A Walmart By Any Other Name, Plus Porch Pirates Pillage The Holidays And Luxury Retailer Win The Rights To Their “Auras". | | | | | | | | | | | | | Stitch Fix’s Second Act | | While everyone was sure the tea leaves of the StitchFix IPO had something important to tell the ecosystem about the future, there has been some disagreement about the message. Some see an ultimately risky bet that is too niche to have a real path for growth in an eCommerce space dominated by Amazon. Others see the future of friction-free retail and a firm uniquely well-suited to deliver it. As for StitchFix's CEO, Katrina Lake? She says the firm has been underestimated in the past — and it's ready to prove itself in the public markets. | | |
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| | | | | | | Small Business Spotlight: Just Add Cooking | | Consumers have mixed feelings about meal kits. They’re convenient, sure, but are they sustainable — for the environment or as a business model? Boston-based meal kit company Just Add Cooking strives to be both by taking a local sourcing approach. Chief gastronomic officer Amanda Mayo told PYMNTS why she believes local is the future of meal kits — and how it fits in perfectly with the demands of today’s consumers. Read More... | |
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| | | | | NEW STUDY: Why Fast Food Isn’t Innovating Fast Enough | | For quick service restaurants (QSRs), fast is the name of the game. But, when it comes to innovation, the industry is anything but speedy. In the inaugural edition of the PYMNTS Restaurant Readiness Index™, a Bypass collaboration, QSRs scored a meager 38 on a scale of 0 to 100 in terms of innovation readiness. So, how can QSRs spin their innovation wheels? That’s a $230 billion question the Index answers after examining hundreds of QSRs — and it comes down to a handful of really important things. Find that, plus an interview with Panera Bread vice president Mark Berinato on the intersection of QSR technology and innovation. Read More... | |
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| | | | | | The Road Race For Connected Car Commerce | | The race to crack the code on turning cars into commerce hubs is not only getting faster, but the racetrack is getting more crowded. General Motors is the latest entrant to the field, but it seems to be taking a very different approach — one that is uniquely its own. How will it stack up against the likes of Amazon's Alexa voice-activated assistant and Apple's CarPlay iPhone display standard? Read More... | |
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