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Building A Digital And Subscription Community For Hockey Parents

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To help hockey players stay up to date on the latest sports equipment, eCommerce innovator the PenaltyBox offers subscription boxes comprised of a myriad of hockey essentials, from well-known brands to up-and-coming companies the PenaltyBox team tests themselves. He sees it less as a group and more of a community.

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How to Set Your Strategic Planning Time Horizon

South State Correspondent

For example, at present, return on equity performance is about 12% for the average community bank. A three-year time horizon isn’t long enough if say you want to take your lending platform nationally such as specializing in lending on robotics. Banks consistently produce under their cost of capital. Why is that?

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Virgin Money Buyout By CYBG Receives All-Clear

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“Today marks an historic milestone for CYBG and Virgin Money , creating the first true national competitor to the status quo in U.K. CYBG, which owns the Yorkshire and Clydesdale brand, moved to quell some consumer concerns about the transition, noting that there will not be an immediate switch for consumers.

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Will The Fitness Industry’s Digital Shift Stick Once The Pandemic Is Over?

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Americans have a complicated relationship with physical fitness, particularly when it comes to getting enough exercise. There’s nothing like being in a class physically with a community and an instructor. One might assume the firm was perfectly positioned for the rapid shift to home-based exercise. It’s not the same, right?”

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Fleet Feet: Running Shoe Retailer Sprints With Technology

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Americans are exercising through the pandemic. Despite its 37 -state footprint, Werder noted that Fleet Feet thinks of itself as both a national brand and a community retailer. The company’s marketing philosophy is "hyperlocal at scale,” he said, and that concept is also reflected at a national level.

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Creating Rent The Runway For Jewelry Lovers

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But of course accessorizing can be a challenging and expensive exercise for fashion-conscious consumers. In the year that Marie Kondo made the notion of cleaning a closet with an idea of what “sparks joy” in mind a national obsession, consumers are looking to streamline their consumptive lives and make them simpler.

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The Whole Paycheck Tracker: HQ Enhancements, Empathetic AI And Special Guest Bernie Sanders

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While wearables are able to track all kinds of things about their wearers — how much they exercise, when they are sitting or standing or how regular their sleep habits really are — they aren’t renowned for their ability to sense how their wearer is feeling emotionally speaking. AI Enhancement: A Wearable That Feels Your Pain. AI Enhancement.

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