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How to Know Which Digital Trends Are Worth Chasing

Harvard Business

In the online realm, Amazon’s experiment with its Echo wireless speaker technology – also known as Alexa – has the potential to turn the cumbersome online checkout process on its head. How this is applied will vary by retailer. Elevating customer service. The result? Fabletics is a case in point.

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What Does Whole Foods Get from Amazon? Alexa, for Starters

Harvard Business

This could be a solution to the challenges posed to the grocery retail business by Millennials. Can the stores be transformed into cashierless, wireless purchasing markets ? Can Whole Foods’s own supply chain be made more efficient with Amazon’s logistics chops? Can Alexa sell Whole Foods’s inventory?

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Return of the Buggy Whip; Streetcar Named Imprudent

MishTalk

It''s expected to provide more than a million rides in the first year and help revitalize a once-thriving retail district in the nation''s capital. Tour the displays at NAIAS and you get an idea why: Driverless, connected vehicles could well form the basis for an energy efficient way of moving people around. for the past two years.

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How to Reduce Primary Care Doctors’ Workloads While Improving Care

Harvard Business

Much of the current thinking about new service-delivery models is based on the notion that cost and efficiency of care delivery can be enhanced by directing more patients to primary care. Providers have incentive to drive efficiency-enhancing improvements when they are financially accountable for the total cost of their patients’ care.

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Enhancing Customer Insights with Public Location Data

Harvard Business

Many retailers and proximity marketers have deployed beacons inside stores that have resulted in up to a 15% lift in retail foot traffic and a 73% increase in the likelihood of purchase among shoppers. Finally, the simultaneous optimization of trust and relevance is an inherently difficult balancing act.

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How disruptive is the 'Sharing Economy'?

freshminds

86% agree it makes life more affordable, 83% agree it makes life more convenient and efficient, 76% agree it's better for the environment, 78% agree it builds a stronger community, 63% agree it is more fun than engaging with traditional companies, 89% agree it is based on trust between providers and users.

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