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Casper Sleep Raises $100M For Unicorn Status
March 28, 2019

Online mattress retailer Casper Sleep has joined the unicorn club after raising $100 million in funding at a $1.1 billion valuation. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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Walgreens To Sell CBD Products In Select States
March 28, 2019

Walgreens has announced it will sell CBD products at nearly 1,500 of its stores in select states, including Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, Kentucky, Tennessee, Vermont, South Carolina, Illinois and Indiana. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Why Grayson Is Trying Fashion’s First-Ever DTC-Wholesale Hybrid
March 27, 2019

A good button-down shirt can be hard to find. A classic for well over a century among female shoppers, the versatile, desirable classic is always popular, so physically finding one usually isn’t the challenge; the problem for women looking for a button-down shirt is almost...

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Why Restaurants Are All In On Kiosks, AI Tech
March 27, 2019

To present brands that allow them to stand out from retail competitors, merchants in the hospitality space are turning to innovations. The need to stay competitive remains a top reason for companies in the $1 trillion accommodations and food services market to look to innovate...

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How A Subscription Coffee eTailer Wants To Save The Planet
March 27, 2019

Eco-conscious companies are looking to combine the convenience of single-serve coffee with the quality of a specialty brew with teabag-like packaging available through a subscription service. Steeped Coffee is taking this approach, but Nate Appel, the company’s director of marketing, pointed out the brew is...

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Wayfair To Open First Brick-and-Mortar Store
March 27, 2019

Amid a move into brick-and-mortar retail, home furnishings company Wayfair intends to open a physical store at Massachusetts’s Natick Mall. The location is said to open its doors at the beginning of fall, Chain Store Age reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Unilever Taps Amazon Exec To Lead Beauty Business
March 27, 2019

To lead its personal care and beauty businesses as it homes in on digital, Unilever tapped an executive who is currently working at Amazon. Sunny Jain, the head of consumables for the eCommerce retailer, will start his position in June and take the place of Alan...

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Voice Technology Makes (Sound) Waves At QSRs
March 26, 2019

Innovators are seeing the potential to shape the way consumers place their orders at quick-service restaurants (QSRs) through digital technology. Bensen AI Co-founder Adam Sandler has been working with fellow Co-founder David Xiao on intelligent voice ordering. The high usage of voice – which is one...

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Will Subscription Coffee Carry The Breakfast Wars?
March 26, 2019

Breakfast, we have been told since time immemorial, is the most important meal of the day. But it’s not because medical science has told us so. There have been dueling studies over the last several decades about whether breakfast is good, bad or indifferent for...