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☆ CVS, Walmart reach $147.5M opioid settlement with West Virginia
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Morrisey recently announced a settlement with Rite Aid for up to $30 million to resolve similar litigation. Morrisey said the deal with CVS includes a provision that means West Virginia can still receive money from any future national settlements that arise. The money from all opioid settlements will be distributed throughout the state to abate the opioid crisis. In August, West Virginia cities and counties reached a $400 million tentative settlement with three major U.S. drug distributors: AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson. In April, Morrisey announced the state would receive $99 million in a settlement finalized with Johnson & Johnson’s subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc.

☆ Walmart is bolstering its $2 billion ad biz by selling ads on TikTok and Roku, as rivals like Kroger are also pushing to sell ads in other platforms
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Lauren Johnson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Walmart data can now power ads on TikTok, Roku, and Snap. Walmart's $2 billion ad business just got a major shot in the arm amid heated competition from retailers like Kroger and Amazon. Walmart data can now power ads on TikTok, Roku, and Snap. This is the first time it will power ad sales on other sites, said Rich Lehrfeld, SVP and GM of the retailer's ad arm Walmart Connect. BCG estimates that retail media will be a $100 billion market by 2026; ad agency GroupM has an even more ambitious forecast, saying retail media will hit $160 billion by 2027.

☆ The biggest ad buying agency predicts e-commerce advertising will be a $100 billion industry this year. Here are 3 problems retailers need to fix for that to come true.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Lauren Johnson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new report from ad network GroupM says retail media will be worth $100 billion by the end of 2022. But retailers need to entice ad dollars from brands that don't sell e-commerce products. Retailers also need to make sure people keep buying online, despite an e-commerce slowdown. An automaker, for example, could use a retailer's data to target ads for people who recently bought ice scrapers. E-commerce activity is slowing down, and retailers need to make sure consumers keep buying onlineRetailers will need to keep customers shopping online to grab ad budgets.

This is the first time Cruise has acknowledged the long-term need for remote human operators. Truly autonomous vehicles are far behind the optimistic rollout schedules predicted just a few years ago. In a June interview on YouTube, Musk said developing self-driving cars was "way harder than I originally thought, by far." Over time, those people will act as "air traffic controllers," supervising a growing number of autonomous cars. "Even decades from now you will not get to 100% truly autonomous vehicles," Kaveh added.

☆ Instacart rolls out high-tech shopping carts aimed at helping grocery stores compete with Amazon Go. Here are the strategies the company is investing in ahead of a reported IPO.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Alex Bitter | Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

One analyst described the goal as being a "one-stop shop" for grocery technology. Instacart is getting ready to go public, making new sources of revenue more important than ever for the grocery delivery startup. On Monday, the company rolled out an upgraded version of its smart shopping carts, Caper Cart. InstacartSubscriptionsNow called Instacart+, Instacart's subscription service costs about $10 per month or $99 per year. The startup makes checkout technology for both online and in-store use, including a smart shopping cart with scanning technology.

☆ Starbucks is finally upgrading its locations inside airports and Kroger to be more like the chain's other cafes
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Mary Meisenzahl | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Locations in airports and grocery stores will get Starbucks rewards and mobile ordering. Starbucks rewards members make up about half of all transactions. As a commitment to creating the same experience at all stores, Starbucks will extend a program called Starbucks Connect across licensed stores that will bring those benefits. Starbucks has 7,000 licensed stores in North America, making up about a third of total stores as of August 2022. One in 10 US adults is a Starbucks rewards member, Starbucks said.

☆ A South Carolina mom who never pays for toothpaste or toilet paper shares the free app everyone should have to save money
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Mary Beth Gahan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Hayley Bennett runs @that_coupon_chick, an Instagram page focused on coupons and deals, and recommends Ibotta as her favorite app. Everything was expensive and I was trying to find a way to save as much money as I could. I thought I was just going to use coupons here and there, save a little bit of money. Then I realized just how much this could really impact people and how much money you really could save. There's one app I recommend getting right awayI use a multitude of apps, but if anyone was going to get just one app, get Ibotta.

☆ Google, Meta, Are Losing People to Walmart, Amazon in the Advertising Talent Wars
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Lucia Moses | Lauren Johnson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon, Walmart, and others are in a war for talent as they build advertising arms. Amazon recently listed more than 2,800 advertising jobs on its site while Walmart's advertising arm, Walmart Connect, had nearly 1,000 openings. The biggest hirers were Walmart, Amazon, where advertising headcount has grown roughly fourfold in the past two years, and Instacart, per Revelio Labs' data. Walmart started building an ads business, Walmart Connect, in earnest in 2019 and has turned it into a $2 billion-plus revenue stream. Movement of advertising hires to Instacart, Walmart, Amazon, Jan. 2021-present.

☆ Amex Blue Cash Preferred card review: A generous welcome bonus offer and 6% back at supermarkets make this cash-back card hard to beat
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-19 | by ( Holly Johnson | Jasmin Baron | Freelance Writer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +34 min

If you prefer to only earn cash back, the Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express is a star. Here's our comparison of the Blue Cash Preferred and Blue Cash Everyday to help you decide which is best for your wallet. No, the Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express isn't made of metal — it's a plastic card. The Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express is a credit card, not a charge card. You can't transfer cash back (Reward Dollars) from the Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express to other Amex cards like The Platinum Card® from American Express or the American Express® Gold Card.

