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Wonder Workshop, a San Mateo, California-based company that makes two types of toy robots intended to teach children coding skills, announced on Thursday (July 28) that it had secured $20 million in Series B funding from a round of investors. Get the Full Story Complete...
Instagram followers and engagement has skyrocketed among brands and celebrities over the past year, according to a study by ARK Investment Management, illustrating that the photo-sharing social platform “seems to be cementing its position as the ideal platform for premium brand advertising.” Get the Full...
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The early bird gets the worm — just like retailers who seek out deals with strategically positioned partners are, more often than not, rewarded for their boldness. There are occasional missteps — deals that go on a year too long, marketing agreements that target the wrong...
Chipotle‘s 2016 did not get off to a great start, and the fast-casual chain is still trying to dig itself out of a PR nightmare that its normal fare of burritos and guac hasn’t been able to get done itself. Perhaps something more quintessentially American might....
Online retail has taught merchant and consumer alike a pertinent lesson for the age of digital retail: Everything might have a price, but the quest for the ultimate bargain means it can always be lower. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Fashion moves fast, but not always when it comes to the technology underpinning the ideally seamless transactions. For now, though, Inditex — owner of brands like Zara, Massimo Dutti and Oysho — is doing what it can to bring its fashion empire into the age of...
There are more than a handful of countries out there that rely on tourism revenue to keep the entire government afloat, and then, there are ones where tourism is just part of the general landscape. In the latter, one startup hopes to bring to big-city...
