Amazon Has Lent $1B To Sellers, And Walmart Pay Gets An Upgrade. Plus, Alibaba Buys Majority Stake in India's TicketNew.
 
 
 
 
 
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Beauty Store Lush And The Challenges Of (Nude) Shock Marketing
 
Handmade cosmetics firm Lush is mainly known for two things: bath bombs and taking its "Go Naked" Slogan very literally. So literally, in fact, that last week Lush employees appeared for work in the buff (except for their aprons) to demonstrate how pure their product is. Some called it cutting-edge, and some called it creepy coercion and harassment of employees.
 
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Centric Software Makes Fashion Designers The Real VIPs
 

Centric VIP lets fashion designers collaborate on products and collections in real time, even when they're in different cities, time zones or countries. It takes care of the technical aspects of apparel production, like sizing, and pushes out changes to all members of the team simultaneously. It gets creative people out of Excel and back into the creative zone, where they belong.  Read More...

 
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Top European Discount Supermarket Lidl Is Coming To US
 

Lidl, a favorite European discount grocer, is launching 20 stores in the American southeast this summer, with plans for more by next year. The company said that its U.S. stores will most resemble Trader Joe's in size, selection and quality. Plus: news from Instacart and AmazonFreshRead More...

 
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Data Enabler Startup ItsOn Brings Wireless Carriers Into The 21st Century
 

Data Enabler ItsOn is changing the way users interact with their mobile carriers by letting them update plans on the go, via the cloud. Now, with just a few taps, users can change their plan, add some extra gigabytes, or activate a roaming plan during travel.  Read More...

 
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