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Fleet Feet: Running Shoe Retailer Sprints With Technology

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The Carrboro, North Carolina-based chain has used its technology-first strategy to get, keep and grow its customer base – even while its stores were shut down early in the pandemic. Fleet Feet has come up with proprietary technology to address that. More than one million Fleet Feet customers have used the technology.

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The Innovative ‘Green Shoots’ Growing Out Of COVID-19’s Scorched Earth

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According to The National Development and Reform Commission, by the end of February, more than 60 percent of the country’s logistics companies had returned to work. An Opportunity for Innovation . As the situation evolves, Wang told Webster, the innovative responses are doing the same.

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Kobe Bryant, Virtual Cards, Self-Service Technology Top This Week’s News

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We have deep dives into virtual card adoption and self-service technology, as well as a report on Kobe Bryant’s legacy. Bank client preferences have moved toward self-service technologies over branch visits in recent years because of ease of use and improved convenience. 29), has Penn National Gaming Inc.

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When Social Networks Become ‘Diversity-Aware’ Research Platforms

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Bigger, better, faster — those are often the guiding principles for innovation, disruption and change in the digital and mobile worlds. A pilot in Mexico, WeNet said , has the overall goal of using “new mobile technologies to study a pervasive problem affecting young people: overweight and obesity. What about smarter, and more diverse?

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Amazon Says UK SMBs Feeling The Benefits Of Tech

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released its latest survey of small business (SMB) sentiment in the country, finding an increase in confidence the company attributes to greater technology adoption. and Enterprise Nation. Small businesses also recorded an increase in use of third-party social media platforms for marketing purposes. Amazon U.K.

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Retail Pulse: Kohl’s To Curate Brands With Facebook; Domino’s Rolls Out eBike Tie-Up

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Brick-and-mortar retailers are teaming up with social media platforms to curate labels for their stores and their websites. The retailer also plans to team with Facebook on brand curation starting next year — “identifying and engaging with brands that have built a strong online community on the social media platform.”.

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The Buyers: Generation Z’s Shopping Preferences

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The buying power of Gen Z comes out to $44 billion, according to an IBM and National Retail Federation study. From iPads to desktops and smartphones, it seems that interacting with technology has become intuitive for this generation. Its research showed that 69 percent of Gen Zers are interested in making purchases trough social media.