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Staying Original In A World Full Of Imitators

Staying Original In A World Full Of Imitators
Staying Original In A World Full Of Imitators
February 12, 2018  |  Retail

When Harvard Business School grads Katia Beauchamp and Hayley Barna first came up with the Birchbox concept, it was so … well, out of the box...

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The Passion Payoff: Evolution Of Mastercard’s ‘Priceless’ Campaign
The Passion Payoff: Evolution Of Mastercard’s ‘Priceless’ Campaign
February 12, 2018  |  Mastercard

Ending poverty, fighting cancer, and bringing women into tech fields: all in a day’s work, along with simpler pleasures like reading a book with one’s...

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Quick-Service Restaurants (QSRs) Use In-Store Promotions And Events For A Competitive Edge
Quick-Service Restaurants (QSRs) Use In-Store Promotions And Events For A Competitive Edge
February 12, 2018  |  Retail

For nearly three decades, customers of McDonald’s have been able to buy burgers, fries and chance to play an in-house game of McDonald’s Monopoly. By...

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Tapping Into The Goldmine Of Freelancers’ Financial Data
Tapping Into The Goldmine Of Freelancers’ Financial Data
February 12, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The EU’s PSD2 and Open Banking in the U.K. have shone a massive spotlight on the role of API technology in banking to open up...

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Why Supply Chain Execs Struggle To Analyze Costs
Why Supply Chain Execs Struggle To Analyze Costs
February 12, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Supply chain managers are less than impressed with the current solutions in place for cost analysis. New research from the Association for Supply Chain Management (APICS)...

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In The Age Of Big Data, Why Are We Still Flying Blind?
In The Age Of Big Data, Why Are We Still Flying Blind?
February 12, 2018  |  Data

In a world where we’re bombarded daily — even hourly — by data points on everything from stock prices and market cap to retail sales and...

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Previse CEO: Fixing What’s Wrong With Supplier Payments
Previse CEO: Fixing What’s Wrong With Supplier Payments
February 12, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Can the business model that’s kept the wheels of retail payments and commerce moving for the last six decades turn the whole notion of SMB...

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Tesco to Launch Discount Stores In UK
Tesco to Launch Discount Stores In UK
February 12, 2018  |  Retail

Supermarket group Tesco, Britain’s biggest retailer, will be opening a chain of discount stores in the U.K. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Russian Scientists Get Busted Trying To Use Supercomputer For Bitcoin Mining
Russian Scientists Get Busted Trying To Use Supercomputer For Bitcoin Mining
February 12, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Russian scientists working at a secret Russian nuclear warhead plant have been placed under arrest for purported crypto mining. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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