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Celebrity Event Planner Colin Cowie On How ‘Hospertainment’ Can Save The Events Business

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Burning Man has been canceled, Coachella was delayed and then canceled, there will be no Iowa State Fair and the $300 billion global wedding industry is almost entirely stalled. Instead, he said he believes businesses should think proactively about the customer experience and find safe ways to add to it. “As

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Fiserv: What The 2019 Holiday Shopping Data Says About 2020 Spend

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“If you build it, and build it the right way, [the consumers] will come,” Fodor explained, referencing that famous baseball diamond in an Iowa cornfield. At the least, building a better brick-and-mortar customer experience could help revive the fortunes of certain retailers. Payment Methods.

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Market your community bank with first-party data

Independent Banker

“The key is to understand the profiles of the best and [more challenging] customers, which can then impact who you target for solicitation,” says Stephenie Williams, vice president, financial institution marketing product and strategy at marketing solutions company Vericast in San Antonio.

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Social Money Teams Up with Sallie Mae to Provide Goal-Based Savings Accounts

Fintech Labs Insights

. “We are consistently looking for new ways to enhance our customer experience and provide products and services to help our customers effectively save, plan, and responsibly pay for college,” Rocha said.

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The community bank’s complete guide to building trust

Independent Banker

John Moeller, a principal at CliftonLarsonAllen LLP who is based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, says many banks are not engaging in pen testing often enough and some use inferior approaches to testing. Use these 3 technologies to safeguard customer data. of consumers report concerns about customer experience, including personal data.

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Analyzing The Private Market Investment Strategies of P&C Insurers

CB Insights

Stated investment focus: The Internet of Things (car/home/health), data and analytics, innovative customer experiences, distribution (i.e. Aviva has targeted four areas for investment: IoT, data & analytics, customer experiences and distribution. new sharing economy platforms). Ping An/Ping An Ventures.

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Hy-Vee Kicks Into Hy-Gear With Wahlburgers, OrangeTheory Partnerships

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That’s the strategy Hy-Vee is investing in, and the latest move along the trajectory has been a partnership between the Iowa-based supermarket chain and two unlikely comrades: OrangeTheory Fitness and Wahlburgers restaurants. Could the secret to winning the grocery wars lie not in groceries, but in adjacent brands and services?

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