Under the Knife

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In the most reassuring news of the day, Gilt Groupe co-founder Alexis Maybank has let the cat out of the bag in an online forum on McKinsey & Company that one of the top Gilt shoppers is a defibrillator implant surgeon. During operations, she takes a little break, makes a purchase on her iPhone and goes back to work. [Racked]