Editor’s Picks

DOJ Moves to Strike All of Bankman-Fried’s Expert Witnesses 
DOJ Moves to Strike All of Bankman-Fried’s Expert Witnesses 
August 30, 2023  |  Legal

Seven has not been a lucky number for disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried lately.  The curly-haired whiz kid’s failed crypto exchange FTX lost over $7...

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Sephora Helps Kohl’s Drive a 90% Increase in Beauty Sales
Sephora Helps Kohl’s Drive a 90% Increase in Beauty Sales
August 23, 2023  |  Retail

Beauty remains a winning category for Kohl’s, mainly due to its shop-in-shop experience with Sephora.   While in its second quarter, Kohl’s saw a 4.8% decline in...

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El Lopo’s Restaurant Membership Turns Casual Customers into Regulars 
El Lopo’s Restaurant Membership Turns Casual Customers into Regulars 
August 23, 2023  |  Subscriptions

As restaurants look for ways to drive loyalty, San Francisco wine bar El Lopo is leveraging a membership model to reward its most loyal customers...

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Social Media Shopping Blocked By a Lack of Trust 
Social Media Shopping Blocked By a Lack of Trust 
August 21, 2023  |  Retail

Shopping over social media seems to be the next frontier of eCommerce spend, with 43% of consumers (approximately 110 million individuals) browsing these platforms to...

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Colombia Central Bank Backs Spending Limits on Retail CBDCs 
Colombia Central Bank Backs Spending Limits on Retail CBDCs 
August 18, 2023  |  CBDC

The push toward central bank digital currencies seems an inexorable one. But among the issues that remain to be sorted out are the parameters of...

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This Week in AI: China’s Regulations Go Live While Use-Cases Expand 
This Week in AI: China’s Regulations Go Live While Use-Cases Expand 
August 18, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

The wheels of the generative artificial intelligence (AI) marketplace keep moving forward.  And their innovative turns are driving the emergent AI sector toward an exciting...

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Will Instacart IPO Open the Door for Other eCommerce Platforms to Mull the Market?
Will Instacart IPO Open the Door for Other eCommerce Platforms to Mull the Market?
August 18, 2023  |  IPO

Where Instacart goes, the question follows: will other eCommerce platforms follow? At this writing, the online grocer is mulling a traditional initial public offering, and the...

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Blue Shield’s Amazon Pharmacy Deal Hints at Healthcare’s Digital Seachange
Blue Shield’s Amazon Pharmacy Deal Hints at Healthcare’s Digital Seachange
August 17, 2023  |  Healthcare

Healthcare is the roughly $4 trillion behemoth of an industry woven from a tangled web of providers, patients and providers. And in at least one...

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Walmart: Weekly Active Digital Users Grow 20%
Walmart: Weekly Active Digital Users Grow 20%
August 17, 2023  |  Earnings

Walmart’s second quarter fiscal year 2024 results show a continued trend in strong spending on groceries — and a widening embrace of digital channels by...

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