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Facebook’s News Accelerator Nets Extra $5M For Local Newspapers

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The Lenfest Institute’s mission is to develop and support sustainable business models for local journalism,” said the institute’s Director of Operations Ken Herts. “We Also in January, the social media giant opened a 130,000-square-foot office in Cambridge , Massachusetts.

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For Visa, She’s Next Is What’s Next

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30 kickoff in Atlanta will include access to experts from Visa and entrepreneurs operating both nationally and globally. Notably, at the Atlanta event, participants from Visa, Square and Yelp will participate in the workshops. An inaugural Jan. For example, Simon said, the Jan. India and Mexico.

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U.S. Bank’s Dominic Venturo to speak at Bank Innovation Build 2019

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Bank Innovation Build will take place November 6-7 at Atlanta’s W Hotel Downtown. Bank, will participate in a fireside chat at Bank Innovation Build 2019, this blog’s event on best practices in banking innovation. Register here.) Bank Innovation Build will bring together industry leaders […].

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Retail Pulse: Kohl’s To Curate Brands With Facebook; Domino’s Rolls Out eBike Tie-Up

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Brick-and-mortar retailers are teaming up with social media platforms to curate labels for their stores and their websites. The retailer also plans to team with Facebook on brand curation starting next year — “identifying and engaging with brands that have built a strong online community on the social media platform.”.

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Retailers Take Sides In Battle Between Alibaba And Tencent

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As a result, the companies are locked in a race to get consumers and merchants to join their payment, logistics, social media and Big Data platforms. Alibaba took an 18 percent stake in supermarket and convenience store operator Lianhua Supermarket Holdings in 2017, catapulting the company’s stocks by as much as 34 percent at the time.

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Can Lime Make Consumers Feel Safer About Scooters And Bikes?

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More importantly, how does one use such a thing — or even a bike — and operate it in an urban environment without falling off, getting hit and suffering injury? Bird , a company focused on e-scooters , provided more than 10 million rides in its first 12 months of operation. It’s hardly an academic concern. Scooter Accident.

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The Wonder Of The Winky Lux Experimental Shop

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And so the Winky Lux team decided to build a similar such concept shop for cosmetics, despite the fact that it already operates its own store in New York and is sold at major makeup retailers including Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s, Ulta and soon Sephora. And, when a customer goes to buy from any of those hubs, the trip to the store is free.

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