Joan Verdon

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About Joan

Joan Verdon has been covering business and retail news for the past 25 years. She has covered trends in tech, manufacturing, real estate and retail, first for The Record of North Jersey and USA Today, and now for CO—. She is a senior contributor, retail, for Forbes.com. Her passion is reporting on how Americans buy and sell. She has covered the birth of billion-dollar companies and the evolution of 100-year-old brands. Previously, she has been an education, general assignment and investigative reporter for The Grand Rapids Press and Buffalo Courier-Express. She spent a year working on Capitol Hill as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow.

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Facebook Marketplace Holds New Opportunities for Businesses
Facebook Marketplace is changing how car dealerships, realtors and retailers connect with customers. It’s all about finding consumers where they spend a lot of their time — on social media.
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Macy’s Blends Online and In-Store Experiences
The nation’s largest department store chain is using technology to change the way it sells perfume and hoping to improve the customer experience in the process.
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Best Buy Targets Tech-Savvy Senior Market
America is getting older, and companies, including the nation's leading electronics chain, are investing in new products and services to help the elderly remain in their homes.
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