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Bringing The DTC Model To Baby Strollers With Customization

Bringing The DTC Model To Baby Strollers With Customization
Bringing The DTC Model To Baby Strollers With Customization
June 25, 2019  |  Retail

Sometimes a confluence of factors lead to an idea that morphs into a new company in an emerging space. Before Eric Osman started direct-to-consumer (DTC)...

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Tapping AI To Build A Better Hair Day
Tapping AI To Build A Better Hair Day
June 25, 2019  |  Retail

Good hair does not come easy — or cheap. According to some estimates, the average woman in the United States will spend about $80 and...

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Fishing Data From The Streams Of Streaming Media
Fishing Data From The Streams Of Streaming Media
June 25, 2019  |  Today In Data

Way back when, you had three TV channels, and wrestled with the VCR or maybe even waited for summer reruns. The “take it and like...

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Airbnb Unveils High-End Luxe Offering
Airbnb Unveils High-End Luxe Offering
June 25, 2019  |  Retail

To bolster its luxury travel efforts, Airbnb has unveiled its Luxe offering, which includes more than 2,000 high-end homes. The home sharing company sends out...

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Sam’s Club Offers Alcohol Delivery Via Instacart
Sam’s Club Offers Alcohol Delivery Via Instacart
June 25, 2019  |  Retail

Sam’s Club has announced that some of its shoppers using Instacart can now receive same-day alcohol delivery. The service is now available in more than...

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How Banks Can Compete With FinTechs Under PSD2
How Banks Can Compete With FinTechs Under PSD2
June 25, 2019  |  Regulation

With Open Banking expanding across the EU, legacy FIs are increasingly at risk of losing customers to FinTech firms that now have access to previously...

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Why Streaming Services Have Less Customer Churn
Why Streaming Services Have Less Customer Churn
June 25, 2019  |  Subscription Commerce

Ownership has been largely replaced with so-called subscription commerce. Instead of owning DVDs, consumers subscribe to Netflix, and rather than buying — or even downloading...

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Hotels, And India’s Middle Class, Show Path For Online Travel
Hotels, And India’s Middle Class, Show Path For Online Travel
June 25, 2019  |  Markets

It’s a fool’s errand to predict what will interest historians decades or centuries from now, but the scribes here at PYMNTS don’t pull back from...

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The Logistics Of Paying Warehouses Electronically
The Logistics Of Paying Warehouses Electronically
June 25, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Paper throws a wrench in accounts receivable processes for many companies. Logistics, however, often faces a few extra challenges when companies like warehouses and trucking...

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