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November 26, 2019 | The Tuesday Ten

November 26, 2019

Let us help you survive the holidays! We’ve done all the research (we 💖 research) and we’ve compiled our official list of the top ten holiday toys for 2019. You don’t want to miss this one!

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Baby Shark Fingerlings– Amazon | Target | Walmart

Baby Shark Hand Puppet – Amazon | Walmart

Barbie Dream Plane – Amazon | Target | Walmart

Blume Doll – Amazon | Target | Walmart

Frozen 2 Singing Elsa Doll – Amazon | Target | Walmart

Frozen 2 Anna and Elsa Doll Set – Amazon | Target

Frozen 2 Ultimate Arendelle Castle Play Set – Amazon | Target | Walmart

Hatching Toothless – Amazon | Target | Walmart

Hot Wheels id Smart Track Kit – Amazon | Target

Hot Wheels Colossal Crash Track Set – Amazon | Target | Walmart

Imaginext Transforming Batmobile – Amazon | Target | Walmart

Juno My Baby Elephant – Amazon | Target | Walmart

Kindi Kids Snack Time Friends – Amazon | Target | Walmart

L.O.L. Amazing Surprise – Amazon | Target | Walmart

L.O.L. Glamper – Amazon | Target | Walmart

L.O.L. Winter Disco Dolls – Amazon | Target | Walmart

L.O.L. Winter Disco Fluffy Pets – Amazon | Target | Walmart

L.O.L. Winter Disco Lils – Amazon | Target | Walmart

Lego Hidden Side Newbury Haunted High School – Amazon | Target | Walmart

Melissa & Doug Slice-and-Bake Wooden Cookie Play Set – Amazon | Target | Walmart

Melissa & Doug Top and Bake Wooden Pizza Counter Play Set – Amazon | Target | Walmart

Melissa & Doug Turtle Ball Pit – Amazon | Walmart

NERF Fortnite AR-L Elite Dart Blaster – Amazon | Target | Walmart

NERF Fortnite Sp-L Elite Dart Blaster – Amazon | Target | Walmart

NERF Fortnite Ap-R & Llama Targets – Amazon

Nintendo Switch (HADSKABAA or HADSKAAAA) – Walmart

Nintendo Switch Lite – Amazon | Target | Walmart

PJ Masks PJ Seeker – Amazon | Target | Walmart

Pictionary Air – Amazon | Target | Walmart

Ryan’s World Treasure Safe – Walmart

Scruff-A-Luv Electronic Mystery Plush – Amazon | Target | Walmart

Treasure X Alien Dissection Kit with Slime, Action Figure, and Treasure – Amazon | Target | Walmart

Treasure X Kings Gold Treasure Tomb – Amazon | Target | Walmart

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November 22, 2019 | The Friday Five

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November 22, 2019 | The Friday Five

November 22, 2019

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The Trump Administration announces Health Care Transparency Rules
Slack shares drop with Microsoft Teams user count report
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Instagram hides likes, Facebook next?
New and Coming Soon from the Agent Survival Guide team!

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Facebook tries hiding Like counts to fight envy

Facebook Trying Out Hidden Like Counts

New Trump rule to make more health care rates public

Slack stock falls after Microsoft boasts 20 million Teams users

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Whoop closes their series D funding round
Google’s Project Nightingale now under investigation
Nike breaks up with Amazon

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The Advent of Retail Healthcare & What It Means for Medicare Beneficiaries | ASG188

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Anthem Announces Collaboration with Walmart

Best Buy snaps up health services company GreatCall for $800M

CVS and Aetna Merger Officially Complete

CVS Minute Clinic Services

CVS turning 1,500 stores into HealthHUB locations with less retail, more health care

Can Retail Clinics Improve Patient Access, Reduce Costs for Payers?

Does Medicare Cover Telehealth Services?

Google parent company invests $375 million in Oscar Health

Healthcare Innovation is Retail 101

How Medicare Helps Your Clients Stay Healthy

It’s Flu Season! Should You Get a Flu Shot?

Medicare Advantage And The Future of Value-Based Care

‘Minute Clinics’ Increasingly Popular Among Elderly Americans

Oak Street Health can Humana Expand Availability of Value-Based Care in Pennsylvania

PillPack

Rite Aid Rediclinic

Target Clinic

The Future of Healthcare Looks a Lot Like Retail

Top Insurers Move to Bring PBM Partners In-House

Two Years After Amazon Deal, Whole Foods Is Still Working To Shed Its ‘Whole Paycheck’ Image

Walgreens And Humana Expand Senior Clinic Venture To More Markets

Walgreens and Novant Health announce retail health care collaboration in North Carolina

Walgreen MedExpress Urgent Care

Walgreens Retail Healthcare Clinic

Walmart, Anthem partner on Medicare program

Walmart Care Clinics

Walmart’s First Healthcare Services ‘Super Center’ Opens

What’s Behind the Surge in Retail Healthcare Deals?

What is the Difference Between Urgent Care, Retail Health Clinics?

What’s to Keep Amazon from Competing in Brick-and-Mortar Healthcare? Not much

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