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Digital Technologies Drive Innovation In Retail, Banking

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Nike ’s digital sales surged in Q1, while the sportswear brand also saw an uptick in its connected fitness business. Technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and video onboarding have shown promise in facing identity fraud, but each is vulnerable when implemented on its own. 6.7B: Amount U.K.

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DTC Brands See Media Opportunity In Crisis

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DTC brands grew up digital,” he noted. Wiese and his team compared the current pandemic to several other crises, man-made or financial, across 100 years and 125 brands. That lesson is particularly applicable to DTC brands. They’re not encumbered by distribution systems and will be very opportunistic about media.”.

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Social Commerce And Livestreaming Attract Big Brands In Southeast Asia

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That’s the current state of play in Southeast Asia where social commerce is growing rapidly as brands try to find new ways to sell during the pandemic. According to research from solutions provider iKala , social commerce orders in the first half of 2020 more than doubled, while gross merchandise value (GMV) grew three-fold compared to 2019.

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Will Giving Brands A Voice Boost Conversation Commerce?

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While the concept of a brand having a “voice” is not a terribly new idea, before this month it was more metaphorical and mostly a synonym for “style.” As of a few weeks ago, however, Amazon announced that Polly is now taking its offering up a level, and allowing brands the opportunity to customize text-to-speech voices for their Alexa skills.

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GE Appliances Promises Smarter Technology

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GE Appliances (GEA) has introduced what it’s calling a smart technology to improve a product’s life cycle. SmartHQ Solutions, GEA said in a Thursday (June 25) announcement , is the first solution in the industry to connect these technologies. “In GE Appliances said it has more than 450 connected appliance products across brands.

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Amazon Surpasses Google, Apple As Most Valuable Brand

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Amazon is officially the world’s most valuable brand, valued at $315.5 The rankings were released on Tuesday (June 11) and come via the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brand ranking 2019, which is put together by the WPP research agency Kantar. Other brands in the top 10 were McDonald’s, Visa and AT&T. billion).

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Transformations In Social Media Commerce And Restaurant Technology 

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And in restaurant innovation, Domino ’s has become a leader in mobile and digital technology as it blazes its own path in the quick-service restaurant (QSR) world. 2019: The year Instagram rolled out in-app checkout for brands. All this, Today in Data. 26.5M: Number of monthly active TikTok users in the U.S.