Amazon, Walmart Battle For The Consumer’s Whole Paycheck: Who’s Winning By The Numbers
Amazon, Walmart Battle For The Consumer’s Whole Paycheck: Who’s Winning By The Numbers
March 06, 2020  |  Walmart Amazon whole paycheck

The earnings are out, the early moves are made and the race for the consumer’s whole paycheck in 2020 is officially underway and moving full...

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Floating The Next Big Idea For Social Commerce
Floating The Next Big Idea For Social Commerce
March 06, 2020  |  Retail

Since the dawn of the internet in the mid-90s, there have been some genius ideas and some completely innovative business models. We don’t search, we...

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Italy’s Wine And Cheese Makers Face Declining Demand Amid Coronavirus
Italy’s Wine And Cheese Makers Face Declining Demand Amid Coronavirus
March 06, 2020  |  Retail

As Italy deals with one of the most severe coronavirus outbreaks beyond China, makers of products in the country from cheese and wine to leather...

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Connecting With Customers Through Loyalty Programs, Intuitive Technology
Connecting With Customers Through Loyalty Programs, Intuitive Technology
March 06, 2020  |  Today In Data

Panera Bread’s $8.99-per-month “all the coffee you can drink” offering debuted this week, which is spurring a new look at in-store loyalty programs. The move comes as research...

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Costco Posts Solid Quarter, Limits Virus-Related Items
Costco Posts Solid Quarter, Limits Virus-Related Items
March 06, 2020  |  Earnings

Used to be that retail earnings reports were about numbers. Now they’re about viruses. That was the case yesterday as Costco announced Q4 earnings per...

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US Created 273K Jobs in Feb. Despite Coronavirus Fears
US Created 273K Jobs in Feb. Despite Coronavirus Fears
March 06, 2020  |  Economy

The U.S. economy created a hefty 273,000 nonfarm jobs in February and the unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent from January’s 3.6 percent, as the...

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FMCG Data Startup Convert Group Notches €1.2 Million
FMCG Data Startup Convert Group Notches €1.2 Million
March 06, 2020  |  Retail

To bring online shopping visibility to fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), Greece-based Convert Group has notched €1.2 million in seed funding. The startup offers software-as-a-service (SaaS)...

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Chipotle’s Creator Leaves Board, Vacates Exec Chair Title
Chipotle’s Creator Leaves Board, Vacates Exec Chair Title
March 06, 2020  |  Retail

Following the appointment of Chipotle Mexican Grill’s CEO Brian Niccol to chairman, the chain’s Founder Steve Ells has left the board and vacated his executive chairman...

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Workforce Spend Sector Gets Busy
Workforce Spend Sector Gets Busy
March 06, 2020  |  Spend Management

The big action in corporate spend management is travel and entertainment (T&E), where the 800-pound gorilla has long been Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) goliath, SAP Concur. Now,...

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