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Former Toast Executive To Lead Growth Push At Lunchbox

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In her new role, Kabakoff will oversee Lunchbox’s “go-to-market strategy” aimed at giving restaurants an alternative to third-party ordering sites. The hiring comes on the heels Lunchbox’s most recent capital campaign, which raised $2 million in seed funding.

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Why The Goldman-Amazon Bet On SMB Lending Is No Sure Thing

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And in leveraging Amazon’s scale as a platform — with millions of small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and even micro-sized businesses hawking pretty much everything under the sun — it might seem a “slam dunk” if, say, a financial industry powerhouse were looking to bring small business loans to a new market.

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Is This The Last Year For The Xbox/PlayStation Console Wars?

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Gaming has gone from a massive niche in digital entertainment to becoming one of the global entertainment industry’s main hot spots. Gaming market researcher Newzoo recently estimated that 2.7 The two companies are also pursuing different marketing strategies. in tandem with touting its exclusive content catalog.

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Private Labels Have Their Roots In Coffee And Hats

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The most popular time of the day when people drink coffee isn’t just a factoid: It’s a viable marketing strategy. But Amazon has become a victim of its own success, as AmazonBasics has become the main competitor for Amazon’s other brands. Their answer was 8:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M., And what an opportunity it was. For Everyone.

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#BankSocial: A Conference to Attend in Person

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Here’s what we do know: Social media and other inbound marketing strategies are now reported to generate 54% more leads than traditional paid marketing strategies. Those are just a couple of the reasons why a huge majority of marketers, no less than 83%, believe that social media is important to their business.

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What’s Trending So Far In 2016

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Store Front Business Index: Main Street USA, A-OK? One of the most significant: the health and importance of small businesses and, in particular, the “mom-and-pop” shops that line the Main Streets and side streets of our local communities. These businesses — we call them Store Fronts — number 3.8

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Ripple Sizzle, Retail Sales Fizzle And PepsiCo Makes Digital Deliver For CPGs

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As a result, our eCommerce business is now approximately $1 billion in annualized retail sales, and we are well-positioned to capitalize on what is sure to be a dynamic future in this space,” Nooyi told investors. Nooyi called out Pepsi’s use of predictive analytics, dynamic merchandising and use of digital to create tailored offers. “As

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