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The Connected Economy: It’s About Time

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One of the most important innovations in history is the pendulum clock, which was invented in 1636 by Christiaan Huygens , a Dutch scientist and founder of the field of mathematical physics. Enabling people to use their scarce time more efficiently has been at the core of many disruptive innovations throughout history.

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Wayfair’s Way Forward In A Crowded Field

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The goal of the Wayfair worker is to work on “innovating better together,” becoming “fast fixers and builders” and to help customers to better “envision the spaces where they live their lives.”. Probably a wise decision, since all of those brands have dramatically upped the level of the home game in the last 18 months.

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The Buyers: Generation Z’s Shopping Preferences

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Yes, those born between 1994 and 2002 are starting to push millennials over in terms of shaping commerce and eCommerce trends. Retailers are constantly focused on experimenting with new innovations both online and in-store to remain relevant to evolving consumer demand.”. Get ready, retailers.

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Best Buy’s Board Loses Former CEO

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Anderson has a long and winding history with Best Buy , assuming the roles of president and chief operating officer from 1991 to 2002, when he moved a few rungs up the ladder to CEO, where he remained until 2009.

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How Gift Certificates Evolved From Paper To Wearables

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2001 and July 2002, Starbucks’ customers activated a whopping 4 million of its gift cards, which came with an interesting bonus feature: If customers loaded $100 or more on the cards, they would receive a tin case for the card. Starbucks gave prototype gift cards to its employee partners when they attended a leadership conference in 2001.

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Data Enablers: Spreadshirt, Data-Driven T-Shirts

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Our founder] conceived of the innovative idea of bringing one idea on one item to a print, on-demand platform that could be easily shared and developed the first prototype in 2001,” said Hugo Smoter, chief commercial officer for Spreadshirt. “The million items last year. “[Our But, Smoter said, this is still just the beginning.

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How Interac e-Transfer Won The Ubiquity Game In Canada

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where there are thousands of FIs and heavy competition between payments product innovators, it can be nearly impossible to achieve. Interac started out in the P2P space back in 2002. That’s why ubiquity is so desirable. But in an ecosystem like the one in the U.S., Luckily for Interac, Canada isn’t the U.S.

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