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R.J. Hottovy
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WW's Acquisition, Retention Adjustments Reinforce Our Medium-Term Growth, Profitability Assumptions

On the heels of WW's disappointing fourth quarter, our focus during the first-quarter update was how quickly the firm could adjust member acquisition and retention strategies to bounce back from winter marketing missteps, brand transition issues, and the lingering threat of competitive substitutes (keto diets). While there is room for improvement--particularly in WW's studio business--we believe the key takeaway was tactical marketing changes to stabilize member trends (total subscribers were up...
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WW International Inc.

Weight Watchers International is a wellness company and provider of commercial weight management program. The company's Weight Management Program and Plan is comprised of a range of nutritional, activity, behavioral and lifestyle tools and approaches, and includes its food plan, known as SmartPoints. The company's services and products include meetings conducted by the company and its franchisees, digital offerings provided through its websites, mobile sites and apps, consumer products sold at meetings and through the company's websites, licensed and endorsed products sold in retail channels and magazine subscriptions and other publications. The company provides subscriptions for its plans for meetings and online subscriptions.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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R.J. Hottovy

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