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Today in Data: Fake It ’Til You Hack It

Today in Data: Fake It ’Til You Hack It
Today in Data: Fake It ’Til You Hack It
March 31, 2022  |  Today In Data

Today in Data, the Axie Infinity game was hacked for $540 million in cryptocurrency. Plus, healthcare data breaches fall for the third consecutive month and...

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Tempur Sealy Expects 15% Q1 YoY Growth
Tempur Sealy Expects 15% Q1 YoY Growth
March 31, 2022  |  Retail

Tempur Sealy International said it expects to report 2022 first-quarter consolidated net sales growth of about 15% year over year when it gives its quarterly...

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Kohl’s Tries to Rally Investors Against Activist Takeover
Kohl’s Tries to Rally Investors Against Activist Takeover
March 31, 2022  |  Retail

Kohl’s is calling on its investors to reject a bid by activist investor Macellum Advisors to add new members to the department store chain’s board....

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Wendy’s Announces VR Location as QSRs Race for Metaverse Primacy
Wendy’s Announces VR Location as QSRs Race for Metaverse Primacy
March 31, 2022  |  Metaverse

After 2020 and 2021 saw the rapid expansion of ghost kitchens, off-premises-only restaurants with no storefront, brands are now looking to utilize virtual reality (VR)...

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FTD Blooms as Fresh Data Insights Prompt Refocus on Lifetime Value Over Top-Line Growth
FTD Blooms as Fresh Data Insights Prompt Refocus on Lifetime Value Over Top-Line Growth
March 31, 2022  |  Retail

Over the course of its 100+ year history, you could say floral ordering service FTD has adapted to a bouquet of business, consumer and cultural...

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H&M Stock Continues to Tumble as Sales Growth Slows
H&M Stock Continues to Tumble as Sales Growth Slows
March 31, 2022  |  Retail

H&M stock tumbled 12% Thursday (March 31) after the clothing retailer’s sales slowed down in March as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had consumers rethinking whether...

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Walgreens’ Q2 Performance Buoyed by Rising Demand for COVID-19 Tests and Boosters
Walgreens’ Q2 Performance Buoyed by Rising Demand for COVID-19 Tests and Boosters
March 31, 2022  |  Retail

As the world waits for the answer on what Walgreens will do with its U.K.-based Boots unit, the company rode a spike in COVID-19 tests...

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Egyptian FinTech App Khanza Lands $38M in Series A
Egyptian FinTech App Khanza Lands $38M in Series A
March 31, 2022  |  Investments

Khazna, a FinTech app aimed at helping Egypt’s unbanked/underbanked residents, has raised $38 million in debt equity in a Series A funding round. Get the...

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GoTo Wins Approval for $1.1B IPO
GoTo Wins Approval for $1.1B IPO
March 31, 2022  |  IPO

The GoTo Group, which calls itself the largest digital ecosystem in Indonesia, has been given the green light to go public, the Jakarta-based company announced...

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