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The Global Bike-Share Boom: Dockless Models Look To Solve Urban Commutes & Transit Access

CB Insights

With the proliferation of consumer-ready mobile payments, IoT, and mature GPS technology, costs to build remote locking and tracking systems plummeted, allowing bike-share operators to build dockless systems. Bike-share operators report that commuting purposes rank among the top reasons for membership. Get Our AutoTech Newsletter.

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12 Industries That Will Thrive Thanks To Millennials

CB Insights

To attract millennial clients, some old-school gyms are adapting their models to capitalize on the increasing popularity of the boutique studios. US health clubs have already rushed to capitalize on millennials’ devotion to self-improvement, with the volume of US health clubs increasing by 20% between 2011 and 2015.

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Retail Reinvention: Why Retail Doesn’t Need Salespeople

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Even if there were a trustworthy way to send money over the internet — which there isn’t — the network is no substitute to the essential ingredient of capitalism — salespeople.”. Take retail salespeople — Stoll’s self-proclaimed cornerstones of capitalism. Stores will become obsolete. Do our computer pundits all lack common sense?”

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