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Good News from Gen Next

Independent Banker

The digital marketing research firm Conversion in Toronto conducted the study. “At Chris Lorence, ICBA’s chief marketing officer. This is not a blip, not something we can ignore,” says Chris Lorence, ICBA’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer. “At That’s Generation Z, those born between 1995 and 2002.

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Why The Sweet Smell Of Tech Success Can Be Rife With Failure

PYMNTS

Microsoft was incredibly confident in the product, as were many big names in the early 2000s market: Acer, Compaq, Fujitsu and Toshiba all promised to put out versions of the Microsoft Tablet PC by 2002. ” That is not quite how the story turned out. .” ” That is not quite how the story turned out.

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Good News from Gen Next

Independent Banker

The digital marketing research firm Conversion in Toronto conducted the study. “At Chris Lorence, ICBA’s chief marketing officer. This is not a blip, not something we can ignore,” says Chris Lorence, ICBA’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer. “At That’s Generation Z, those born between 1995 and 2002.

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

CB Insights

In a deal that aimed to open the Chinese coal markets, US heavy-equipment behemoth Caterpillar paid $677M in 2012 to acquire ERA Mining Machinery Ltd. The Chinese coal market is one of the biggest in the world and this deal looked like easy money. a leading producer of hydraulic coal-mine roof supports in China. Google and Motorola.

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The Real Hunger Games: A Battle Royale In The Grocery Aisles

PYMNTS

Amazon/Whole Foods is the newest district in the Grocery Hunger games – the combination of two smaller efforts (Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods Market) made possible by Amazon’s $13.7 Grocery delivery : It’s now live in 24 markets in the U.S. Scale: Walmart controls 25 percent of the grocery market in the United States.

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Facebook’s Content Conundrum

PYMNTS

Office of War Information created a marketing slogan that has since become a favored colloquialism for the importance of secrecy: Loose Lips Sink Ships. King worked at Yahoo from 2002 to 2004 as a moderator — a job she likened to working “at the front lines of what I call the toxic waste of the internet.”. In 1942, the U.S.

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When Corporate Innovation Goes Bad — The 116 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time

CB Insights

While still in operation, Google+ is hardly anybody’s favorite social network. Bikes, Smith and Wesson (2002). They didn’t bring it to market solo, either, relying on Bandai’s brand recognition in the gaming world. Crystal Pepsi, Pepsi (1992). Jaguar, Atari (1993-94). Pippin, Apple (1995).