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Walmart’s Been On A Buying Spree. Which Company Could It Acquire Next?

Up and Running

The company also changed its official name from Wal-Mart Stores to Walmart last December in order to highlight its growing omnichannel focus. Allbirds’ expanding appeal, range of products, and distribution channels could attract Walmart. WALMART’S GOALS. Attract higher-income customers by bringing in premium brands.

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Out of the Crisis #11: Jeremy Howard on the power of masks, health policy, and data science in medicine

Startup Lessons Learned

So one of my long running rants has been about how we should gather all the evidence we have to try and make a best guess as to the distribution of possible outcomes based on possible upsides and possible risks and costs and make an overall assessment of that totality of evidence and impacts. So my Twitter feed is fairly carefully curated.