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China’s Recommerce Market Heats Up

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Venture capitalists are funding new entrants to the field, and features like authenticity guarantees, postings to social media, the use of data and post-sale services could propel the industry forward, according to a new report from Fung Global Retail & Tech. Smaller firms are growing quickly and making gains in the market.

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How TikTok ‘eGirls’ Helped Create A Multi-Million-Dollar Fashion Brand

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If one were to make a list of products for a cutting-edge fashion brand aimed at capturing the emerging Generation Z market, it is safe to assume that “foxtail keychains” would not make the top 10. And they are looking to expand – fresh off a $40 million infusion of funds, care of a Series B round from Sequoia Capital.

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Kellogg’s Breakfast Council Gaffe

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Product placement, sponsored content and influencer marketing are hardly new phenomena as the advertising world works nonstop to keep pace with the internet. Consider Spotify’s branded playlists or Alibaba recruiting its APASS members for marketing purposes. Disclosure of sponsored content isn’t difficult. So, what’s the big deal?

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Steal This 5-Step Banking Innovation Playbook from Gentle Monster

South State Correspondent

Gentle Monster Background Founded in 2011 by Kim, Gentle Monster initially struggled to break through against large brands like Luxottica which controls an estimated 30% of the US market, and is behind almost every single designer eyeglass brand you can think of, including Ray-Ban, Oakley, Armani, Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Prada and many more.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: EMV, Apple, Birchbox (And Why Being First Isn’t The Same As Winning)

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market do not have: the need for offline authorization. Overall, this subset of the SMB market, some 3.4 Synchrony sent the market into a tail spin when it issued guidance that suggested that there would be a 20 to 30 basis point increase in credit losses from these products. but since we have a Zero Floor limit in the U.S.

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Lyft Sizzles, Auto Loans Fizzle And The Grocery Wars Heat Up For Summer

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The move marks Ocado’s first official foray into the American market, and the firm’s fourth international deal overall. while Kroger gets a stake in the company worth about 5 percent of existing share capital, valued at $247.5 market, though Ocado plans to have talks with other U.S.-based million. “The based retailers.

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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. Date: October 2011. Date: August 15, 2011. HP and Autonomy.

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