Good morning. A nostalgia for iconic brands is in the air, and it’s lucrative. Take for instance, Barbie. Greta Gerwig, director of Barbie, the live-action movie distributed by Warner Bros., created a modern take on the fantastical world of Mattel’s iconic doll, exceeding $1 billion at the global box office this month. The satirical blockbuster is filled with social commentary that makes you laugh out loud but also leaves you thinking about significant underlying messages—like the need for...

Good morning, “I think 2023 is definitely going to be about payments efficiency and acceptance rates and optimization for the bottom line,” Céline Dufétel of Checkout.com, a London-based online payments company, told me. Dufétel was promoted from CFO to president of the company last week; she’ll retain her COO function. She is based in New York and leading the expansion into the U.S. to become a disruptor of legacy systems in the payments industry. Checkout.com plans to take on fintech...