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Unbundling The Travel Bundle

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Another hair in the soup is Generation Z’s increasing preference toward social media marketplaces that eschew established eCommerce platforms entirely, forcing these businesses to change tactics. The marketplace originally launched in Chicago two months before its Miami expansion.

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Facebook’s News Accelerator Nets Extra $5M For Local Newspapers

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The Lenfest Institute’s mission is to develop and support sustainable business models for local journalism,” said the institute’s Director of Operations Ken Herts. “We Also in January, the social media giant opened a 130,000-square-foot office in Cambridge , Massachusetts.

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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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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

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This belief is based on “the Company’s operating plan, that current working capital and expected continued inventory and capital expenditure financing is sufficient to fund operations and satisfy the Company’s obligations.”. The Miami vending machine has a new design and is definitely an attention-getter in new markets.

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The Wonder Of The Winky Lux Experimental Shop

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And so the Winky Lux team decided to build a similar such concept shop for cosmetics, despite the fact that it already operates its own store in New York and is sold at major makeup retailers including Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s, Ulta and soon Sephora. And, when a customer goes to buy from any of those hubs, the trip to the store is free.

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Rescuing The Restaurant Business From App Decline

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The model for the DineVite online and mobile app is actually similar to social media. The operative word is control. “I As the year rolls on he expects to launch in Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Boston and Miami. On the flip side diners can request private VIP offers.

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When QSRs Think Really Outside The Box In The Innovation Race

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The drive-thru window, for example, first met the market in 1947 when it was introduced to the world by Sheldon “Red” Chaney, operator of Red’s Giant Hamburg in Springfield, Missouri. The concept was invented by a Guatemalan McDonald’s franchise operator, Yolanda Fernández de Cofiño, in the mid-70s.