Insider Retail: New $2.9 billion fitness SPAC - Hoka One One's playbook - Beauty brand IPOs

Happy Thursday! Welcome to another edition of Insider Retail, our weekly roundup of our top deep dives. This time around, we're looking at a hot new fitness SPAC, the nine beauty brands that experts say are destined for IPO or M&A, and - well, you'll just have to read for more.

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Inside Myx and Beachbody's new $2.9 billion fitness SPAC - which was created to take on the likes of Peloton and Tonal.

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The inside scoop on how running brand Hoka One One's sales exploded to $352 million last year.

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Here's why restaurant chains like BJ's and Panera are turning to coffee, beer and meal deal memberships.

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Here are the nine beauty brands experts say are destined for M&A or IPOs - as Estée Lauder buys Deciem and Jessica Alba's Honest Co. sets to go public.

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Thinx is teaming up with retailers like Target and CVS to bring cheaper period underwear to the masses.

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Plus…

• How this NFL player plans to turn his trading-card passion into a booming business.
• A former McDonald's employee who the company says had a sexual relationship with the ex-CEO agreed to be deposed.
• Instacart just raised $265 million - but experts say competition is heating up.