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Fixing The Friction In Furniture With VR And Holograms
Fixing The Friction In Furniture With VR And Holograms
October 17, 2019  |  Retail

Italian luxury furniture brand Natuzzi has not historically been known for high-tech offerings. Founded in 1959 by Pasquale Natuzzi, the brand’s began as a three-man...

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Creating The New Omnichannel Wellness Experience
Creating The New Omnichannel Wellness Experience
October 15, 2019  |  Retail

Digital wellness brands are something of a dime a dozen these days on the web — whatever serum, treatment or regimen based on cutting-edge science,...

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Fixing Fresh-Cut Flowers With A New Supply Chain
Fixing Fresh-Cut Flowers With A New Supply Chain
October 14, 2019  |  Retail

In what is one of retail’s more amusing ironies, the floral industry is not particularly green. The products are, of course, but the industry itself...

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Athleisure 2.0 And Standing Out With (CBD) Innovation
Athleisure 2.0 And Standing Out With (CBD) Innovation
October 10, 2019  |  Retail

Athleisure is a large and growing market. As of 2016, the industry generated around $46 billion in U.S. sales, and by next year that figure...

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The ABCs Of QSR Mobility 
The ABCs Of QSR Mobility 
October 08, 2019  |  Retail

Five years ago, tapping a mobile phone to order ahead was still a relatively exotic idea. Starbucks mobile rewards were still new to the market...

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Developing Ethical Chocolate Via Blockchain-Based Cocoa Bean Tracking
Developing Ethical Chocolate Via Blockchain-Based Cocoa Bean Tracking
October 07, 2019  |  Retail

If chocolate is not the world’s most beloved food, it is at least a top contender, and has been for nearly 300 years. Global consumers eat...

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Fixing Fast Fashion’s Uncertain Fortunes 
Fixing Fast Fashion’s Uncertain Fortunes 
October 04, 2019  |  Retail

When Forever 21 filed for bankruptcy earlier this week, there was much bemoaning but not a lot of actual surprise on offer. The chain’s decline...

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Creating The Consumer Connection In The Clean Beauty Market
Creating The Consumer Connection In The Clean Beauty Market
October 03, 2019  |  Retail

Skincare is a big global business — worldwide, consumers spent $135 billion on skincare products in 2018, a 60 percent increase over what consumers were spending even...

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Innovating Men’s Underwear For Consumers Who Don’t Know They Need It
Innovating Men’s Underwear For Consumers Who Don’t Know They Need It
October 02, 2019  |  Retail

Men’s underwear is rarely thought of as grounds for advanced design or reinvention. Arguably, that last big innovation in the field was somewhere between 25 and...

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