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It’s not quite winter and it’s not quite spring. It’s time to set the foundation for a wardrobe that can handle any temp—and that’s where Trumbull comes in. In partnership with menswear legend Aaron Levine, we made these midcentury-inspired sweats to be soft, stylish, go-to layers that only get better the more you wear ’em. Cut and sewn in Detroit
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Li Jin • Challenging Amazon's dominance
Daunt refused to play this game. He wanted to put the best books in the window. He wanted to display the most exciting books by the front door. Even more amazing, he let the people working in the stores make these decisions.
This is James Daunt’s super power: He loves books.
Ted Gioia • What Can We Learn From Barnes & Noble's Surprising Turnaround?
providers. Xerox (photocopiers to document services), Steelcase (office furniture to office furnishing systems), AT&T (phone products to communication packages), Pitney Bowes (postage products to mail management systems), and IBM (hardware and software goods to business solutions) all have made the core purpose of their business to sell the fun
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Up until early summer 1998, eBay’s primary competition was Jerry Kaplan’s Onsale Exchange, which had launched in October 1997 and had failed to attract a critical mass. When Bob Kagle introduced eBay to Benchmark’s limited partners at the annual meeting in early June, eBay had an 89 percent market share. Kagle said that the company anticipated majo
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Rebuy: Ecommerce Personalization-as-a-Service
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