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Alibaba’s Profit Falls Amid Offline Expansion
Alibaba’s Profit Falls Amid Offline Expansion
May 07, 2018  |  Retail

As Alibaba looks beyond eCommerce to expand its empire, some investors are getting nervous: Since January, the eCommerce retailer has lost approximately $60 billion in...

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Rules Were Made To Be Broken, Or At Least Rewritten
Rules Were Made To Be Broken, Or At Least Rewritten
May 07, 2018  |  Today In Data

There are some things that happened so predictably they became like laws. Transistor density on microchips doubled every year and a half, so we started...

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Macy’s Buys Themed Concept Store
Macy’s Buys Themed Concept Store
May 07, 2018  |  Retail

As it tests out new retail concepts such as pop-up shops, Macy’s has acquired a retail store in New York City that has a rotating...

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Hospitality Venues Can Attract Millennials Through App-Based Perks
Hospitality Venues Can Attract Millennials Through App-Based Perks
May 07, 2018  |  Mobile

Bars sometimes have empty stools and are faced with a challenge: How can they get more people through the doors to order a few rounds?...

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Walmart’s $15B Bid Secures Flipkart Buy Against Amazon
Walmart’s $15B Bid Secures Flipkart Buy Against Amazon
May 07, 2018  |  Retail

The race to win India’s eCommerce power player Flipkart is over and won by Walmart with a $15 billion bid on the firm. The deal will...

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Retail Pulse: Williams Sonoma Opens, Closes Doors
Retail Pulse: Williams Sonoma Opens, Closes Doors
May 07, 2018  |  Retail

More retailers are adopting the view that closing stores isn’t a failure or a loss, but simply a pathway to greater success. Closing 10, 20...

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Beyond Bitcoin, Token Regulation Looms, While Dodd-Frank Still in Bloom?
Beyond Bitcoin, Token Regulation Looms, While Dodd-Frank Still in Bloom?
May 07, 2018  |  Regulation

Bitcoin may be the marquee name in cryptocurrencies, but regulation may loom for its digital dollar brethren. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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 Banknotes, Bitcoin and the Hope Beyond Speculation
 Banknotes, Bitcoin and the Hope Beyond Speculation
May 07, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Crypto, now for use in the offline world?  In ways that involve physical notes — the ones you (gasp) keep at the ready, poised to...

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Data Dive, Thinking Big Edition: Amazon, Google And Ripple
Data Dive, Thinking Big Edition: Amazon, Google And Ripple
May 07, 2018  |  Data Dive

Since at least the time of ancient Rome, human beings have been saying some variation on the expression “fortune favors the brave.” It has many...

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