H&M shoppers (and resellers) go wild for Alexander Wang

S wedish fast-fashion retailer H&M, which regularly delights bargain-minded shoppers with lower-priced capsule collections from designers who usually sell higher-priced items, has done it again today with its first American designer Alexander Wang. From all reports, the collection is selling like mad.

The limited collection was offered in 250 H&M stores worldwide and online. In European cities,  ...

WATCH: South Park takes down Candy Crush, Farmville, perfectly explains 'Freemium' games

Leave it to "South Park" to perfectly encapsulate the business model behind the likes of FarmVille, Candy Crush and Kim Kardashian: Hollywood. The latest episode of the long-running Comedy Central animated series is a takedown of mobile gaming: "Freemium isn't Free". You can watch the entire episode here. But here's a clip featuring recurring characters Terrence and Philip hashing out the details  ...

The Pipeline: Amazon tests taxi delivery, Box boss talks IPO, and Viddy signs off

A look at the hottest deals, business moves and upstart entrepreneurs for November 6 from around the country, as reported by The Business Journals and other local business publications.

Deals and money plays

Seattle… Software company Shippable lands$8 million led by Madrona Venture Capital.

Dallas… YourCause LLC, which offers a platform for community involvement programs, scores $4 million  ...

Square co-founder: How I plan to boost Miami’s tech talent

S quare co-founder Jim McKelvey is much more than a South Florida snowbird.

McKelvey, whose mobile payments firm was recently valued at $6 billion, moved to Miami this fall to expand his nonprofit LaunchCode, which helps train and place programmers.

LaunchCode started last year in McKelvey's hometown of St. Louis, where it has placed 115 people in tech jobs so far. The goal is to close the tech  ...

Lyft sues ex-COO, claiming he stole secrets when he jumped to Uber

L yft has filed a lawsuit against its former chief operating officer, saying he downloaded confidential information about the ride-sharing company before he departed.

The lawsuit states Travis VanderZanden transferred from his company laptop to his personal DropBox account a number of important documents, including strategic product plans, financial information and growth data, according to a  ...

Touché, Cristal: Jay Z buys “Ace of Spades” champagne

R emember when Jay Z used to name drop Cristal champagne in his music? Well, after a brand executive hinted that hip-hop stars were tarnishing its image in a 2006 article that ran in the Economist, the entrepreneur cut the brand out of his songs and boycotted it from his sports bars.

Still, a rapper who has an equally famous wife, a penchant for yachts, and a friendship with President Obama  ...

5 new business trends worth trying for yourself

B usiness is evolving online with breakneck speed. Enterprising and forward-thinking entrepreneurs will follow the hottest trends and find ways to capitalize on them. Every great tech company in existence today exists because someone saw an opportunity and capitalized on it, and the future promises to bring many more great companies to fruition.

Whether you're interested in building an online  ...