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Retail Pulse: 7-Eleven Tests Cashierless Tech; Staples Debuts Connect Store Concept

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The Staples Connect concept, which offers experiences and solutions as well as a place to transact, debuted in multiple Boston area stores on Feb. Its offerings include a 500-square-foot community space for meetings, workshops and speaker sessions. The company works with around 100 brands in total. Mike Motz, CEO of Staples U.S.

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Why Publicity Stunts Go Wrong So Easily

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Actually managing to grab customers’ attention with whatever eye-popping experiment one is hoping to roll out is no small feat – particularly in an era when everyone and everything is trying to go viral and snag a few seconds of consumers’ time. IHOb,” the brand mysteriously sent out over Twitter.

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

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Before Bruce Doolin Henderson opened the doors of Boston Consulting Group on July 1, 1963, the concept of “competition” barely existed in American business culture, let alone the concept of strategy. From one perspective, the position of management consulting as an industry has never seemed more secure. Those companies made plans.