IKEA's Price Adjustments Pre-India; Plus The NRF's Problem With Tariffs; And No Merger For Rite Aid And Albertsons. | | | | | | | | | | | | | Wayfair's Way Forward In A Crowded Field | | Wayfair has come a long way from its bootstrapped early days in its founder's apartment — with $6.6 billion in annual revenue and an employee headcount approaching 10,000. What it doesn't quite have yet is profitability — a long-term problem, but one that has gotten a bit more critical in the last 18 months as the field is getting more crowded. And yet, its co-founders remain full speed ahead on growth in the firm's immediate future. | | |
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| | | | | | | How Retailers Can Bring Self-Service Payments To Coolers | | Unattended retail is coming onto the scene in the food and beverage space, but retailers don’t need to purchase new coolers to get in on the action for refrigerated products. Companies such as ShelfX provide systems to turn coolers that retailers already have into self-service machines. ShelfX CEO Ran Margalit explains how the technology works — and where the concept can be applied in the future. Read More... | |
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| | | | | The Evolution Of The Amazon Prime Ecosystem | | When Amazon launched Prime 13 years ago, it looked like a neat perk, but not a complete game changer. However, initial appearances can be deceiving. Today, Amazon Prime is an entire ecosystem of services for members online and offline — and one that is still growing. So how did we get from there to here? We have the complete history. Read More... | |
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| | | | | | Today In Data: The Upgrading And Diversifying Face Of Financial Services | | Financial services (and how customers think about them) have evolved well beyond the simple bank of days gone by. Online competitors have risen, financial service activities have popped up in all kinds of places and banks are no longer the simple institutions they once were. The evolutionary pressure is on – and the brands that want most to survive are working hard to stay relevant. Read More... | |
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