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With Tilray Deal, Manitoba Harvest CEO Sees Opportunity to Dive into CBD Market
Another Canadian marijuana giant is planning big moves in U.S. hemp through the acquisition of a Canadian health food company. Tilray announced this week it would buy Manitoba Harvest for about $318 million. Manitoba Harvest is perhaps...
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Albertsons Is Latest Grocer to Beef Up Tech as Amazon Looms Large
The threat of Amazon looms large for grocery chains, especially after the e-commerce giant acquired Whole Foods and appears to be moving full speed ahead on its Amazon Go cashier-less concept. Determined to avoid the fate of the...
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Spirit Airlines CEO: Low Fares Driving Extremely High Demand
Ted Christie recently took over the chief executive role at Spirit Airlines, and said the airline's ultra-low fares are driving "really, really high" demand. Because Spirit crams more seats onto its planes, that means it can also better...
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Spirit Airlines CEO: Squeezing Seats on Our Planes Pays Off
Ted Christie recently took over the chief executive role at Spirit Airlines, and said the airline's ultra-low fares are driving "really, really high" demand. Because Spirit crams more seats onto its planes, that means it can also better...
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Start-Up Brands Are Providing More Opportunities to Women, Minorities: IAB CEO
Advancements in logistics and distribution are making it easier for entrepreneurs, especially women and minorities, to get their ideas out into the market, according to Interactive Advertising Bureau CEO Randall Rothenberg. "The supply...
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Startup Brands Are Providing More Opportunities to Women, Minorities: IAB CEO
Advancements in logistics and distribution are making it easier for entrepreneurs, especially women and minorities, to get their ideas out into the market, according to Interactive Advertising Bureau CEO Randall Rothenberg. "The supply...
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RBC 'regrets' labelling error on customers loans and mortgages
Some customers of Canada's biggest bank are upset over an error involving their mortgages. RBC told them they were signing up for what the bank called an 'accelerated' payment, which allows them to pay down their mortgage faster. But...
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#LikeAGirl's Lauren Greenfield Starts Production Company for Women Directors
Filmmaker and commercial director Lauren Greenfield spent the early part of her career critically examining how media and advertising shape youth culture. But it wasn't until she was hired to do her first ad ー a Nike campaign ー that she...
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Royal Caribbean CFO Says Cruisers Are Spending on Experiences, Not 'Stuff'
Royal Caribbean shares jumped on Wednesday after the cruise company beat Wall Street's expectations for its quarterly results. CFO Jason Liberty told Cheddar that the company's performance was boosted by cruisers' onboard spending on...
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Fable Shifts from Virtual Reality to 'Virtual Beings'
Step aside, Siri and Alexa. VR studio Fable is relaunching as a "virtual beings" company to bring the public its first A.I.-powered character with whom users can have a two-way relationship. According to co-founders Edward Saatchi and...
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Abra CEO Says New Bitcoin Features Are the Latest Step to Let Users Be Their Own Banks
Abra's new investment features that allow users to invest their Bitcoin in traditional stocks and ETFs are the latest step forward for the crypto wallet and exchange to become a global crypto bank, CEO Bill Barhydt told Cheddar Thursday.
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How Abra's CEO Plans to Make the WhatsApp for Money
Abra's new investment features that allow users to invest their Bitcoin in traditional stocks and ETFs are the latest step forward for the crypto wallet and exchange to become a global crypto bank, CEO Bill Barhydt told Cheddar Thursday.
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UFC Can Help ESPN Build Out Its Streaming Service: UFC COO
Building networks is in UFC's DNA, COO Lawrence Epstein said. His comments come on the heels of a five-year partnership with ESPN that will integrate UFC into ESPN's digital ecosystem, give it access to the network's broad reach, and...
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Consumers Use Kayak More When Economic Times Are Tough, CEO Steve Hafner Says
Slowing economic growth may spell disaster for some businesses, but travel booking site Kayak tends to see more business when times are tough. "When we enter a recession, prices come down and so, as a result, services like Kayak get used...
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Marie Kondo Sparks Joy in Viewers... But Maybe Not Fast Fashion Retailers
The star of Netflix's "Tidying Up With Marie Kondo" is inspiring viewers to de-clutter and slim down their homes and closets, and perhaps their shopping bags, too. "It's a feel-good show, so not only are viewers connecting with it and...
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At Retail Trade Show, Amazon Is Everywhere (and Nowhere)
The National Retail Federation trade show, held this week in New York City, has long been a place for industry players ー merchants, retailers, payment providers, marketing execs ー to gather and preview the latest innovations in commerce....
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PayPal's Braintree Helps Merchants Turn Browsers Into Buyers
E-commerce activity has exploded on mobile, at least when it comes to browsing. Converting that into sales is where Braintree comes in. Juan Benitez, Braintree's general manager, told Cheddar about the ways the platform is making it...
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Gas prices across Canada set to experience 'extreme volatility'
Plunging world oil prices have delivered lower gasoline prices across most of Canada but one fuel price expert says motorists should fill up now. Prices are expected to be volatile in 2019.
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Mastercard Weighs Effects Gig Economy Has on Budgeting
For decades, people built budgets based on the knowledge that they were getting paid roughly the same amount at the same time, usually every two weeks. But the gig economy has upended that legacy system by changing the variability in how...
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Blockchain is an 'Infant' Technology with Big Potential: Broadridge's Chris Perry
Blockchain has huge potential in the financial services industry to lower costs that are passed on to consumers but don't expect it to disrupt Wall Street overnight. "Blockchain is an incredible technology, but it is really an infant,"...
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Netflix's 'Friends' Deal Highlights Licensing Tangles for the Future of Streaming
Care to watch the original "Star Wars" trilogy? Don't assume Disney's forthcoming streaming service Disney+ will have it. And while AT&T owns "Friends," it won't be streaming it exclusively on its own OTT platform when it launches in...
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Consumer Reports Has Trust of Readers, CEOs
At a moment when public trust in media is at a low ebb and cries of "fake news" are rampant, Consumer Reports has managed to retain the trust of its 6 million consumer members ー and the ear of top CEOs.
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How Consumer Reports Has Kept Trust of Readers, CEOs
At a moment when public trust in media is at a low ebb and cries of "fake news" are rampant, Consumer Reports has managed to retain the trust of its 6 million consumer members ー and the ear of top CEOs.
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Another E.Coli Outbreak Shows Limits of U.S. Food Safety
A nasty E.coli outbreak has caused the government to take the extraordinary step of warning Americans to stay away from all romaine lettuce in any form ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, and experts are praising regulators for issuing...