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The Case For Federal IoT Regulations

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Consumers have a plethora of smart home devices to choose from when decking out their houses, and they’ll likely not want to be limited to one brand. Managing incompatible offerings is a friction-filled experience, and the need to spare consumers this pain helped inspire a group of IoT developers to form the Z-Wave Alliance back in 2005.

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The Lundgren Era At Macy’s Is Ending

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In 2005, Macy’s (still called Federated Department Stores Inc. The nation’s largest department store chain recently put up its worst quarterly numbers since the Great Recession. Today, Macy’s operates about 870 stores in 45 states under its namesake brand, as well as Bloomingdale’s. at the time) bought out the No.

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Another One Bites The Dust: Toys ‘R’ Us Files For Bankruptcy

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The debt load came care of a 2005 $7.5 The nation’s largest specialty toy store faces $400 million in debt payment due in 2018, which was onerous enough that the company hired Kirkland & Ellis, a law firm that specializes in corporate restructurings, in June. And it is a lot of debt: $5 billion at last count.

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Dollar Shave Club Growing Grooming Ambitions

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Dollar Shave Club first made a name for itself with a solid concept — and a series of very entertaining ads that brought the inexpensive razor company into the national consciousness. The problem it was founded to solve was simple: buying a razor was a miserable experience that cost too much. last quarter.

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Walmart May Be Looking To Sell Off Its Japanese Business

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Japan is the latest nation that Walmart has backed out of in the last 12 months, as its international priorities are shifting. Walmart is far from the first brand to fail to ignite in a Japanese retail segment, which is highly fragmented and generally unprofitable — and, i n some segments, actively shrinking.

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

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Once the 24 competitors (tributes) get to the games, they then battle to the death for a national audience that is required by law to watch the games. When linked to the Amazon Chase card, the cash-back makes the experience even more of a win, in addition to serving as a natural pull toward card/brand share shift. In the U.S.,

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Olo And How Order Ahead Levels The Playing Field In Food

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Glass said he thought about that a lot during Olo’s early days in 2005, when they were trying to push a mobile order ahead platform with restaurants that really didn’t quite understand the concept in a world that was mostly dominated by feature phones. These days, we are the leading digital ordering provider around the nation.

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