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Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline have closed their joint venture to combine their respective consumer healthcare businesses and form the world’s largest over-the-counter business. This new venture will operate as the new GSK Consumer Healthcare.

Consumers are paying with debit more often, and in a wider variety of ways, according to the 2019 Debit Issuer Study, commissioned by Discover Financial Services’ Pulse debit network.

Luxe partnered with Cosmopolitan Magazine on the Eau de Juice fragrance collection, which contains four scents — Extra Concentrated, 100% Chilled, Love, Unfiltered and Pure Sugar.

Jason Goldberg and ChannelAdvisor co-founder Scot Wingo, hosts of the popular “The Jason & Scot Show – E-Commerce And Retail News,” believe that we’re living in one of the rare disruptions of commerce.

The company will be removing octinoxate and oxybenzone from its store-brand sunscreens below SPF 50 by the end of 2020.

Chris Kirchner, the executive director of the Philadelphia Children’s Alliance was recognized for her three decades of advocacy and outreach to ensure healing and justice for sexually abused children in Philadelphia.

Shoppers can now find Uncle Bud’s Hemp and its Miss Bud’s skin-focused beauty line at the Vitamin Shoppe’s digital and physical shelves.

Speaking at the Omnichannel and Digital Merchandising Summit, Jim Lecinski, associate clinical professor of marketing at Northwestern University, said artificial intelligence and machine learning have the potential to transform business and shopper experiences.