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Thryv Taps Amazon’s Alexa For SMB Discovery

Thryv Taps Amazon’s Alexa For SMB Discovery
Thryv Taps Amazon’s Alexa For SMB Discovery
August 22, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Small business management software provider Thryv is using Amazon‘s Alexa to help more small businesses get discovered. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Wayfair’s Burgeoning Home Goods Ecosystem
Wayfair’s Burgeoning Home Goods Ecosystem
August 22, 2018  |  Ecosystems

Wayfair has always been a big idea, according to its founders, Steven Conine and Niraj Shah, but it hasn’t always been a big company. In...

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W3C’s Better Way To Reduce Checkout Friction
W3C’s Better Way To Reduce Checkout Friction
August 22, 2018  |  API

No one likes standing in lines, whether inside a brick-and-mortar store or in the virtual waiting room of a slow-moving or complicated online checkout process....

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More Workers See Career Path In Gig Economy
More Workers See Career Path In Gig Economy
August 22, 2018  |  Gig Economy

Not long ago, direct sales companies — like beauty supplier Avon and health & beauty firm Amway — offered independent agents the opportunity to earn money selling...

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150 Billion Consumer Records At Risk
150 Billion Consumer Records At Risk
August 22, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Despite the implementation of stricter cybersecurity and privacy-focused regulations such as GDPR and PSD2, cybercrime remains a threat to businesses and consumers around the world....

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Delving Into The Farfetch IPO
Delving Into The Farfetch IPO
August 22, 2018  |  IPO

The devil is in the details, so to speak. Sometimes the devil wears Prada – and sometimes, when all is said and done, the details...

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‘The New York Times’ Sees A Subscription Surge
‘The New York Times’ Sees A Subscription Surge
August 22, 2018  |  Subscription Commerce

News organizations have struggled to find paid subscribers in a sea of free content, but The Gray Lady, “The New York Times,” has added over 100,000...

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Boxed Raises More Than $100M In Funding
Boxed Raises More Than $100M In Funding
August 22, 2018  |  Investments

Grocery startup Boxed announced that it has raised $111 million in a new round of funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Bitcoin Daily: US Senate Mulls Gov’t Blockchain; Australians Pay Bills Via Crypto
Bitcoin Daily: US Senate Mulls Gov’t Blockchain; Australians Pay Bills Via Crypto
August 22, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin went red again on Tuesday (Aug. 21), with a slip of about 50 basis points on the day to a bit more than $6,000....

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