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Kreditech Taps mBank Veteran Michal Panowicz To Lead on Products, Technology

Fintech Labs Insights

A multiple Best of Show winner at Finovate conferences, partnering with companies like Accenture ( FF13 ), Efigence ( FE13 ), and i3D ( FE15 ), mBank had earned wide acclaim for its financial innovation. His long tenure in finance and technology includes stints at Alior Bank, Microsoft, eBay, and The Boston Consulting Group.

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Here Are 35 Casualties Of The Retail Apocalypse And Why They Failed

CB Insights

Digital laggards – Many big-box retailers either failed or were too late to establish an online presence. In 2018, the company has agreed to close at least 26 UK-based warehouse-size stores and focus on higher-performing stores and online commerce. Back in 2006, Dallas-based Alon USA Energy Inc. Date: September 2017.

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12 Industries Experts Say Millennials Are Killing — And Why They’re Wrong

CB Insights

In the 1950s and 1960s, the biggest innovations in breakfast were Eggo Waffles and Pop-Tarts. One popular explanation for this is that millennials are simply shopping less in physical locations in general, preferring to do their shopping online. Between 2006 and 2015, off-price retail sales went from $18B to $35B — a jump of 94%.

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The Curious Case For Breaking Up Tech Giants

PYMNTS

In the last few months alone, we’ve seen snow in Rome and three powerful nor’easters in Boston in the space of two and a half weeks — with some forecasts predicting a fourth this week. And not even because they’re job destroyers, which he said is the natural consequence of innovation, and innovation is goodness. They all died.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

CB Insights

But overpriced, over-hyped hardware products weren’t the only “innovations” we said goodbye to: we also recently witnessed the deaths of startups working in mobile AR, e-commerce, digital media, and more. Markafoni was an online shopping destination for Turkish consumers, specialising in clothing and fashion accessories.

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