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Oct 2022
25m 33s

E-Commerce Overreached. Now What?

The Motley Fool
About this episode

It's hard to argue with a headline like "The Great Post-Covid Online Shopping Bet Was a Costly Delusion", but we're going to anyway.

(0:21) Bill Mann  discusses: - Why the investments Amazon and Shopify made were not a "delusion" - What to watch for among online retailers this holiday shopping season - Inventory management being the metric to watch in early 2023

(11:13) Mark Kantrowitz is an expert on saving for college and author of "Filing the FAFSA". Robert Brokamp talks with him about some of the most common errors people make when applying for financial aid.

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Stocks discussed: AMZN, SHOP, W

Host: Chris Hill Guests: Bill Mann, Robert Brokamp, Mark Kantrowitz Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl

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