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Walmart Presents A Ten-Point Plan To Renew U.S. Manufacturing

PYMNTS

The good news is we’ve also learned how to overcome the challenges and, because of our experience, Walmart is uniquely positioned to help facilitate broad engagement in accelerating the expansion of U.S. sourcing and manufacturing , in the press release. manufacturing.”. million jobs being added in the U.S.

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Data Enablers: Spreadshirt, Data-Driven T-Shirts

PYMNTS

Germany- and Boston-based Spreadshirt uses data, analytics and even social media information to build a product and spread news among communities while printing more than 3.6 We automate complex payment and tax regulations in over 180 countries and offer a variety of payment checkout options,” said Smoter. million items last year.

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‘Stranger Things’ And Starcourt Mall Teach Us About Big Tech And Innovation

PYMNTS

Had I been in town, I might have used Google to find a store near me in Boston that carried the brand I wanted so I could try before I bought. But I had options: lots of choices for what to buy, places to find information about what to buy, a choice in how to buy it – and an easy way to access those options and choose before my class.

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4 Ways Global Transaction Banking is Changing

Banking 2020

2014 also saw a convergence of many regulations, including Basel III, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and the Dodd-Frank Act, which all impact this area. Boston Consulting Group (BCG) expects both volume and value of transactions to increase by about 9% per year reaching about 750 billion transactions valued at $782 trillion by 2020.

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What Everyone Missed About Facebook

PYMNTS

I said then that the payments and commerce power brokers of 2018 and beyond understand how to use context to monetize consumer intent without compromising their trust, their data and therefore their expectations of the platforms when using them. Why has the weather been so crappy for the Boston Marathon for the last 10 years?

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The Future Of Housing: From Home Building To City Planning, Tech Giants & Startups Are Reimagining Where & How We Live

CB Insights

Asimov predicted the exploding population would cause US cities like Boston and New York to converge along the coast into combined super-urban bodies, while suburban communities would have to expand downwards, building subterranean homes. before interest, taxes, and depreciation (EBITDA) for the year. I was like: ‘This is crazy.’”.

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

CB Insights

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. High tax rates on corporate gains meant that the best way to spend profits was to make acquisitions. Those companies made plans.