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Steal This 5-Step Banking Innovation Playbook from Gentle Monster

South State Correspondent

Gentle Monster Background Founded in 2011 by Kim, Gentle Monster initially struggled to break through against large brands like Luxottica which controls an estimated 30% of the US market, and is behind almost every single designer eyeglass brand you can think of, including Ray-Ban, Oakley, Armani, Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Prada and many more.

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China’s Recommerce Market Heats Up

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Venture capitalists are funding new entrants to the field, and features like authenticity guarantees, postings to social media, the use of data and post-sale services could propel the industry forward, according to a new report from Fung Global Retail & Tech. Smaller firms are growing quickly and making gains in the market.

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How TikTok ‘eGirls’ Helped Create A Multi-Million-Dollar Fashion Brand

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If one were to make a list of products for a cutting-edge fashion brand aimed at capturing the emerging Generation Z market, it is safe to assume that “foxtail keychains” would not make the top 10. And they are looking to expand – fresh off a $40 million infusion of funds, care of a Series B round from Sequoia Capital.

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Kellogg’s Breakfast Council Gaffe

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Product placement, sponsored content and influencer marketing are hardly new phenomena as the advertising world works nonstop to keep pace with the internet. Consider Spotify’s branded playlists or Alibaba recruiting its APASS members for marketing purposes. Disclosure of sponsored content isn’t difficult. So, what’s the big deal?

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From Instagram To Slack: 9 Successful Startup Pivots

CB Insights

Today, Instagram is one of the more popular social media platforms. Owned by Facebook, the image- and video-sharing service is worth an estimated $100B, boasts 1 billion users, and has spawned a new class of marketing careers for savvy users. His company, Tiny Speck, began developing a game called Glitch.

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Autopsy Report: 9 Startup Failure Stories And What We Can Learn From Them

CB Insights

Select investors : Amazon, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Bowman Capital Management LLC. Pets.com catapulted into the American consciousness via an all-out marketing blitz that included appearances at the 1999 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and the 2000 Super Bowl. Total funding : $161M. The rise and fall of Pets.com. in revenue.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: EMV, Apple, Birchbox (And Why Being First Isn’t The Same As Winning)

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market do not have: the need for offline authorization. Overall, this subset of the SMB market, some 3.4 Synchrony sent the market into a tail spin when it issued guidance that suggested that there would be a 20 to 30 basis point increase in credit losses from these products. but since we have a Zero Floor limit in the U.S.

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