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4,000 Years In, Bringing Innovation To Mead (Yes, Mead)
4,000 Years In, Bringing Innovation To Mead (Yes, Mead)
December 04, 2019  |  Retail

It is hard to call mead a trendy beverage — since it’s been around for at least 4,000 years, first showing up in ancient Egyptian...

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Turning The Workplace Into Shopping Space With Fashion On Demand
Turning The Workplace Into Shopping Space With Fashion On Demand
December 03, 2019  |  Retail

In some ways the digital era has done a very efficient job of disrupting traditional apparel shopping patterns by making it much easier to spot...

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How An Omnichannel Service Aims To Fix The Bridesmaid Experience
How An Omnichannel Service Aims To Fix The Bridesmaid Experience
December 02, 2019  |  Retail

The bad bridesmaid experience is a tale so common it borders on being a tradition at American weddings. And though it is far from a...

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Upturning Caffeine Overload With Upcycled Tea Subscriptions
Upturning Caffeine Overload With Upcycled Tea Subscriptions
November 25, 2019  |  Retail

When Wize Monkey Co-Founder and CEO Max Rivest was studying for his master’s degree in France near the end of 2012, he was also working on a...

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Why DTC Is A Better Path Than A Marketplace For Bespoke Offerings
Why DTC Is A Better Path Than A Marketplace For Bespoke Offerings
November 22, 2019  |  Retail

When it comes to their pets, Americans are more than willing to shell out impressively large sums of cash. In 2018, American consumers spent $70 billion...

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How ‘Circular Sourcing’ Powers Renewable Retail
How ‘Circular Sourcing’ Powers Renewable Retail
November 21, 2019  |  Retail

There are plenty of firms in the shoes and apparel sector that are “going green” to some extent. But new shoe startup Thousand Fell is...

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Creating Coffee Good Enough To Eat
Creating Coffee Good Enough To Eat
November 19, 2019  |  Retail

Eat Your Coffee CEO and Co-founder Johnny Fayad was in college in Boston when he helped come up with the idea to make energy bars. He...

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An Instabrand’s Innovation Journey Into Experiential Wellness
An Instabrand’s Innovation Journey Into Experiential Wellness
November 18, 2019  |  Retail

As of 2019, tea cleanses or tea detoxes are a fairly well-known phenomenon. Odds are good that if one heads to their social media feed...

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Is The Future Of Streaming Seamless Shopping?
Is The Future Of Streaming Seamless Shopping?
November 15, 2019  |  Retail

The idea of shopping while watching TV is not exactly new or untrodden ground. The Home Shopping Network (HSN) has been around for over 40...

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