Snap isn’t the disappearing chat app you once knew it to be.
With a focus on e-commerce/augmented reality (AR) and addiction with pumping out new products — Snap is positioning itself for years of rapid growth.
The third series in a trilogy is almost always the worst — but this time, Alibaba’s managed to break the rule.
On Apr. 9, Chinese regulators fined Alibaba $2.8b for its anti-competitive business practices (i.e. forcing merchants to sell exclusively on Alibaba). Investors were relieved to see investigations on its business coming to an end — sending Alibaba stock up over 9%.
In the pickup truck triopoly — 3 companies (GM, Ford and Stellantis) control 94% of the market.
Upstarts like Rivian, Tesla’s Cybertruck ($TSLA) and Lordstown Motors ($RIDE) are trying to break the market but General Motors isn’t about to let that happen.
On Apr. 6, GM made an announcement to build its electric Silverado pickup model in its Detroit plant — another push towards going electric in what has already been a killer year for GM’s stock.
We’ve successfully cloned sheep, CRISPR can be used to edit genes, but nothing feels quite futuristic as flying taxis.
Over the past few months, several electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle (eVTOL – aka electric helicopters) companies have been going public – mostly through SPACs.
What are you willing to give up to travel? According to a survey from Trivago, here’s what others are: 25% will give up their savings, ~20% will give up their partner and ~40 will give up sex for a year.
For Frontier Holdings, the ultra-low-cost airlines, that’s good news. Frontier went public on April 1 and the company is placing big bets that you’re begging to travel soon.
Ready to get that dad bod back in shape? Planet Fitness is counting on it — with big plans in 2021 to add 100 additional locations, invest in advertising and grow its digital offering.