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Taking Friction Out Of The Kitchen With Subscription Kits
February 13, 2020

For those without much culinary experience, eCommerce innovators are assembling “how-to” kits to help teach them how to bake. Whisk Takers, in one case, offers kits with non-perishable ingredients and step-by-step recipes for baked goods that consumers can purchase through subscriptions or a la carte....

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Why Innovation Could Be The Call Of The Mall
February 13, 2020

You don’t get to be Simon Property Group with $2 billion in income during a bad year without being crafty about retail. You don’t get to be Brookfield Property Partners with 2,000 properties in 30 countries without knowing something about weathering tough times. These mall...

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Tesla Aims To Offer $2B In Common Stock
February 13, 2020

Only two weeks after Chief Executive Elon Musk indicated that Tesla was not looking to bring in more capital, the electric automaker says it intends to have a $2 billion common stock offering. Larry Ellison will purchase as much as $1 million, while Musk will purchase as...

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T-Mobile And Sprint Merger Puts Spotlight On 5G For Retail
February 12, 2020

Regardless of whether you think it’s a good idea for the market or a legal misstep, the T-Mobile and Sprint merger is going to put 5G on a faster track. Exactly how fast the technology will be a consumer factor depends on the prognosticator you...

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Samsung Makes 5G Available To Consumers With Galaxy S20 Phones
February 12, 2020

With its newest Galaxy S20 flagship phones, Samsung is providing customers with 5G devices in the U.S. and many other markets even if they don’t use the 5G connectivity feature. The base model for this year also comes at a price that is $250 higher...

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Creating The Healthy Junk Food Category
February 12, 2020

There is really no way to interpret a pork rind – the fried skin of a pig – as a healthy snack. Per serving, which is a single unit, a pork rind has 154 calories, 515 milligrams of sodium, 27 milligrams of cholesterol and 9...

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The Connected Bride Gets A Little Platform Help
February 12, 2020

Here comes the connected bride. And this year’s model has a series of new platforms, partnerships and interactive tools to plan the wedding. For their part, retailers are trying to get data, drive engagement and get more market share in a business where an average...

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Shopify’s Holiday Sales Spiked 61 Pct. YOY
February 12, 2020

With holiday sales skyrocketing from 2018 to 2019, Canada’s Shopify registered quarterly earnings that exceeded expectations. The eCommerce firm notched global sales of more than $2.9 billion from Black Friday to Cyber Monday, an increase of approximately 61 percent during the same timeframe in the...

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SHOWFIELDS To Open Second Store In Miami
February 12, 2020

Retail store SHOWFIELDS will open a new location in Miami this year, its second, according to a press release. 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...