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November 2, 2016
 
 
 
 
  Black November
 
 
 
Newegg And A Month Of Black Fridays
 

Black Friday cannot be contained — as the holiday has grown from one day, to a weekend, to a whole month at this point. Among those celebrating Black November this year will be high-tech digital marketplace Newegg, which is promising deep discounts and serious savings this month. So, why are they working so hard to grab that electronic spend so early? Turns out, that's the best time to grab it.

 

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  The Matchmaker Is In
 
 
 
Matchmaking For The Marketplaces
 

What can matchmakers learn from a college kid selling stuff on Amazon Marketplace from his dorm room? How to launch a profitable matchmaker from day one. Nate Hirsch, CEO at FreeeUp.com, joined Karen Webster and "Matchmakers" author David Evans in this week’s The Matchmaker Is In series to share the secret sauce to getting his remote workforce platform off the ground Read More...

 
  Millennial Tracker
 
 
 
What If Millennial Consumers Really Aren't That Different After All?
 
We all know the story: Millennials just aren't like their parents and older siblings, they don't want to own, they will live in cities for ever and new commerce has to account for the new way of buying. Well, about all that newness. Turns out, as the economy is improving and millennials are getting older, they are looking a bit more like their parents and older siblings after all. So, what happens to all the commerce plans that bet they'd never change?  Read More...
 
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Square: Moving Up Market And Into Lending
 

It’s been nearly one year since Square IPO’d, and the market shrugged its collective shoulders. Yesterday’s earnings call showed a very different picture — one that had Square beating The Street on the back of larger merchants signing on and a big uptake in Square Capital lending activity.  Read More...

 
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