Heather Haddon, reporter for The Wall Street Journal, shares her thoughts on Kroger becoming the third retailer to raise the age for buying a firearm to 21. Walmart and Dick's Sporting Goods made similar changes recently.
Haddon notes this decision wasn't made in response to Kroger shareholders who asked for similar measures to be taken back in 2016. In reality, she says this will only affect a small number Kroger-owned Fred Meyer locations. There are 43 Fred Meyer stores nationwide.
Haddon says if the NRA is upset with any of these retailers it's probably Walmart because they are the largest retailer in America. Kroger is the largest supermarket chain in the country.
Chloe and Halle Bailey are no strangers to hard work. The sisters got their start performing covers on YouTube and have become a force in the music industry. Since then, the two have spread their wings beyond their duo group to individual projects. Now they're coming together to face off in the LG OLED Ultimate Gaming Showdown. Chloe and Halle join Cheddar News to discuss.
Cheddar is looking back at the 12 biggest buzzwords of the year leading up to Christmas. Day 8's term is Supply Chain. Definition: (noun) a system of organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in supplying a product or service to a consumer.
Software giants Adobe and Microsoft are further partnering to build synergy between their productivity tools for the digital-first workplace. Ashley Still, the senior vice president and general manager of digital media at Adobe, talked to Cheddar about the common vision between her company and Microsoft for simplifying work. "It's really important that companies make sure that the tools and applications that employees have at their disposal make their work delightful and easier," Still said in terms of how to judge the success of the partnership.
Established more than a decade-and-a-half ago, the social news aggregation and community website Reddit, recently valued at $10 billion, is now ready to go public with a confidential filing with the SEC. Greg Martin, co-founder of Rainmaker Securities, spoke to Cheddar about one of the "original" social media companies' future prospects as a public company. "We've seen very successful IPOs from Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Snapchat, in the social media arena, and Reddit is next in that line," Martin said. "So, I think it's time."
Carlo and Baker wrap up another week discussing the latest explosion in new Covid cases in the Northeast, President Biden's stalled agenda and more. Plus, Love, Hate, Ate featuring the question: why did movie dialogue get so hard to understand?
