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Possible Sale Of Cars.com Comes Amid Stronger Digital Ties For Automotive

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The paper reported that, in May, the online retailer “added two directors to its 11-member board that were nominated by activist investor Starboard Capital. The service said it attracts some 19 million unique monthly visitors to its online automotive marketplace. and autoscout24.de. and autoscout24.de.

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Why TOMS Shoes Is Putting A Toe In Brick-And-Mortar

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TOMS Shoes Founder Blake Mycoskie did not begin life dreaming of entrepreneurship, shoes or creating a socially conscious company. He wanted to be Indiana Jones. The online customer is expensive to attract and not easy to keep. However, he quickly ran into an issue.

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SourceMedia’s Small Business Banking Conference Show – No Shortage of Innovation

William Mills

First up was WMA-client Baker Hill, based in Carmel, Indiana and provider of Baker Hill NextGen , a turnkey online loan application system with a roles-based modern user interface specifically engineered to adapt with the evolving needs of financial institutions. Baker Hill. www.bakerhill.com. Intralinks. www.intralinks.com.

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Autopsy Report: 9 Startup Failure Stories And What We Can Learn From Them

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But despite the popularity of its sock puppet mascot, the online pet supplies retailer went out of business just 9 months after its Super Bowl ad, doomed by an untenable business model and the bursting of the dot-com bubble. With lower costs and a bigger market to sell to, a new crop of online pet supplies retailers eventually emerged.

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Memes That Kill: The Future Of Information Warfare

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In internet-speak the word “meme” often refers to an amusing picture that goes viral on social media. ” From “Tutorial: Military Memetics,” by Dr. Robert Finkelstein, presented at Social Media for Defense Summit, 2011. Instead, they seem farsighted.