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March 14, 2016
 
 
 
 
  Retail On The Record™
 
 
 
Pinterest’s Buyable Pins Perform
 
Holy 0-60, Batman! A little over six months ago Pinterest was rolling out Buyable Pins and heading slowly, but steadily toward its eCommerce enabling future. Now Buyable Pins are reportedly blowing up, and Pinterest is more about sprinting than slow and steady these days. So what are they doing — and does it justify their $11 billion valuation? You be the judge.
 
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  Beacons
 
 
 
Sephora's High-Tech, Social Justice Case For Cosmetics
 

Sephora isn't just a pretty, well-contoured face. It wants its customers to know it has the technological chops and social justice awareness to be worthy of their business — and it's not afraid to spend, spend, spend to get there.  Read More...

 
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Behind The McDonald's Counter
 

McDonald’s is currently embroiled in a legal battle that finds the fast-food giant fighting to remain disassociated, at the corporate level, from responsibility for labor practices at its U.S. franchises. A number of behind-the-scenes practices have emerged during the proceedings that cast the home of the Big Mac in a less-than-flattering light.  Read More...

 
  Delivery
 
 
 
London Has Fallen — To Starship's Self-Driving Delivery Robots
 

Forget airborne drones, Starship Technologies just started the first real-world test of self-driving delivery robots. How Londoners react to the little device could have big implications for the future of automated deliveries. But just how much?   Read More...

 
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