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Why Health And Beauty Retailers Are Driving Digital Innovation

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Amid great technological change, health and beauty retailers are developing strategies to drive innovation. In some cases, retailers are using social media tools such as Instagram to post promotions and product tutorials — or interact openly with consumers about their offerings. About the same share — or 60.9

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And The Payments And Commerce Innovation Winners Are…

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And, as America found out what actually happens when the wrong name gets read on stage, PwC found out what happens when Twitter decides to rename your firm — as our CEO (and former PwC employee) Karen Webster told those assembled at the Innovation Project’s annual awards dinner last night. And the winners are… Best POS Innovation.

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Data Enablers: Spreadshirt, Data-Driven T-Shirts

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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 Founded in 2002, the goal of Spreadshirt’s platform is to eliminate headaches and hurdles when bringing great ideas to market. Greensburg, Penn.;

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Football Season To Kick Off New Payments Plays

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These teams are looking to mobile apps to innovate payments in a way that will revitalize purchases and the game experience. Bundled sports broadcast packages, social media and high-definition televisions allow them to enjoy games from the comfort of their living rooms. Attendance at NFL games declined from approximately 17.8

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The Big Bucks Behind Sleep (Or Lack Thereof)

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But luckily, where there is a problem, there is typically an innovative entrepreneur selling a solution – and in the case of sleep, there are a lot of solutions out there. The mattress market alone is worth a whopping $15 billion. Boston Med has offered Sleepio since 2016. billion globally by 2020. But does it really work?

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The Week In Very Weird Commerce

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Some of it works; disruptive innovation depends on thinking a little bit differently. The drink was so popular it often sold out, and baristas took to social media tearfully begging people to stop ordering it. So in some sense, it is not surprising that the team at Boston Dynamics chose a dog to be their robotic delivery beast.

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#InBound17 – Celebrating the Helpful Side of Business at HubSpot’s Yearly Inbound Conference

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This year’s HubSpot Inbound conference was held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center September 25-28. The conference featured four fun-packed days of keynotes, innovative talks, educational breakout sessions, hands-on lessons and tons of networking. Search Engine Optimization. Video Content is extremely important as well.