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Wells Fizzles, Lyft Sizzles And Samsung Snatches A Sizzle From A Fizzle
April 14, 2017

How to construct a payments platypus of sorts — you know, a mish-mosh of opposites that may not on the surface dovetail well but still get put together once in a while, less evolution than, perhaps, ever-amusing? Try being Samsung this past week, which had both a sizzle...

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Warby of X: roll: Bicycle Company Goes Omnichannel
April 13, 2017

Buying bikes online can bring up a lot of fears for consumers. When it comes to assessing fit, style and assembly, purchasing a bike online can be a daunting task. But that doesn’t mean the experience has to stay that way. Stuart Hunter, founder and...

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Bustlingly Busy, Visa’s Vistas Expand
April 07, 2017

Sizzle Big Tech Battle of Market Caps: Amazon’s market cap has hit a significant milestone. With a new high of $900 a share, the company’s recent market cap stood at more than $430 billion. That’s nearly twice the market cap of Walmart and has three...

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Warby of X: Using Quality To Support Online Mattress Buying
April 06, 2017

Oftentimes the best ideas come from trying to solve a problem. And when that problem is a personal one, the drive to create an innovative solution that actually works is even stronger. For Marc Werner, founder and CEO of Nature’s Sleep, this meant making a...

QSR & Mobile
Why Mobile Order Ahead Isn’t About Payments
April 03, 2017

Allow me to tell you a little story about mobile order ahead in the QSR space. Two aspiring entrepreneurs, between gigs, began kicking around a few new ideas for a business. Food was a segment they thought was a natural to explore, for the obvious...

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Sizzle/Fizzle: In Banking, Truth as Currency
March 31, 2017

If you were in the market for a credit card or looking to sell a house, this past week was a good one, as rewards points on the former, and prices for the latter were both up. If you were a bank, on the other hand, finding a...

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Warby Of X: Brickell Men’s Products Puts Skin Care First
March 30, 2017

When browsing the beauty aisles on the search a perfect skin care product, it’s rare to see many men on the hunt as well. Let’s be honest — there really aren’t many skin care options out there that cater to men outside of primarily women-focused brands...

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Smart Sizzles, Dodd-Frank Fizzles And Sears Might Be Signing Off?
March 24, 2017

Live by the fickle consumer, and, if you’re a (very) aging retailer, possibly die by the fickle consumer. In commerce, history only goes so far, while memory does not stretch far enough, perhaps. And meanwhile, politics ain’t a beanbag, but it’s bouncing the stock market...

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Warby of X: Touch Of Modern Curates A New Shopping Experience For Men
March 20, 2017

Not all shopping experiences are created equal. According to Jerry Hum, cofounder and CEO of Touch of Modern, what men and women look for when it comes to how they prefer to shop are drastically different. For men, it’s not about browsing for hours and...