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The Buyers: Generation Z’s Shopping Preferences

PYMNTS

Yes, those born between 1994 and 2002 are starting to push millennials over in terms of shaping commerce and eCommerce trends. Retailers are constantly focused on experimenting with new innovations both online and in-store to remain relevant to evolving consumer demand.”. Get ready, retailers.

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Data Enablers: Spreadshirt, Data-Driven T-Shirts

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Germany- and Boston-based Spreadshirt uses data, analytics and even social media information to build a product and spread news among communities while printing more than 3.6 Founded in 2002, the goal of Spreadshirt’s platform is to eliminate headaches and hurdles when bringing great ideas to market. million items last year. “[Our

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Why The Sweet Smell Of Tech Success Can Be Rife With Failure

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And classic films aren’t the only place where a flop can presage a hit: In fact, many of today’s favorite consumer innovations come care of a failed first iteration that was widely derided before it was praised. For example…. The Tablet. The Miss . Microsoft’s Tablet PC. ” That is not quite how the story turned out.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

By comparison, non-high-tech industries lost 689,000 jobs between 2001 and 2002 but recovered the lost jobs by 2004. Between 1995 and its peak in March 2000, the Nasdaq Composite stock market index rose 800%, only to fall 740% from its peak by October 2002, giving up all its gains during the bubble. What caused a dot-com bubble?

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Big Brain on Campus: Dr. Scott Zoldi Talks Responsible AI at MIT, UCSD and Duke

FICO

That conversation was interesting, exposing the students to a company that’s right in their backyard [the former HNC Software, where Scott worked prior to its acquisition by FICO in 2002. — Follow Scott on Social Media. HNC Software was, in fact, co-founded by a UCSD professor, Robert Hecht-Nielsen. by FICO.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. See how corporates are failing when it comes to innovation. Download the free 31-page State of Innovation report. While Google excelled in building software, it lagged behind in hardware and product innovation. 32) in August of 2002. Microsoft and Nokia. Date: April 25, 2014.

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The Real Hunger Games: A Battle Royale In The Grocery Aisles

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Reputation: Trader Joe’s has no loyalty program, offers no coupons, does not advertise on television and has a rather limited social media presence – it relies on the extremely positive word of mouth it receives. And that draw is strong. Weaknesses. Weaknesses. Secret Weapon.

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