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Executive Departs Boxed Amid Sales Talks

Executive Departs Boxed Amid Sales Talks
Executive Departs Boxed Amid Sales Talks
February 02, 2018  |  Retail

As warehouse club-like eCommerce startup Boxed talks with potential buyers, the executive behind its fastest-growing business segment has left the firm. Behzad Soltani, who led...

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Fizzle Of The Week: The Activist CFPB
Fizzle Of The Week: The Activist CFPB
January 26, 2018  |  Exclusive Series

It seems an era has drawn to a close at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) as that under Mick Mulvaney, interim director and Office...

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Is Amazon’s Next Target Warehouse Clubs?
Is Amazon’s Next Target Warehouse Clubs?
January 26, 2018  |  Amazon

Amazon is reportedly eyeing Boxed.com as an acquisition target, with Jeff Bezos inviting the company’s founder and CEO, Chieh Huang, to Amazon’s headquarters this week....

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Why Innovation Is Nothing Without Distribution
Why Innovation Is Nothing Without Distribution
January 22, 2018  |  Retail

Charles Babbage is considered “the father of the computer.” But it was Lord Byron’s daughter, the mathematician Ada Lovelace, who wrote the first algorithm that...

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‘Costco For Millennials’ Attracts Big Investors
‘Costco For Millennials’ Attracts Big Investors
January 19, 2018  |  Retail

A popular eCommerce retailer, which has been called the “Costco for millennials,” is attracting potential investors, according to The New York Post. Both General Mills...

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Kroger Explores Boxed Acquisition
Kroger Explores Boxed Acquisition
January 15, 2018  |  Partnerships

Kroger, the grocery store chain operator that is struggling to compete with Amazon now that it owns Whole Foods Market, is considering buying the online...

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Boxed Lowers Costs With Automation
Boxed Lowers Costs With Automation
April 28, 2017  |  eCommerce

Boxed, the eCommerce startup that sells mainly household goods, has spent tens of millions of dollars on a new automation system that the company is...

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PayPal’s One Touch for Web Expands to Canada and UK
PayPal’s One Touch for Web Expands to Canada and UK
June 10, 2015  |  Merchant Innovation

Less than two months after its rollout, One Touch for Web is expanding to merchants and consumers internationally, starting with Canada and the U.K. The next...

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