Feb. 23, 2023 As the new diet season progresses, we are left wondering about something. Conspicuously absent from Weight Watchers TV commercials is Oprah Winfrey, who at one time owned 10% of the company. What's happening here? No TV ads featuring Oprah for the new 2023 diet season. Does she still own stock? How much?…
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Mystery J.P. Morgan Call on Weight Watchers – By J. LaRosa
Jan. 16, 2019 J.P. Morgan analyst Christina Brathwaite recently downgraded WTW stock due to "channel check" that indicated falling interest in WW. She claims that traffic to the WW website is down year over year, spelling trouble for enrollments, and that the app Noom is providing competition. Well, I have a problem with this assessment.…
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Wellness May Be A Tough Sell for Diet Companies – By J. LaRosa
Jan. 15, 2019 What do most consumers think about when they hear the term "wellness"? Some may think about being free of any disease, or being physically fit, or mentally fit. Do they also think about weight loss? Maybe. Maybe not. In any case, in America the term wellness has always been kind of vague…
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