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Groupon To Stop Merchandise Sales And Concentrate On Experiences

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As it faces a competitive retail market, Groupon Inc. The firm plans to move from its current deal-focused approach to concentrate on local experiences, such as local painting classes or wine-tasting dinners, as The Wall Street Journal reported. intends to discontinue its sale of merchandise by the close of 2020.

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Traditional Healthcare Is Going Under The Knife Of Disruption

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From telehealth to new financing options for patient treatments to big retailers like Walmart , Walgreens and CVS mashing up retail with healthcare, everyone from startups to incumbents are using the pandemic as an opportunity to disrupt — and reinvent — healthcare. Here’s a look at some of the latest developments. We’re in healthcare.

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Afterpay US CEO On The Changing Face Of Luxury In A Post-Pandemic World

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Consumers were already changing their retail preferences before anyone had heard of COVID-19, let alone had their life utterly upended by it. This vastly accelerated retail realignment presents challenges — and opportunities — for retailers of all kinds, particularly those dealing in luxury goods, Molnar said.

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Transcript: Tom Hancock, GMO

Barry Ritholtz

And Tom has helped with the introduction of GMO’s first retail product, the quality ETF stock symbol Q-L-T-Y-G-M-O has been institutional since they launched in 1977. This is the first time they’re putting out a product for retail. What, what was the career plan? Just really, really interesting.

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Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?

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Most of that spend will be concentrated in the U.S., In 2011, Buffett made a $10 billion investment in the company in support of then-new CEO Ginni Rometty’s turnaround plans. In January, the International Data Corporation (IDC) reported worldwide spending on blockchain solutions would increase to $2.1 billion by 2021.

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Triumphing over insolvency risks in 2024

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The Allianz Trade Global Insolvency Index forecasts insolvencies to increase by +6% in 2023 and at least +10% in 2024. Meanwhile, Lee does not expect the retail and electronics sector to play a huge role in terms of export opportunities in 2024.

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Transcript: Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton

Barry Ritholtz

We were 75% retail. So bringing the two firms together, you really made us 50/50 retail and institutional, and that’s been very important. What was the thinking behind the O’Shaughnessy acquisition and what are the plans for Canvas? And then unbelievable managers in ClearBridge and Martin Currie and Brandywine.