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About Ed Zwirn
Ed Zwirn is a journalist/editorial professional with a focus on financial trends and practices. He lives out in the woods in Bethel, NY, not far from where the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival was held in 1969. As a financial writer, his work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, CFO Magazine and news services including Dow Jones Newswires and Informa Global Markets. Ed also spent three years in Ukraine, where he ran an English-language news service. He now divides his time between his freelance journalism, song and poetry writing, and barbequing and lawn-mowing on his 2.5 acre property.

Brick-and-mortar grocery stores are here to stay

Posted on May 12, 2019 by Ed Zwirn

By Ed Zwirn

New York Post, June 25, 2017

The brick-and-mortar grocery store isn’t going away anytime soon.

Amazon’s recently announced $13.7 billion purchase of high-end grocer Whole Foods notwithstanding, e-commerce has been much slower (so far) to break into the supermarket business than into other sectors of the economy. Continue reading →

Summer Camps Spend Billions to Make Sure Your Kids Have Fun

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Ed Zwirn

By Ed Zwirn

(Originally published in the New York Post on June 11, 2017)

This is the busy time of year for Bradley Solmsen.

As the executive director of Surprise Lake Camp, he needs to make sure that his facility, located on 460 acres in Cold Spring, NY, is ready to welcome its incoming class of 650 kids, who will begin arriving on June 29. Continue reading →