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China’s New Digital Double Standard Would Hobble Big Tech While Helping Itself To Data

China’s New Digital Double Standard Would Hobble Big Tech While Helping Itself To Data
China’s New Digital Double Standard Would Hobble Big Tech While Helping Itself To Data
August 30, 2021  |  Regulation

If data represents the “new oil,” as they say – powering the engines of commerce and media in China – one wonders what happens when...

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Leap Platform Raises $15M To Boost Store Count To 250 By End of 2022
Leap Platform Raises $15M To Boost Store Count To 250 By End of 2022
August 30, 2021  |  Retail

Retail platform Leap on Monday (Aug. 30) said it will grow its store count by 300 percent this year, with plans to have 50 stores...

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Gap Adds Virtual Try-On Firm, Peloton Faces DOJ Sanctions, Amazon Closes In on Walmart
Gap Adds Virtual Try-On Firm, Peloton Faces DOJ Sanctions, Amazon Closes In on Walmart
August 30, 2021  |  Today In Data

Peloton’s treadmill injury reporting leads to a DOJ subpoena. Plus, Gap has acquired the virtual try-on company Drapr, and we have all the latest news...

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Behold The ‘Micro-Influencer’ — The Trusted, Unsung Work Horse Of Social Commerce
Behold The ‘Micro-Influencer’ — The Trusted, Unsung Work Horse Of Social Commerce
August 30, 2021  |  Retail

When Taylor Swift officially joined TikTok last week, practically every corner of the internet took notice. Her first video, recapping recent album releases, reached over...

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Ikea To Pilot Furniture Buyback, Secondhand Sales
Ikea To Pilot Furniture Buyback, Secondhand Sales
August 30, 2021  |  Retail

Home furnishing retailer Ikea is joining the growing list of companies testing U.S. demand for a secondhand market, with the company saying Monday (Aug. 30)...

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Zebra Technologies Acquires antuit.ai
Zebra Technologies Acquires antuit.ai
August 30, 2021  |  Retail

Front-line business firm Zebra Technologies on Monday (Aug. 30) said it will acquire antuit.ai, a retail and consumer packaged goods-based artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)....

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Deep Dive: How 2020 Increased The Necessity Of Fully Online Bill Payment Solutions For Businesses, Consumers
Deep Dive: How 2020 Increased The Necessity Of Fully Online Bill Payment Solutions For Businesses,...
August 30, 2021  |  B2B Payments

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BECU On The Changing Strategies For Credit Union Branches
BECU On The Changing Strategies For Credit Union Branches
August 30, 2021  |  Credit Unions

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Wearables Startup Whoop Notches $200M At $3.6B Valuation
Wearables Startup Whoop Notches $200M At $3.6B Valuation
August 30, 2021  |  Investments

Fitness wearables firm Whoop notched $200 million in a Series F funding round led by SoftBank’s second Vision Fund, bringing the Boston startup’s valuation to...

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