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Retail SMBs Face Up To Q4 Marketing Opportunities

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For retailers, the fourth quarter of 2020 is likely to see a media blitz that will make other years pale in comparison. But to mark Small Business Week, it’s a good time for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to see where they fit in the media equation. Now, the where.

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Chick-fil-A And The Power Of Payments Innovation

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Unsurprisingly, fast food patrons immediately began warring on social media about whether or not the results could be trusted. People on social media will engage in online debate for almost any reason — sometimes no reason at all. By comparison, there are more than 150 McDonald’s. It’s a contentious question.

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Love: There’s An App For That

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Yet, for those relying less on dedicated social media followers for a fall-back plan (and, thus, less crippled by natural beauty), there is an ever-expanding menu of choices beyond the Tinders and Match.coms when it comes to getting online and selecting a date for the evening. million Instagram followers. Her conclusions? “I

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The Real Hunger Games: A Battle Royale In The Grocery Aisles

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And though that figure has been called out as a bit high, as it is a comparison of buying Aldi’s in-house brands against buying name brands at other grocers, even stacked against other store’s private labels, Aldi logs notable savings – an average of 20 percent. The store claims that customers save, on average, 42 percent shopping there.

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Rise Of China’s Big Tech In AI: What Baidu, Alibaba, And Tencent Are Working On

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For comparison, Google was offering around $110K for an ML engineer, although experience levels and job requirements likely vary.). But taking a closer look at other countries where they’re protecting their intellectual property beyond these regions gives us some insights into their current or future expansion plans.).

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12 Industries That Will Thrive Thanks To Millennials

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Social media is also helping campers discover new places to visit, then share their experiences with others: 30% of millennials said that they picked a camping spot after seeing someone else go there. As with many industries in today’s information economy, millennial travel trends are strongly influenced by social media.

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NFL-Twitter Deal Gives Social Commerce Its Make-Or-Break Moment

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But, of course, these numbers pale in comparison to what the NFL’s traditional cable broadcast partners pay for rights to show its content. An in-the-know source told Adweek that Twitter is also looking into leveraging region-targeted ads as a function of its global broadcast range.