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The Big Sizzle: Winning Week For Wearables
The Big Sizzle: Winning Week For Wearables
October 26, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

It was a good week for wearables and their future, as the devices continued to show indications of strong promise on the B2C and B2B...

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Sizzle/Fizzle: Barnes & Noble Founder Eyes Buyback, Job Growth Hits High
Sizzle/Fizzle: Barnes & Noble Founder Eyes Buyback, Job Growth Hits High
October 05, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

It seems that Barnes & Noble as the world has known for the last four decades may be readying to sign off. The firm announced...

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Amazon Business, PayPal And Good Housekeeping Sizzle While Fraud, Stocks And Cryptos Fizzle
Amazon Business, PayPal And Good Housekeeping Sizzle While Fraud, Stocks And Cryptos Fizzle
September 14, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Sizzle Amazon’s B2B Biz: Amazon is everywhere — and while retail is the name of the game, B2B is growing by leaps and bounds. In fact,...

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Uber’s Ecosystem Ambitions, Plus Amazon Sizzles While Facebook Fizzles
Uber’s Ecosystem Ambitions, Plus Amazon Sizzles While Facebook Fizzles
September 07, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Sizzle of the Week: Uber’s Ecosystem Ambitions Payments have always been central to the Uber customer’s experience. The magic of a better-than-a-taxi-ride ending and simply stepping...

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Square And India Commerce Sizzle While The Krona And US Debt Fizzle
Square And India Commerce Sizzle While The Krona And US Debt Fizzle
August 31, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Sizzle Square: The firm, touted by some on the sell side as “FinTech’s best idea,” had a stock boost this week. At the same time,...

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Sizzle/Fizzle: Toys Get Some Play, While Cryptos Get Dumped
Sizzle/Fizzle: Toys Get Some Play, While Cryptos Get Dumped
August 17, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Sizzle Toys: Yes, the last several months have been Toys R Us focused. But the wooden soldiers and dolls still march on, and game consoles...

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Virtual Beauty And Global Retail Sizzle, Brookstone And Facebook Fizzle
Virtual Beauty And Global Retail Sizzle, Brookstone And Facebook Fizzle
August 03, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Sizzle  Global retail connected market: It’s set to top $82 billion in just a few scant years. Not a bad haul, considering the fact that retail...

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Car Subscriptions Sizzle, Facebook Fizzles And Google Admirably Races On Against Amazon
Car Subscriptions Sizzle, Facebook Fizzles And Google Admirably Races On Against Amazon
July 27, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Amazon — with the whole the Alexa/Echo ecosystem — is not an easy competitor to race with. Looking at the marketplace for Voice AI assistants...

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At The Grocer, Consumers Sizzle At Self-Checkout
At The Grocer, Consumers Sizzle At Self-Checkout
July 13, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

Sizzle Self-checkout: Check yourself, as the song says. And in retail, the checking yourself is literal and increasing. As many as 70 percent of shoppers have used...

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