The company hosts events for trading card, anime, gaming and pop culture enthusiasts across the U.S. By Alex Weprin Senior Editor MARI, the holding company founded by Ari Emanuel and Mark Shapiro, is ...

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The highly anticipated opening of a new bagel store in Chicago will come with a surprise collab that only the city can do. PopUp Bagels, a social media favorite known for its "grip, rip and dip" ...

Investment firm Tiger Global has reportedly invested in PopUp Bagels at a $300 million valuation, according to Bloomberg. The publication said the valuation is about five times what the QSR chain was ...

Tiger Global has agreed to invest in PopUp Bagels at a $300 million valuation, according to people familiar with the matter — roughly five times what the startup was quoted at as recently as five ...

PopUp Bagels. 1078 Wisconsin Ave., NW. PopUp Bagels has gone viral on social media in recent years for its “rip and dip” bagels—served hot and never sliced—paired with sides of ever-changing schmear ...

OpenAI plans to acquire Astral, a startup that makes Python tools for developers, marking the ChatGPT maker’s latest investment in the fast-growing market for coding and developer services. The deal, ...

Tory Bartlett began as PopUp Bagels CEO in October 2024, and it wasn’t too long afterward that the chain began putting together an FDD and a franchising website. That’s because the engine was already ...

Brevard County's sixth annual Library Con will take place on Sunday, March 1, at the Melbourne Auditorium. The free, all-ages event celebrates pop culture and includes cosplay contests, gaming, and ...

CHARLESTON — More than 9,000 "likes" and counting — it's safe to say Charleston is excited about the newest bagel shop to land in the Lowcountry. PopUp Bagels, which boasts hundreds of thousands of ...

Medialink Group Limited is launching Con-Con Hong Kong 2026, billed as Asia’s first comprehensive intellectual property extravaganza, set for April 4-5 at AsiaWorld-Expo. The inaugural two-day ...