut grass or a rich old woman
economist.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Beauty routines with a side of Trump, raw milk lattes and “Make America Hot Again” parties: in the lucrative world of fashion and lifestyle influencing, conservatism is gaining clout. For this week's issue of @economist.com, I met the women giving MAGA a makeover www.economist.com/united-state...
The women vying to make conservatism fashionable online
Intellectual dominance is not enough for the MAGA movement. Aesthetic dominance must follow
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March 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM