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Sizzle Or Fizzle: EMV, Apple, Birchbox (And Why Being First Isn’t The Same As Winning)
Sizzle Or Fizzle: EMV, Apple, Birchbox (And Why Being First Isn’t The Same As Winning)
June 17, 2016  |  Retail

It was an alphabet soup of sizzle/fizzle this week: EMV, WWDC, PLCC, CCI, and SFBI all rocked the payments and commerce world one way or...

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Jukeboxes Take Digital For A Dance
Jukeboxes Take Digital For A Dance
June 16, 2016  |  Omnicommerce

From a coin-operated box to mobile in-app payments – the way we pay-and-play at jukeboxes has changed drastically over the last century. Ron Richards, CTO...

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Should Retailers Just Say ‘No’ To Digital Gift Cards?
Should Retailers Just Say ‘No’ To Digital Gift Cards?
June 16, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Gift cards seem like a win-win payment option for retailers. But as traditional gift cards are slowly being phased out for digital replacements, that story...

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Unicorns Still Toeing (Hoofing) The IPO Line
Unicorns Still Toeing (Hoofing) The IPO Line
June 16, 2016  |  Investments

Still a dearth of tech IPOs this year, making our unicorns skittish about public debuts. Plus, a new U.S. unicorn entrant makes a bow. And...

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Another Multibillion Dollar Week, And Yotpo Bags $22M To Connect Brands To Their Fans
Another Multibillion Dollar Week, And Yotpo Bags $22M To Connect Brands To Their Fans
June 15, 2016  |  Investments

The recent “Chewbacca Mask” viral escapade  demonstrated one solid truth: The finest minds of Madison Avenue – Don Draper himself (were he real) – could...

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SMBs, The Bedrock Of US Economy, Continue To Grow Faster Than US GDP
SMBs, The Bedrock Of US Economy, Continue To Grow Faster Than US GDP
June 14, 2016  |  Alternative Finances

While the stock market has yo-yoed since the end of May 2015, reaching nearly its all-time high before dropping almost 9 percent in three months...

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