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MiB: Women in Finance

Barry Ritholtz

Women are under-represented in the finance industry in general, but it has been improving (albeit slowly). I was rather oblivious to this fact, but once it was pointed out to me, we made a very specific effort to bring more women onto the show. In our discussion, we covered the lack of female representation at hedge funds.

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How Tech Is Reinventing How Brides Say Yes To The Dress

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Anomalie — the digital wedding dress boutique she founded — was her attempt to build a better alternative to the traditional purchasing experience by moving it online, tapping into an artificial intelligence ( AI ) engine to guide the process, and allowing consumers to custom build and order their ideal wedding dresses for a reasonable price.

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Pinterest Powers Up Its Shopping Features

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Pinterest, as the web’s best-known social media network/visual search engine, is among favored spots for online shoppers. Pinners are mostly female — 81 percent are women as are 60 percent of new users. It is also an incredibly tempting and fertile ground for commerce. The site hosts over 175 billion pins on over 3 billion boards.

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Farfetch IPO Shows Luxury Retailers Ready To Ware Online

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No one wears just one suit of armor, and no one shops in just one place when it comes to the mixing and matching of that armor, the hunting for designer names and comparing price tags against the waxing and waning of one’s bank account. The average order value was $622. The Faces Behind The Numbers — And Where They Are.

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Why Grayson Is Trying Fashion’s First-Ever DTC-Wholesale Hybrid

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A classic for well over a century among female shoppers, the versatile, desirable classic is always popular, so physically finding one usually isn’t the challenge; the problem for women looking for a button-down shirt is almost always fit. Audrey McLoghlin knows from shirts. We just do,” she said. “It

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The Difference Makers: Key Person(s) Valuation

Musings on Markets

From Alfred Sloan at General Motors to Jack Welch at General Electric to Steve Jobs at Apple, there is a history of CEOs being tagged as superstars (and indispensable to the organizations that they head), in successful companies.

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Transcript: Robyn Grew

Barry Ritholtz

Then suddenly in the ensuing weeks, you get tagged to be CEO. It’s got private markets, it’s through the credit curve it has core business engines which are driven by styles. We have two quant engines. GOG, third engine. You’ll be not only led by women, the firm will be led by two women. RITHOLTZ: Huh.