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Data Enablers: Spreadshirt, Data-Driven T-Shirts

PYMNTS

“[Our founder] conceived of the innovative idea of bringing one idea on one item to a print, on-demand platform that could be easily shared and developed the first prototype in 2001,” said Hugo Smoter, chief commercial officer for Spreadshirt. Many global entities become very consumed by scaling up in western EU or the U.S.,

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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

The dot-com bubble recession began in March 2001 and lasted only 8 months. percent of all jobs in 2001 to 11.3 By comparison, non-high-tech industries lost 689,000 jobs between 2001 and 2002 but recovered the lost jobs by 2004. First municipalities and larger commercial customers, and more sophisticated retail depositors.

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The Election That Misplaced Small Businesses

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This week opened with Hector Barreto — the current Chair of the Latino Coalition and a former SBA Administrator from 2001-2008 – wondering what on Earth had happened to the economic message during this particular election season. 2) Can taxes be made comprehensible? But what we heard far more often than lower, was less complicated.

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Tracking The Trends That Shaped 2020’s The Digital-First Economy

PYMNTS

Presented by Afterpay and featuring an interview with Daniel Demsky , co-founder of travel clothing retailer Unbound Merino , this report detailed the way installment payment plans’ popularity have surged during the pandemic, and research correctly suggested it would become only more popular during the holiday season. Buy Now, Pay Later.

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

CB Insights

In the early 2000s, venerable retailers Sears and Kmart began losing ground to Walmart and Target, with Kmart even filing for Chapter 11 in 2002. Date: September 3, 2001. Sears and Kmart. Date: March 24, 2005. Price: $11B. When you’re a powerhouse brand, it can be hard to see that the times are changing. HP and Compaq.

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24 Lessons From Warren Buffett’s Annual Letters To Shareholders

CB Insights

It also owns 50 subsidiary companies that have 200 more subsidiaries themselves, including Geico (acquired in 1996), Dairy Queen (1997), and Fruit of the Loom (2001). You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.” ( 2001 ). In spring 2001, Cisco’s shareholders had lost a total of 28.6%

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

Demonstrating sales is a necessity for retail startups, especially those operating in the intensely competitive food vertical. At the heart of the scandal was Hampton Creek’s flagship product, a dairy-free mayonnaise called Just Mayo that was sold at Kroger, Safeway, and Walmart, among other retailers. Total Funding: $240M.

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