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Physical Retail Isn’t Dead – The Physical Store Model Is

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It looks like we can finally have a serious conversation about the impending collapse of physical retail in the U.S. All it took was a 160-year old retailer and a $34 billion kick in the stomach to the retail sector to get everyone’s attention. retailer, Sears, which found itself standing at Chapter 7’s front door.

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For eCommerce Content, It’s Experiences Over Speed

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Online luxury marketplace 1stdibs stands as an example of that kind of content, along with providing — as do some other companies — a demonstration of the appeal of both digital and physical forms of content to tie consumers to a brand or ecosystem. billion in 2007. But catalogs can work, as 1stdibs and other retailers have learned.

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Greyhound Drives Omnichannel Security With AI, Advanced Learning Tools

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Greyhound, which United Kingdom-based FirstGroup purchased in 2007, serves more than 16 million riders each year across the U.S. The firm completed the first phase of its transformation in 2014, allowing it to use real-time analytics and IT tools to create dynamic pricing models and enable online and mobile app transactions.

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Why Macy’s Is Where Martha Stewart Wants To Be

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At 159 years old, it officially counts as a retail institution — one that hasn’t spent much of the last few years looking too healthy. Why shop at a department store when there’s an online marketplace where the same goods can be found for less money? In retail as in sailing, the bigger the boat, the harder it is to change direction.

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From Investing To Budgeting, How Millennials Are Disrupting Personal Finance

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While the media often portrays millennials as preoccupied with the rising prices of festival tickets and avocado toast, their real financial concerns are a bit more practical. But millennials face significant headwinds in making those financial dreams a reality. get the REPORT on next generation investors. From big banks to big tech.

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

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Both firms were among the 23 banks underwriting Snowflake’s IPO, which was the biggest software IPO in history — more than triple the size of VMware’s offering in 2007 — as well as the IPOs of real estate investment firm Broadstone Net Lease, telehealth company Amwell, and investment group StepStone. get the full REPORT.

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2016 Words Of Wisdom: The CEO Edition

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Likewise, the rate of online fraud attacks on retailers has doubled, up 137 percent year over year in the first quarter of 2016. ” “And millennials, that segment of the population that never wanted to have much to do with traditional banks, will have yet another reason to thumb their noses at them and go somewhere else.

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