FabFitFun faces backlash for crude promo code in support of Elon Musk — and its pledge to run ads on X

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FabFitFun box in the UK
FabFitFun is in hot water with some of its customers after it used a crude promo code that it said supported free speech — and echoed a recent Elon Musk comment. It's since apologized.

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The rise and fall of Birchbox, the once-buzzy startup that was sold off twice in 2 years and has recently resumed shipping boxes

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birchbox retail store CHICAGO, IL - DECEMBER 11: Guests celebrate the arrival of the Birchbox retail experience at Walgreens in Chicago (410 N. Michigan Ave.) on December 11, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Walgreens)
Birchbox was acquired 10 years after launch for just $45 million.

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