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Why Digital’s 3.0 Shift May Take Longer Than We Think

PYMNTS

Any business, new or old, that hasn’t used the last 12 weeks to rethink its business focus, business model and digital strategy likely won’t make it in the long term — but not because an overnight sensation will emerge in the next few months to eat its lunch. Broadband wouldn’t become pervasive in homes until about 2005.

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32 Corporate Innovation Labs In Retail

CB Insights

Founded: 2005. Unilever Foundry works with over 400 brands across 190 countries to pilot startups and focus on digital marketing, enterprise tech and e-commerce, products and ingredients, new business model innovation, and social impact. Since then, M&S has embraced its digital strategy. Founded: 2012.

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

CB Insights

Before BCG and McKinsey and Bain, most business people dismissed “strategy” as something for generals and political campaigns. They used every available resource to understand industries, markets, consumer sentiment, and companies’ product lines. Consultants did this because clients weren’t.

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37 Corporate Innovation Labs In Finance

CB Insights

Visa — One Market Center. Key people: Chris Curtin, Chief Brand & Innovation Marketing Officer; Shiv Singh, Senior Vice President of Innovation & Strategic Partnerships. Founded: 1999 and 2005. Key people: Sean Belka, Head of Fidelity Labs; Katie Chase, Head of Strategy, Fidelity Center for Applied Technology.