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Alexa’s Kid Privacy Problem
June 07, 2016

While most adult consumers have made peace with the fact that they will endure some amount of retailer tracking while they are online, those same adults get a lot less enthused when it is their kids being tracked instead. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Starbucks Will Soon Serve Cold Brew On Tap
June 07, 2016

Starbucks is planning to give its cold brew coffee a slightly sour and effervescent upgrade by pumping it out of beer taps. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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Burberry CEO Pays The Price Of Slow Sales
June 07, 2016

Never before has the CEO been more of a hot topic in the public discourse than he or she has been in recent years. However, despite popular belief that the CEO class is insulated from the effects of what ails their companies, Burberry‘s CEO has plenty...

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The Final Super Tuesday
June 07, 2016

While most primary seasons only have one Super Tuesday, the 2016 season has been remarkable for the simple fact that it has had so many Super Tuesdays. At this point, in fact, we think it would be entirely possible to form an entire Justice League...

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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Walmart Vs. Amazon By The Numbers
June 06, 2016

Described by Karen Webster as retail’s brewing Rumble in the Jungle, the ongoing face-off between Amazon and Walmart bears an almost uncanny resemblance to the legendary boxing showdown between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. Amazon plays the Ali role as the nimble, inventive and infinitely creative...

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Groupon Sells Off Indonesian Business
June 06, 2016

Groupon’s continuing efforts to shrink down, streamline and centralize their eCommerce efforts have gotten another boost with the announcement the firm will be selling off its Indonesia business to KFit. The fitness startup is considered something of a strange match, as the year-old startup specializes...

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Birchbox Realigns Expansion Strategy
June 06, 2016

Makeup subscription service Birchbox is realigning its business strategy to get shoppers to buy more full-size and full-price products. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...

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The Good News About All Those Grocery Recalls
June 03, 2016

It has been a good month to be a Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, the cause of a mostly ignored disease that causes mild flu like symptoms in the otherwise healthy (though the very young, very old, immuno compromised and pregnant all face serious health risk from exposure)...

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Lululemon Founder Deeply Dissatisfied With Firm’s Performance
June 03, 2016

Poor company performance rarely brings out laudatory reactions and so in some sense the board of Lululemon getting chewed out by firm founder Chip Wilson is not entirely shocking. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...