CVS-Oak Street rumored deal is a Medicare Advantage play: The retailer could soon be placing a big bet on value-based primary care. Is it enough to match its healthcare rivals?
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| Feb 7, 2023
Where people work and live has changed—for the long haul: Retailers and restaurants that cater to downtown office workers need to adjust to the new normal.
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| Feb 3, 2023
Grocers are less willing to put up with price hikes as inflation eases: Whole Foods is the latest retailer to ask suppliers to lower prices to relieve pressure on consumers.
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| Feb 1, 2023
Instagram’s new Quiet mode offers an olive branch to parents and regulators as the Biden administration vows to go after Big Tech for “put[ting] our children at risk.” All social platforms can sense a new era of accountability, and they’re making active moves to stay on regulators’ good side.
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| Jan 23, 2023
Health and personal care will be the third-fastest-growing ecommerce sales category this year, growing 22.1% year over year, according to our forecast.
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| Dec 7, 2022
A fading internet giant meets a fading ad format: Yahoo acquired a 25% stake in programmatic ad firm Taboola in a harbinger of bigger deals on the horizon.
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| Nov 29, 2022
Amazon cuts costs, not care: We look at Amazon’s unsurprising cost-cutting moves and why its healthcare ventures aren’t on the table.
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| Nov 10, 2022
Insights from the Future of Meta report: We look at key VR hardware and software opportunities for Meta’s future as the company leverages its dominance in VR headsets to build its vision for the metaverse.
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| Oct 31, 2022
Visa’s payments volume grew 10% YoY, and Mastercard’s increased 11% YoY. Both firms benefited from strong travel spending, among other factors.
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| Oct 28, 2022
During last week’s Prime Early Access Sale, households spent about 40% less than Amazon’s Prime Day event in July, noted data analysis from Klover.
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| Oct 17, 2022
Positive movement in the chip sector: Samsung aims for 2 nanometer chips, Intel tries its luck with GPUs, and Micron plans to invest $100 billion in a New York factory.
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| Oct 5, 2022
YouTube is toying with its ad strategy. The platform is beefing up Shorts by including ads; it tested users’ ad tolerance by running as many as 10 unskippable ads before videos. The experiment has been a headache for users, but the central question isn't new: How many ads and ad breaks will users put up with?
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| Sep 23, 2022
Two representatives introduced a house companion to the Credit Card Competition Act of 2022, showcasing a broader desire to reform card fees.
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| Sep 21, 2022
Instacart looks to extend its technological reach: At the same time, it also plans to focus most of its IPO on employees’ share to help it retain and attract talent.
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| Sep 19, 2022
It seems like everyone is getting in on the nonfungible token (NFT) trend these days, and New York Fashion Week (NYFW) was no exception.
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| Sep 15, 2022
Nearly 50 million people are still working from home as of July, according to The NPD Group. But many companies are calling their employees back to the office.
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| Sep 13, 2022
Amazon throws antitrust regulators a bone: The retailer is drastically reducing how many items it sells under its own brands, which may help alleviate government scrutiny into its business practices.
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| Jul 15, 2022
Bed Bath & Beyond’s early-pandemic inventory revamp had unforeseen consequences: The decision to reduce its in-store SKU count and launch private-label brands left the retailer vulnerable to supply chain disruptions.
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| Jun 29, 2022
Harrods delays its summer sale due to supply chain challenges: Logistics continues to challenge retailers, even as the Asia supply chain shows signs of healing.
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| Jun 22, 2022
Advertising uncertainty just got worse: A report found that 17% of ads on CTV devices air while TVs are off, costing advertisers $1 billion.
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| Jun 14, 2022
Steve Squeri said Amex’s card business has been unshaken by widespread market concerns.
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| Jun 7, 2022
AI replaces metal detectors: Amid alarming rates of gun violence, Evolv Technology is deploying AI scanners to track guns in public places. But it has a lot of learning to do.
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| May 26, 2022
Musk says he’d consider turning Twitter into a super app with a strong payments focus and pointed to WeChat as a “good model.”
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| May 23, 2022
Apple, Amazon, and Starbucks are fighting hard against unionization efforts: While the companies’ aggressive stands aim to protect their bottom lines, doing so could sully their reputation.
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| May 13, 2022
Lower internet costs, faster speed could propel broadband adoption: The White House, members of Congress, and 20 ISPs are on board to connect low-income households, but ongoing fiber shortages could delay efforts.
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| May 10, 2022