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Urban Outfitters announces disappointing holiday sales, group CEO departure
Urban Outfitters, Inc. reported total company net sales for the two months ended December 31, 2020, decreased 8.4 percent over the same period last...
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Book Review: Digital Personal Branding by Dario Sipos
This book is an absolute must-read and not just for those starting to build their own brand. This book will help you transform the...
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Amazon tests video ads in its shopping app, Bloomberg reports
Amazon is testing video ads in the Apple iOS version of its shopping app, with plans to expand to Google's Android mobile operating system...
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L’Oréal offers first line of virtual makeup for social media, video calls
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L'Oréal Paris introduced its first line of virtual makeup for social media. The cosmetics giant's "Signature Faces" augmented reality (AR) filters are available on...
H&M integrates virtual assistant, live chat with Google services
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In partnership with Nuance Communications, H&M is making its virtual assistant and live chat agents available via Google services like Google Maps and...
Amazon study highlights digital divide for rural businesses
Improving access to digital technology for rural businesses could contribute more than $140 billion to the U.S. economy over the next three years, and...
Evaluating the viability of AI in the workplace
It's becoming increasingly important for organizational leaders to consider the potential impact of artificial intelligence on company culture. Recent research estimates that one in...
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The government just blocked another razor startup from getting acquired
The Federal Trade Commission announced it would sue to block Proctor & Gamble’s purchase of razor and body care company Billie on December 8th, citing P&G’s...
Walmart launches voice-activated grocery shopping
Walmart has partnered with Google to allow customers to voice order groceries from their Google Assistant enabled devices including Google Home, iPhones and Android...
Inditex profits take a hit as sales soar
Spanish apparel conglomerate Inditex on Wednesday reported a fiscal year 2018 net sales increase of 3% (7% in local currencies) "to an all-time high"...
GameStop lost $673M last year
GameStop on Tuesday reported that in its fourth quarter, which had one less selling week than the year-ago quarter, total global sales fell 7.6%...
Senreve appoints chief operating officer and new board members
Luxury handbag brand Senreve has named Jenny Oh as its new chief operating officer, effective November 11, alongside the appointment of two new board...
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9 retail trends to watch in 2021
The pandemic's arrival in March 2020 meant that it didn't make Retail Dive's trends to watch last year, but it completely upended all expectations for the year.
The...
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Will Self-Checkout Ever Win Over Its Critics?
Self-checkout stations show little signs of slowing their expansion across retail, yet critics only appear to be getting louder.
In a recent article in The Atlantic,...
American Express expands small business perks as it reportedly falls under federal investigation
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Days before The Wall Street Journal reported federal investigators were looking into American Express' sales to business owners, the company introduced more incentives...
Digital Shift Leads Mastercard To Take Contactless Payments To The Cloud
If the sky’s the limit for contactless payments, which the pandemic has certainly shown, and if the technology is deployed across mobile devices ......
