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Amazon Expands Data-Driven Fashion Push

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At the end of Q3, Amazon was closing in on $30 billion in gross apparel and footwear sales and within range of finally passing long-time market leader Walmart. The experience works on the web and inside the Amazon app and comes with a $25 price tag. Currently, Amazon is forecast to bring in $7.5

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Facebook Backs Data Portability Law, Amazon Considers Registering Services As Separate Entities In India

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The social media firm purportedly contravened an Illinois state law via a “Tag Suggestions” functionality that enabled users to identify their friends from photos put on the platform in the past. The American Apparel & Footwear Association and the Toy Association, among other organizations, are also part of the group.

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Return Season Hits Hard; Some Retailers See Bright Side Of Customer Experience

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With Mastercard putting a 49 percent tag on the eCommerce spike for the holidays, this year will be the toughest on record for handling what is a resource- and capital-intensive task. The dreaded returns season has hit retail with a predictable but painful thud. But while the season is here, it doesn’t have to be a time of dread.

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Cool, Comfort And Ecology — The Allbirds Secret To Retail Success

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And our perspective is that the footwear category has gotten lazy when it comes to using natural or sustainable materials.”. The merino wool blend they use is proprietary, and the price tag for one pair is $95. We’re not making the materials. We’re finding them,” Allbirds Co-CEO Tim Brown said.

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Rebecca Minkoff Has Connected Commerce In The Bag

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Toney predicts that this could eventually evolve into interactive experiences, such as scanning a tag in-store to learn more about the product or self-checkout by mobile, allowing shoppers to skip the queue. When a product is #BornDigital, added Hobsbawm, it creates transparency into the supply chain and product lifecycle.

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The Difference Makers: Key Person(s) Valuation

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From Alfred Sloan at General Motors to Jack Welch at General Electric to Steve Jobs at Apple, there is a history of CEOs being tagged as superstars (and indispensable to the organizations that they head), in successful companies.

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