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Visa Celebrates International Women’s Day With A Global Challenge For Female Entrepreneurs

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On Friday (March 8), the world will recognize International Women’s Day — celebrated globally since 1975, when it was adopted as a holiday by the United Nations. In the 44 years since, much has changed for women all over the world. Thirty-eight percent of all U.S. businesses are currently run by women.

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Visa: She’s Next Initiative Goes Global

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In early 2019, Visa launched the “ She’s Next, Empowered by Visa ” initiative to boost women-owned small businesses (SMBs) around the world through shared research, experience and technologies. However, she noted, all that interest hasn’t — as of yet — translated to women in Canada really changing the landscape of small businesses.

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Gradifi CEO On Disrupting Student Loan Disruption

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Consider student debt, which is carried by 44 million borrowers in the United States alone, and where $1.5 The shouldered load can be eye-popping, as the class of 2017 owes, on average, $40,000 in student loans. These men and women opted to take jobs at big companies — “and that didn’t seem like something they’d wanted to do,” he said.

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Online Sales Of Used Goods Spreads Globally — And Is Growing Up

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The products sold by 2GUD come with warranties of up to 12 months, with the option of returns within 10 days of purchase. That’s not some silly riddle, but a description of a growing part of eCommerce, one that is going far beyond the resale of used apparel into other, more complicated and costly products. Phones and Luxury Watches.

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In The Age Of Big Data, Why Are We Still Flying Blind?

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Yup, physical retail is doing just fine — despite all the talk of doom and gloom. Yet, according to Fung Global Retail & Technology, 6,985 stores closed in 2017 , up 229 percent from 2016, and well above the number of stores which closed in the year that started physical retail’s death spiral: 2008. Put on a Retail Happy Face.

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Farfetch IPO Shows Luxury Retailers Ready To Ware Online

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The online marketplace has disrupted any number of verticals, changing the way we shop and spend, and where we grab must-have items — from books to rugs to lamps, and sometimes from across international borders. “Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life,” said fashion photographer Bill Cunningham.

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Can The Gig Economy Stress-Bust The Holidays?

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Highbush Blueberry Council (yes, we were surprised by that last one, too, but they did commission a legitimate study on the topic) all agree that holiday stress is real, is widely experienced – particularly by women – and has a notable effect on human health and happiness during the festive season. It even has a name: festive stress.