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Beautycounter Embraces D2C Innovation With Purpose

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No matter how innovative they are, companies still need to get paid. And not many companies this year have combined business model creativity with payments innovation more than Beautycounter. We’ve listened to our community and their requests for different payment options – more and more retailers are offering this as an option.

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Facebook To Open Small Biz Pop-Up Concept In Select Macy’s

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The move will bring 100 popular small businesses and digital brands on Facebook and Instagram into retail stores — just in time for the holiday shopping season. The Market @ Macy’s helps both emerging and established brands reach new audiences by showcasing them in a physical space inside Macy’s.

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BarkBox And The Subscription Service Turned Lifestyle Brand

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Like many innovators starting out, BarkBox cofounder and CEO Matt Meeker was a man looking to solve his own problem. I have a Great Dane named Hugo, which is fairly rare in New York City. But Meeker turned out to be wrong because there was a community waiting to be built. Building A Community . The Horizon.

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How Experiential Retail Is Giving Physical Stores An Edge

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But with consumer spending holding steady, it’s important for retailers to grasp the opportunity to create innovative ways to get, keep and grow customers. According to a recent report from Forrester and Adobe , brands defined as “experience-driven” grow at a clip of 19 percent per year, compared to 13 percent for others.

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18 Corporate Innovation Labs In Healthcare

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One solution: in-house healthcare innovation labs. We put together a list of healthcare innovation labs from new entries to the field, as well as some of the oldest — and most familiar — names in health. Sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong , and we’ve written about corporate innovation theater before.

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Airbnb Launches New Platform To Help Syrian Refugees, Among Others

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This is a brand new way for people to contribute and give back in a way that’s actually needed the most,” said Joe Gebbia, Airbnb’s cofounder and chief product officer, in an interview with Forbes. Airbnb has been informally helping people since Superstorm Sandy hit the New York City area in 2012.

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The Year Of The Pop-Up Shop

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cities this year, with big brands testing retail concepts “in real life” with temporary spaces. Macy’s , for instance, kicked off the year in February with the rollout of its “The Market @ Macy’s” concept in cities such as New York and Las Vegas. Big Brands Turn To Pop-Ups.

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