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Joan Verdon

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About Joan

Joan Verdon has been covering business and retail news for the past 25 years. She has covered trends in tech, manufacturing, real estate and retail, first for The Record of North Jersey and USA Today, and now for CO—. She is a senior contributor, retail, for Forbes.com. Her passion is reporting on how Americans buy and sell. She has covered the birth of billion-dollar companies and the evolution of 100-year-old brands. Previously, she has been an education, general assignment and investigative reporter for The Grand Rapids Press and Buffalo Courier-Express. She spent a year working on Capitol Hill as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow.

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How 3 Startups Are Altering the Traditional Wedding Industry
The $75 billion wedding industry was ripe for disruption before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Innovators Anomalie, Bloomerent and Manly Bands are betting there’s still ample opportunity to do just that.
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Yahoo's Business Maker Sees Spike Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Yahoo launched its Business Maker platform last fall and has seen demand for new websites surge.
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Kraft Heinz's Venture Fund Invests in New Food Technologies
Robot-powered micro-fulfillment centers that will revolutionize grocery delivery, lab-grown cheese and cashierless checkout are among the startups the food giant’s Evolv Ventures arm is betting on.
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Interview With Lyft's Chief Strategy Officer on Innovating Post-Coronavirus
Raj Kapoor shares insights on creating a rapid-response corporate culture, and reveals how his personal experience with COVID-19 led to the creation of a site to aid clinical trials.
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Macy's, Verizon, and Ulta Beauty Implement Safe Reopenings
How three major retail chains are reopening their stores and reconnecting with customers — at a social distance.
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Entertainment Company Main Event Pivots Its Business Virtually
How the Dallas-based entertainment company generated a wealth of good will, and learned new ways of connecting with customers through Instagram Live events and celebrity shoutouts.
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Mastercard Marketing and Cybersecurity Mentorship for Female Entrepreneurs
A look at the strategies designed to aid small businesses navigating COVID-19 and beyond, as they pivot online and look for new ways to reach customers.
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How Local Stores Are Moving to Selling Online
As customers moved en masse to online shopping, some stores were ready for them.
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Fashion Industry Adapts to Coronavirus Crisis
The fashion world must cooperate and keep all of the links in its supply chain intact to be able to recover from this crisis, industry experts say.
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Online Marketplace Faire Helps Independent Businesses
Online marketplace Faire, which has enjoyed rapid growth since its launch in 2017, is adding COVID-19 crisis-response tools to its new offerings designed to help independent stores.
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