Today in Data: Activist Wants BBB to Consider Sale; Airpay Pushes for a Cashless India; Gas Prices Fuel Retail Concern

By  |  March 8, 2022
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Airpay is using a hands-on approach to encourage Indian consumers to go cashless. Plus, rising gas prices add another variable to retail industry’s recovery, and activist investor Ryan Cohen is pushing Bed Bath & Beyond to consider a sale.

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    Data

    $4.11: Highest per-gallon gas price in U.S. (July 2008)

    60%: Share of U.S. consumers living paycheck to paycheck

    37: Number of Bed Bath & Beyond stores closing in latest phase of a 200-store closure

    9.5%: Share of Bed Bath & Beyond owned by activist investor Ryan Cohen

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    500M: Number of people in India without access to formal financial services


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