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Cheap tote bag collections everywhere just got an attachable clip-on upgrade. Snatch is a shoulder strap system designed to attach and detach to fabric surfaces without damaging them. The clips are comprised of three pieces of hardwarea button, slotted loop, and fastenerand they can give thin-handled tote bags new life with a wider, sturdier shoulder strap in just a few steps, exemplifying a simple and solutions-oriented Occam’s razor approach to product design. [Photo: CW&T] To assemble, you place fabric over the button piece and thread it through the aluminum slotted loop. The fastener holds it all into place, and the strap is then attached onto a g-hook on the slotted loop. [Image: CW&T] The black strap has a 3M retro-reflective print on one side for nighttime visibility, and it’s woven as a single piece with openings every inch so it can be adjustable without requiring extra hardware. “We wanted to avoid additional hardware or sewing,” says Taylor Levy, one half of CW&T, the Brooklyn art and design studio behind Snatch. “Tri-glide or other buckle hardware works well for adjustable shoulder straps, but all those require sewing. We wanted to keep things as simple as possible, so we opted for this mille-style webbing that lets you hook directly into any notch to adjust strap length.” [Photo: CW&T] The product typifies CW&T’s approach to product design: clean, minimal, and useful. The idea for the Snatch came during a trip when Che-Wei Wang, the agency’s other designer, started thinking about ways to easily and non-destructively attach a strap to a bag or fabric. He considered how when outdoors, fabric can be wrapped around a rock with a knot tied around it and the rock distributes the load to hang a tarp. “Snatch works using the same principle,” Levy says. The device affords a wider, adjustable shoulder strap, making any tote bag personalizable. Additionally, it gives tote bags tracking device compatibility, as the button in the clip was designed to hold an AirTag inside. Snatch retails for $52 and comes with two clips, one strap, and a free tote. [Image: CW&T] But it’s not just for tote bags. CW&T says the device should be thought of as “an interface for attaching anything to fabric” with versatile uses, like making a backpack or attaching a pouch to a shirt, or used to hang a tarp or hammock outdoors. For cute tote bags with uncomfortable or inconvenient handles, though, Snatch makes it possible to finally and more comfortably put them back into rotation.
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If youre in the Northeast, theres a good chance youll be hunkering down inside for a few days as a major snowstorm batters the East Coast. And if you have a flight to catch, well, theres a high probability that it might not be taking off at all. Due to the blizzard, which is forecast to bring up to two feet of snow in some areas, thousands of flights have already been canceled or delayed. Heres what you need to know if you have a flight to catch. Thousands of flights have already been canceled due to the snowstorm As of the time of this writing, 5,348 flights within, into, or out of the United States today have already been canceled, according to data compiled by the flight tracking platform FlightAware. Additionally, another 703 flights have been delayed. The number of todays cancellations already outpaces yesterday, when 3,436 cancellations within, into, or out of the United States took place. It is highly likely that as the day continues onand the storm continues along its paththat more flights will be canceled or delayed. And the majority of those cancellations and delays can be blamed on the winter storm that is bearing down across the Northeast. As NBC News reports, the storm has already resulted in more than 200,000 people losing power across the impacted area, which stretches from Maryland to Maine. In total, blizzard warnings currently cover 41 million people. School closures have already been announced across major cities like Boston and New York, the latter of which has a travel ban in place until later today. In New York, officials said todays blizzard could be one of the citys 10 worst over the past 150 years. Major airlines issue travel alerts for dozens of airports Americas three largest airlines have issued travel alerts for flights scheduled to depart from or land into dozens of airports. The airlines, which include American, Delta, and United, say the travel alerts are in place from yesterday, February 22, 2026, until Wednesday, February 25, 2026. Those airports include: American Airlines American has issued travel alerts for the following airports due to the winter storm: Baltimore, Maryland (BWI) Boston, Massachusetts (BOS) Hampton / Newport News, Virginia (PHF) Hartford, Connecticut (BDL) New York Kennedy, New York (JFK) New York LaGuardia, New York (LGA) Newark, New Jersey (EWR) Norfolk, Virginia (ORF) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PHL) Providence, Rhode Island (PVD) Richmond, Virginia (RIC) Salisbury / Ocean City, Maryland (SBY) Washington Dulles, Washington D.C. (IAD) Washington Reagan, Washington D.C. (DCA) White Plains / Westchester County, New York (HPN) Worcester, Massachusetts (ORH) Delta Air Lines Delta has issued travel alerts for the following airports due to the winter storm: Albany, NY (ALB) Allentown, PA (ABE) Baltimore, MD (BWI) Bangor, ME (BGR) Boston, MA (BOS) Charleston, WV (CRW) Charlottesville, VA (CHO) Cleveland, OH (CLE) Elmira, NY (ELM) Harrisburg, PA (MDT) Hartford, CT (BDL) Ithaca, NY (ITH) New York, NY (JFK) New York, NY (LGA) Newark, NJ (EWR) Norfolk, VA (ORF) Philadelphia, PA (PHL) Portland, ME (PWM) Providence, RI (PVD) Richmond, VA (RIC) South Bend, IN (SBN) Washington, DC (DCA) Washington, DC (IAD) White Plains, NY (HPN) Worcester, MA (ORH) United Airlines United has issued travel alerts for the following airports due to the winter storm: Allentown, PA, US (ABE) Albany, NY, US (ALB) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA, US (AVP) Hartford, CT, US (BDL) Boston, MA, US (BOS) Baltimore, MD, US (BWI) Washington, DC, US (DCA) Newark, NJ/New York, NY, US (EWR) Washington, DC, US (IAD) New York, NY, US (JFK) New York, NY, US (LGA) Manchester, NH, US (MHT) Norfolk, VA, US (ORF) Philadelphia, PA, US (PHL) Providence, RI, US (PVD) Portland, ME, US (PWM) Richmond, VA, US (RIC) What should I do if I have a flight scheduled for the next few days? Before you head to the airport, you should monitor for any announcements about your flight. The easiest way to do this is to check your airlines app to see whether your flight is on time, delayed, or canceled. You can also enter your flight information on the airline’s website to get the latest updates for your journey. What are my options if my flight is delayed or canceled? If your flight is delayed or canceled, you should check with your airline about alternate travel options. Some airlines are also allowing affected passengers to reschedule their flights. United, for example, is allowing passengers with original travel dates between February 22 and February 25, 2026, at select airports to change their flights without incurring change fees or fare differences, under certain conditions and limitations. If your flight is delayed or canceledor you just dont want to travel during the stormits best to call your airline to ask what your travel options are.
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Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! Im Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc.and Fast Company. If you received this newsletter from a friend, you can sign up to get it yourself every Monday morning. During Charles Giancarlos first all-hands meeting after becoming CEO of Pure Storage in 2017, an employee asked: How long are we going to keep the name Pure Storage? The question suggested that having storage in the companys name limited the range of products and services it could offer customers. My response at the time was, We can think about a new name as soon as we start doing something other than storage, Giancarlo recalls. Though the company may be best known for its data storage platformincluding its all-flash hardware that uses ultraefficient flash memory modules instead of spinning hard drivesGiancarlo is pushing the Santa Clara, Calif.-based tech concern into data management. Today, he unveiled a new name, Everpure, reflecting his ambition to deliver a broader array of products and services to enterprises. A brand by any other name The Everpure moniker preserves the brand equity of Pure from the original company name. Ever nods to the companys Evergreen storage-as-a-subscription program. A new logo retains the Pure Storage logomark, and the companys ticker symbol, PSTG, remains unchanged. Renaming a company isnt cheapbrand management platform Frontify estimates that a complete brand overhaul can cost companies $1 million or more. And while consumer branding changes are often hotly debated (hello, Cracker Barrel), business-to-business (B2B) marketing moves rarely elicit more than a shrug. Giancarlo himself says it is unlikely that anyone will be talking about the name change a year from now. But an enterprise rebranding can help reframe a companys remit for employees, investors, and prospective customers. Indeed, Giancarlo believes the new name will help open doors with chief data officers and AI strategists. The person who cares about data management inside our customers is different from the person that cares about data storage, he explains. And when they hear the name Pure Storage, theyre likely to say, Oh, I dont need to meet with them. Theyre the storage people. New name, new opportunities The rebranding is also a manifestation of Giancarlos bet that enterprises will pay Everpure for more than data storage, aligning the companys name and brand with the future it aspires to build. To take full advantage of the promise of AIsuch as agents that can monitor a supply chain or automatically generate financial reportingcompanies need to organize, tag, and unify information that often exists in different systems and databases. Everpure is ready to help them do that. Many customers who were furthest along in adopting AIwho were gung-hoare saying, my biggest challenge in being able to deploy AI is that my enterprise data is not ready, Giancarlo says. Everpure is seeking to address these challenges with its Enterprise Data Cloud architecture, which promises to simplify the process of cleaning, reshaping, and moving data so it can be useful to companies. However, the companys success is by no means assured. Its competitors include Dell EMC and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), heavy hitters who are also seeking to help customers with their data management needs. Giancarlo says Everpures edge is its willingness to invest in innovation. When he arrived at the company, after 13 years at Cisco Systems and 8 years at private equity firm Silverlake, he committed to maintaining heavy investment in research and development. In its fiscal year that ended February 2, 2025, the company spent $804 million on R&D, 25% of its $3.2 billion in total revenue. Everpure reports 2026 revenue this week. While some mature companies might look to improve profitability by cutting that spending, Giancarlo says he still intends to maintain high levels of R&D investment, adding: Maybe Im perpetually immature. What investments do you prioritize? What are the tools your company uses to help realize your ambitions? Send your responses to stephaniemehta@mansueto.com. Ill publish some of your manifestations in a future newsletter. Read more: the business of rebranding 7 designers on the most influential rebrands of 2025 The biggest branding trends youll see this year 6 situations that call for a rebrand
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