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Target's Tough 2017
 
Target's earnings are in — and they were not good. Revenue down, same store sales shrinking, and gross margin taking a beating.  But – even as Target is feeling the strongest imaginable version of the squeeze between an Amazon-shaped rock and a Walmart-shaped hard place – the retailer is looking to make a turn around. Target's CEO says they are readying to battle back, and are willing to put $7 billion where their mouth is. So, the multi-billion dollar question: will it work?
 
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The Contextual Side Of Matchmaking
 

While contextual commerce has presented new and innovative opportunities for merchants to reach consumers, that doesn’t always mean the experience is frictionless. Brian Marvin, co-founder and COO of Bringhub, joined this week’s episode of The Matchmaker Is In to share how helping consumers to easily access and purchase multiple products across multiple retailers is changing the shopping experience within the contextual environment.  Read More...

 
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TouchCR Enables Intelligent Marketing
 

As consumer demands continue to evolve, retail marketers and other B2C marketers have to work to keep up. And while consumer data is more useful and more readily available than ever, it's not always easy to make sense of it all. That's where TouchCR comes in.   Read More...

 
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DropCar: The Uber of City Parking
 

In today's Uber of X, we explore the world of parking in urban environments. Anyone who has lived in a large city like New York or Boston knows the onerous issue of moving vehicles every few days for street cleaning. We sat down with DropCar's CEO to find out how his on-demand service solves this problem.  Read More...

 
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