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FICO Platform Gets 19 Major Enhancements in Applied Intelligence

FICO

Empower Your Enterprise Transformation As organizations increase in size, an unfortunate side effect is that many become siloed by department and distant from the customer. Optimization The success of mathematical optimization for complex enterprise problems is impossible without high-performance solvers.

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21 Lessons From Jeff Bezos’ Annual Letters To Shareholders

CB Insights

And nowhere is Bezos’ philosophy of business, technology, and leadership better articulated than in his annual shareholder letters, which he has written every year since the company’s IPO in 1997. 2012: Surprise and delight your customers to build long-term trust. 2002: Build your business on your fixed costs.

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Here Are 35 Casualties Of The Retail Apocalypse And Why They Failed

CB Insights

Summary: Toys “R” Us was the third largest bankruptcy in the US (after KMart in 2002 and Federated Department Stores, now Macy’s, in 1990). The company recently rebranded as “Gander Outdoors” and has noted plans to relaunch in 2018 with a revamped customer experience for outdoors enthusiasts. Toys “R” Us.

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