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Kering To Debut Its Own eCommerce Sites

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Kering is gearing up to offer its own luxury eCommerce sites within the next two years, ending existing joint-venture efforts and bringing such operations in house, reported Reuters. By 2020, Kering will bring full control of its luxury brands online through its own internal activities, which include building tech teams, said Reuters.

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On National Burrito Day, Chipotle Serves Up Signs Of QSR Innovation

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As Chipotle continues its digital efforts, the chain’s stock is having its best year since 2013, with part of the increase credited to investors liking CEO Brian Niccol , who joined the chain about a year ago after turning Taco Bell into a lifestyle brand and introducing breakfast at the quick service restaurant. Mobile Ordering.

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Can Big Brands Survive On The Store-Within-A-Store?

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Retailers as dependent on a brick-and-mortar footprint as Macy’s don’t always have the luxury of fixes to pick from if their stocks experience the continuous slide that the former tentpole brand’s has. Penney CEO Mike Ullman said of his predecessor in 2013. There’s so much we’re testing in this building,” Newton said.

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Fabletics Announces Brick-and-Mortar Expansion

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Activewear brand Fabletics , which was co-founded by Kate Hudson in 2013, announced plans for a retail expansion across the U.S. The company confirmed that the new locations will bring the brand’s total retail store count to 30 locations throughout the U.S. “Our

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Decoupled Debit — Again?

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Analysts at the time called this product “an historic opportunity” to bolster the merchant’s “corroding bottom lines,” and innovators rushed to build new applications to help them seize it. Just like 2012, with the launch of MCX and CurrentC merchant-branded, ACH-linked mobile payments products. And what was the product?

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Steal This 5-Step Banking Innovation Playbook from Gentle Monster

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For inspiration in banking innovation, we often look to other industries. Honkook Kim and his Gentle Monster Brand is a perfect example. Instead of thinking traditionally, Gentle Monster pursued a strategy of innovation and creativity to become the hottest sunglass company globally, creating a company currently valued at $900 million.

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Ex-QVC Executive Gets 2.5 Years In Prison For Defrauding Company

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CNBC said The Steinberg Group , which operates under the name dOMAIN, and a production management company in New York City agreed to submit altered invoices and bills to hide the scam. The fraud happened from 2008 until he was fired in 2013, noted the report. He also worked with two QVC vendors to aid in ripping off the company.

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