☆ CEOs send mixed signals about consumer spending as split emerges between income levels
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-26 | by ( Robert Hum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

If the signals you're getting about the U.S. consumer seem mixed, there could be a very good reason for that: They are. In recent earnings conference calls, CEOs have been presenting more evidence that consumer spending patterns are bifurcating. Despite rampant inflation, the high-end consumer is remaining strong, but the low-end consumer is starting to buckle under the pressure. That comment came after the company, which owns brands such as Louis Vuitton and Tiffany, reported earnings Tuesday. On Tuesday, the company reported better-than-expected profit growth as price increases on its menu helped offset rising costs.

☆ A Kroger store in Mississippi broke child labor laws by letting minors operate hazardous machinery, DOL says
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-18 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Kroger store in Mississippi let minors operate hazardous machinery and work too long, DOL said. The store was fined almost $14,000 for breaking child labor laws, it said. Three stores operated by Kroger subsidiary Fred Meyer also broke laws on hazardous machinery: DOL. However, child labor regulations set by the Fair Labor Standards Act prohibit those under the age of 18 from loading or operating trash compactors. The DOL said that the store should pay a $13,673 civil penalty for the child labor violations.

☆ A couple paid off their $234,000 mortgage in 5 years and are on track to be millionaires in their 30s. Here are the savings and investment strategies they use.
▼ + stars: | 2022-01-08 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

During that time, they also paid off Brennan's $38,500 in student loans, two cars, an engagement ring, and a bed. Brennan graduated from college in 2014 with a finance degree, a couple of major expenses, and no immediate income. Here's how the couple paid off their six-figure debt and plan to hit a net worth of $1 million in 2022. In June 2021, one of their highest-earning months with Budgetdog, they threw an extra $30,000 at the mortgage, Brennan said. "September was the first month that we didn't have a mortgage and we saved 75% of our income," said Brennan.

☆ Meet the typical Kroger shopper, a married suburban Baby Boomer earning over $80,000
▼ + stars: | 2021-09-07 | by ( Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Kroger's average customer is a married suburban Baby Boomer who earns $80,000 per year, per Numerator analysis. Numerator found that Kroger's typical shopper is a married suburban Baby Boomer who has at least some college education and an annual income of more than $80,000. Kroger offers more than 15,000 private label items, and the typical shopper often prefers to buy from that selection. While 8.6% of a Kroger shopper's total dollars are spent at Kroger, they spend more at Walmart with 10.9%. Read more typical shopper profiles:

Affirm is one of the few buy now, pay later providers that offer consumers long-term financing options with a 0% APR. Since you don't pay interest on your Afterpay loan, you don't have to worry about not being refunded for interest. You'll be hit with an $8 fee, or 25% of your transaction, whichever is less, for each late payment. Available merchants Pay in 4 is available at millions of merchants through the app, but it's not accessible for merchants that aren't integrated with PayPal. Our methodologySelect focused on the following features when examining popular buy now, pay later providers: APR: Some BNPL loans charge interest while others do not.

☆ More Americans are shopping at discount chains. Here's how Dollar General keeps its prices below $10.
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-12 | by ( Mary Hanbury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Dollar General sells items at 20% to 40% less than full-price retailers; most items cost below $10. Dollar General, one of the best-known discount chains, is growing rapidly and now has more than 19,000 stores across the US. According to a survey done by the nonprofit think tank, Economic Policy Institute, 92% of Dollar General workers earn less than $15 an hour. It has a limited assortment of groceries, though this is on the riseThe fresh food section at a Dollar General store. David Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesDollar General is constantly looking at where it can cut costs in its supply chain.

☆ How this 32-year-old high school dropout built a business that sold to Target for $550 million
▼ + stars: | 2018-03-29 | by ( Sarah Berger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

"At that point he [my father] said, 'Alright he's going to do what's he's going to do,'" Smith adds. Finding inspiration in the grocery aisle The initial plan for Shipt, Smith says, was to build a business around same-day delivery for big box retailers. "[My wife and I] went to the grocery store for the first time with a 1-year-old and a newborn and it was such a huge pain. What made Shipt stand out Shipt currently offers unlimited, same-day delivery service for its members for $99 a year, or $14 a month. Smith says Shipt really started to see some success in late 2015.

☆ (video) Spoturi publicitare de la Cannes Lions 2015 cu un puternic mesaj social
▼ + stars: | 2015-07-08 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Recent a avut loc festivalul Cannes Lions 2015, în cadrul căruia au fost prezentate video cu un profund mesaj social. Iată câteva dintre spoturile publicitare care redau problemele sociale și au un impact major asupra privitorului:# Autoritățile provinciei canadiene Québec avertizează despre pericolul șofatului în stare de ebrietate. # La începutul anului 2015, o femeie împreună cu copiii săi a fost ținută prizonieră. Ea a contactat poliția printr-o aplicație prin care se poate comanda pizza, iar lucrătorul, citind comentariul atașat comenzii în care se spunea că este vorba de un caz excepțional, a reacționat cu seriozitate și a apelat la organele competente. Ea a descris operatorului starea în care se afla mămica sa, astfel ajutând-o, având-o alături și pe surioara sa mai mică.

Persons: Ea, Spotul Locations: Cannes, canadiene Québec, America

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