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Jordan Kirchner Mackenzie Walton's first Father's Day without her dad was shaping up to be tough. Then the marketing emails hit. "I saw some 'Don't forget Dad!' messaging and panicked because I hadn't bought him a present, which led to some ugly crying in the bathroom at work when I abruptly remembered why I hadn't been shopping yet," the Cincinnati-based freelance editor told NPR over email. That was in 2007. And when Walton's mom passed away just shy of a decade later, she said she really became aware of how "relentlessly brutal that stretch of spring can be when you don't have parents ...

Jordan Kirchner toggle caption Jordan Kirchner In a year where loss, grief, technology and identity have been at the forefront of the national conversation, the budding trend of email opt-outs are for many both a welcome change and a sign of what may lie ahead. Jordan Kirchner Mackenzie Walton's first Father's Day without her dad was shaping up to be tough. Then the marketing emails hit. "I saw some 'Don't forget Dad!' messaging and panicked because I hadn't bought him a present, which led to some ugly crying in the bathroom at work when I abruptly reme...

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Echelon Fitness Scores Another Round of Funding News provided by Share this article Share this article CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Echelon Fitness announces another successful round of growth and funding in the first quarter. Newly raised capital will help to forge new deals, bring in new content and talent for the Echelon community and continue to bring to market innovative products across multiple retailers. New investors include Goldman Sachs Growth, North Castle Partners, and United Talent Agency (UTA). Echelon Fitness has taken on the challenge of meeting the mar...

Tomorrow, March 15, marks the day when consumer rights are celebrated globally to raise awareness on the need to protect consumers from market abuses that attempt to undermine their rights. This day provides an opportunity to promote consumers’ basic rights, debate current issues, and consider how consumers can be better empowered and safeguarded. This year, we are celebrating consumer rights at a time when consumer consumption patterns and expectations have been significantly and irreversibly altered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Irrespective of which country consumers live in, as globalisatio...