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Tracksmith: Taking DTC Running From Heartbreak Hill To The Global Market

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Boston is home to the world’s “statement race” — the Boston Marathon. you’d be hard-pressed to find a Chowdahead who doesn’t think Boston is the running capital of the world. you’d be hard-pressed to find a Chowdahead who doesn’t think Boston is the running capital of the world. He studied psychology and biology at Yale.

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The Lures – And Challenges – Of Central Bank Digital Currencies

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The BIS report issued this week that focuses on “foundational principles” defines a CBDC as “a digital payment instrument, denominated in the national unit of account, that is a direct liability of the central bank.”. Beyond that, national efforts are piecemeal. Fed, the Swiss National Bank and others.

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Is It Time For Apple To Allow Others Access To The iPhone NFC Chip?

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Source: PYMNTS.com longitudinal study of over 40,000 consumers (data from the most recent panel on Nov. This digital shift — doing less in the physical world and more in the digital world for the same activity — is based on 16 longitudinal studies that PYMNTS has conducted of a national sample of more than 40,000 U.S.

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Tech Hubs Face Prevalent Problem Of Package Thefts

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” In particular, a Shorr Packaging analysis suggests that tech hubs such as Silicon Valley, Boston and Seattle are particularly susceptible to thieves, as these areas face a particularly common problem with stolen packages. When it comes to thefts, however, a previous study by Shorr Packaging found that shoppers across the U.S. –

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The Big Bucks Behind Sleep (Or Lack Thereof)

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According to NIH studies , those who report poor sleep in middle age often experience symptoms of dementia or Alzheimer’s later in life. But somehow, we are a nation of chronically under-rested people. Brennan, CVS Health’s chief medical officer, because it came backed by rigorous published studies. But does it really work?

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Retail Personalization May Not Come Soon

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Research from Boston Retail Partners (BRP) and Manhattan Associates shows that while 70 percent of surveyed North American retailers understand the importance of personalization and are putting it at the top of their objectives list in 2017, many don’t have any actual plans to put the wheels in motion for a few years out.

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The Rise Of Card-on-File Commerce

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One of the best things that happened last week was the reopening of hair salons in Boston. It doesn’t appear that this experience is exclusive to fancy hair salons in Boston. That’s likely why in PYMNTS’ national study of 14,000 consumers, more than half (58.6 This latest study of a national sample of U.S.

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