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Consumers are preparing to spend “record amounts” for both K-12 and college supplies as students prepare to return to school in-person in the fall, according to a recent National Retail Federation report. What Is Happening: Total spending on back-to-school materials is anticipated to...

Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) added more than 200 million subscribers last year, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic which forced people to stay at home, but the streamer and its rivals face a customer churn, according to a report by Deloitte. What Happened: The 15th edition of the “Digital...

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the digital transformation in lending. That’s according to Tom Burnside, CEO at LendingPoint, a fintech balance sheet lender unlocking access to financial independence. Burnside co-founded LendingPoint in 2014 after a long career in data, technology...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Head of Diversity and Inclusion Christie Smith departed the company on Tuesday, Bloomberg reported. What Happened "Inclusion and diversity are core Apple values and we deeply believe the most diverse teams are the most innovative teams," the consumer electronics...

In 2020 there has been a flurry of merger and acquisition deals, particularly when it comes to investment management firms acquiring smaller firms. What's behind the sudden rise in M&A activity? M&A Deals In 2020  Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) announced Feb. 20 it is buying E*Trade...

Chief financial officers surveyed by Deloitte are seeing an economic slowdown in the United States in 2020, according to CNBC.  What Happened The U.S. economy downturn has already begun or will start by the end of 2020, said 97% of corporate leaders questioned by Deloitte in fourth...

Professional services network Deloitte announced Tuesday that it has acquired Cannabis Compliance Inc. to build up its cannabis consulting practice. Cannabis Compliance’s specialty is licensing and compliance, and it provides its professional services to many dominant...

A new report out of cannabis industry data and analytics firm Headset, produced in partnership with Deloitte, Nielsen Holdings PLC (NYSE: NLSN) and Canopy Rivers Inc (OTC: CNPOF) looks into the cannabis market in the Canadian province of Alberta, the province with the most robust private retail...

It was another news-filled week in the weed world... Nelson Peltz joined Aurora Cannabis Inc (NYSE: ACB) as a strategic advisor; Harvest Health & Recreation Inc (OTC: HRVSF) acquired Chicago-based Verano Holdings in an all-stock deal valued at $850 million; Nielsen Holdings PLC (NYSE: NLSN),...

Participants in the Canadian cannabis industry will be able to get critical market insights and important data from a new source. Nielsen Holdings PLC (NYSE: NLSN), which recently entered the cannabis space, Deloitte and Headset announced a strategic alliance that will provide key stakeholders in...

Last quarter’s fatalities involving autonomous vehicle technology were seen to justify some of the concerns voiced by Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) bears. Critics were confident the crashes would dent consumer enthusiasm toward self-driving cars and, in one case involving the Model X, weigh...

Addicted to your smartphone? We check our phones on average 47 times per day, according to a Deloitte study. There is a growing awareness around the negative consequences of smartphone addiction. This week, Stanford students called on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to launch an essentials product ...

SizeUp CEO Anatalio Ubalde is the architect of a fintech platform that provides data for small businesses that only Fortune 500 companies could typically afford. He’s also a springboarding platform diver who once chose between entering grad school and training for the Olympics. The difference...