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Local Insights On Airbnb In San Francisco

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San Francisco recently voted to impose a limit on the maximum number of days hosts could rent out their properties — which could bring major changes to the city’s gig economy. Airbnb eventually sort of settled with San Francisco back in 2015 — though it turned out to not be enough — and said it would better police its platform.

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Apparel, Embracing Digital, Drives Innovation In Retail

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Apparel used to be mostly a brick-and-mortar retail experience, but that has changed drastically over the last few years – and has been one of the main innovations when it comes to commerce related to the clothes we wear. But at this point, it is also mostly table stakes in the race to bring apparel retail online.

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SigFig Launches Advice and Sales Platform for Retail Banks and Customers

Bank Innovation

SigFig, a San Francisco fintech specializing in robo advice, today unveiled SigFig Atlas, an interactive platform for financial advice and software-guided sales that faces both retail banks and their customers.

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Bringing Specialty Socks To Malls With Automated Retail

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To differentiate his eCommerce site from the many other sock sellers, Williams came up with the idea of introducing a vending machine for socks – otherwise known as an automated retail unit – at the Westfield San Francisco Centre shopping mall. It sits at the Powell/Market Street Bart entrance of the mall’s concourse level.

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Why Brick-And-Mortar Merchants Are Tapping Into Unattended Retail

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To help meet customer expectations in the digital age, retailers have to know who their shoppers are and what they want. While eTailers already have this information about consumers, brick-and-mortar retailers don’t have this in-depth knowledge. They can also help capture the ages, genders and emotions (in some cases) of shoppers.

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Aura is using grocery stores to market installment loans to the underbanked

Bank Innovation

For Aura, an online lending platform for low-income families, reaching underbanked borrowers means going beyond the bank setting and working with retailers to reach customers who may be overlooked by traditional lenders. In addition to […].

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Shifting The Used Car Market Into Overdrive

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He is the cliché of a profession that has a lot of suede sheen on it, but at least one company is in the market to bring used car sales into the digital future. “We It’s hard to imagine that there’s so much technology and innovation happening up and down the mobility spectrum except for in this market — and it’s a $1.4

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