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Hardware store True Value files Chapter 11, joins list of retailers going into bankruptcy this year

October 14, 2024 Hardware store True Value files Chapter 11, joins list of retailers going into bankruptcy this year The long-standing home-improvement wholesaler says its 4,500 locations will stay open as the company sells its operations to rival Do It Best. BY Sarah Bregel A long-standing hardware wholesaler, True Value, is filing for bankruptcy. The 75-year-old … Continue reading Hardware store True Value files Chapter 11, joins list of retailers going into bankruptcy this year

MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winners this year include more writers and artists

October 01, 2024 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winners this year include more writers and artists The foundation looks for people who will be ‘enabled’ by the award, meaning they have both a track record of work and the potential to produce additional extraordinary work. BY Associated Press The 2024 class of the John D. and Catherine T. … Continue reading MacArthur ‘genius grant’ winners this year include more writers and artists

2024 online holiday spending set for record year with $240 billion in sales

Adobe expects an 8.4% increase over last year’s online spending, nearly twice the increase seen last year. Chris Wood on October 1, 2024   U.S. online holiday shoppers are expected to spend $ 240.8 billion in November and December this year, according to a forecast by Adobe. This represents a 8.4% increase over last year’s … Continue reading 2024 online holiday spending set for record year with $240 billion in sales

‘More interested in the tax cut’: A frank explanation as to why Silicon Valley investors are backing Republicans this election year

September 25, 2024 ‘More interested in the tax cut’: A frank explanation as to why Silicon Valley investors are backing Republicans this election year A discussion at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York last week looked at the connection between a stable democracy and a strong economy. BY Sam Becker Over the past several … Continue reading ‘More interested in the tax cut’: A frank explanation as to why Silicon Valley investors are backing Republicans this election year

In its 50th year, Dungeons & Dragons is more popular than ever. Here’s why

September 22, 2024 In its 50th year, Dungeons & Dragons is more popular than ever. Here’s why As Dropout’s ‘Dimension 20’ sells out Madison Square Garden, D&D has begun expanding beyond the realm of nerddom and into the mainstream. BY Joe Berkowitz When a promoter from Live Nation told Brennan Lee Mulligan that his Dungeons & … Continue reading In its 50th year, Dungeons & Dragons is more popular than ever. Here’s why

LinkedIn Study Finds 67% Of CMOs Expect To Go Through A Reorg This Year

LinkedIn Study Finds 67% Of CMOs Expect To Go Through A Reorg This Year by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, June 19, 2024 CMOs in the B2B marketing space strongly believe that what they do today will change in the near future, as confirmed by a LinkedIn study released this week at Cannes Festival of … Continue reading LinkedIn Study Finds 67% Of CMOs Expect To Go Through A Reorg This Year

We spent nearly a year building a gen AI tool. These are the 5 (hard) lessons we learned

June 11, 2024 We spent nearly a year building a generative AI tool. These are the 5 (hard) lessons we learned McKinsey built an AI tool called Lilli to bring sources and capabilities into one platform to improve workflows. BY Kitti Lakner and Erik Roth When generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) emerged prominently in late 2022, … Continue reading We spent nearly a year building a gen AI tool. These are the 5 (hard) lessons we learned