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The Weekly Closeout: Activist comes for Ethan Allen’s board, Rhode delivers for Elf

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​[[“value”:”The investor wants his nominees to replace all of the furniture retailer’s directors, while Rhode helped E.l.f. Beauty achieve nearly 40% growth.”]] 

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