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Can Chatbot Concierges Save The Mall?
Can Chatbot Concierges Save The Mall?
September 19, 2017  |  Chatbots

Physical retail has had its share of problems recently, and consumers are finding it increasingly easy to shop digital and save themselves the trip. The...

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New School Commerce Meets (Extremely) Old School Production
New School Commerce Meets (Extremely) Old School Production
September 18, 2017  |  Retail

Maybe it was a sweater, maybe it was socks — but, for most people with knitting-inclined relatives, Christmas wasn’t quite Christmas until they had opened...

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Cool, Comfort And Ecology — The Allbirds Secret To Retail Success
Cool, Comfort And Ecology — The Allbirds Secret To Retail Success
September 15, 2017  |  Retail

Claiming to have the “world’s most comfortable shoe” is a big statement. There are a lot of sneaker manufacturers out there ready and quite willing...

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How Halloween Might Have The Secret To Saving Retail
How Halloween Might Have The Secret To Saving Retail
September 14, 2017  |  Retail

Halloween might be the scariest holiday (unless, of course, you’re a parent, in which case Christmas is the hands-down winner every year), but it’s not...

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Willy Street Co-op Thinks Small To Get Big Results
Willy Street Co-op Thinks Small To Get Big Results
September 13, 2017  |  Retail

Everybody eats. A brief look at our nation’s Instagram feeds or BMI averages quickly confirms that Americans eat far more often than necessity requires. We...

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GoFro And Taking The Treasure Hunting Out Of Travel
GoFro And Taking The Treasure Hunting Out Of Travel
September 12, 2017  |  International

American consumers have long since forgotten when booking travel was like a treasure hunt. Instead of having to search through countless sites and offers to...

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Aptos And Billabong Surf The Cloud
Aptos And Billabong Surf The Cloud
September 11, 2017  |  Retail

Billabong is a bigger company than most people might imagine. Apart from its well-known namesake brand, Billabong is also the parent behind a host of...

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How Pentatonic Literally Turns Trash Into Treasure
How Pentatonic Literally Turns Trash Into Treasure
September 08, 2017  |  Retail

Humans produce an almost staggering amount of waste each year. People purchased 480 billion plastic bottles in 2016 and are on track to increase that figure...

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Puretta And Disrupting The Toothbrush
Puretta And Disrupting The Toothbrush
September 07, 2017  |  Retail

Generally speaking, the merits of brushing teeth are not a hard sell for must humans and have not been for the last 5,000 or so...

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