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Unlocking A New Business Model (And Liquidity) With Unused Assets
B2B Payments // April 08, 2020

From working from home to redrawing supply chain routes, businesses have been forced to be flexible and get creative to adjust to the “new normal” of a dramatic and disruptive market downturn. While some firms can get by with only a few tweaks, others have...

Homie Unlocks $23M In Funding To Expand Its Homebuyer Program
Real Estate // February 05, 2020

Real estate has nearly always been based on direct (often multiple) interactions between buyers and sellers, though the industry continues to adapt well to the digital space, as PYMNTS recently noted. However, real estate startup Homie is successfully subverting the traditional paradigm with a tweaked...

How Subscriptions Make The $30B Vitamin Market A Daily Ritual
Subscriptions // January 24, 2020

For first-time shoppers, buying vitamins can be a little overwhelming. There are so many options, formulations and regimens, but not much in the way of hard data to tell one why they should take one over another. Vitamins may be a massive market in the...

A New Digital Beginning For Lands’ End
Retail // June 20, 2019

When Jerome Griffith took over the helm at Lands’ End as CEO two years ago, he had been on the verge of actual retirement. But when the opportunity to take over at Lands’ End came up, he decided to extend his tour of duty in...

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How Subscriptions Make The $30B Vitamin Market A Daily Ritual

January 24, 2020
For first-time shoppers, buying vitamins can be a little overwhelming. There are so many options, formulations and regimens, but not much in the way of hard data to tell one why they should take one over another. Vitamins may be a massive market in the U.S., but, for consumers, it is not a well-understood one. […]

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Homie Unlocks $23M In Funding To Expand Its Homebuyer Program

February 05, 2020
Real estate has nearly always been based on direct (often multiple) interactions between buyers and sellers, though the industry continues to adapt well to the digital space, as PYMNTS recently noted. However, real estate startup Homie is successfully subverting the traditional paradigm with a tweaked business model that deliberately and increasingly appeals to first-time home […]

Andreessen Horowitz Shifts Business Model From VC To RIA

April 03, 2019
Andreessen Horowitz has revealed that it is transitioning from being a venture capital (VC) firm to a registered investment advisor (RIA). The firm filed last month to become an RIA so that...

VW To Debut eCommerce Marketplace For Connected Cars

December 20, 2018
Volkswagen (VW) is expecting to generate around $1.1 billion in additional revenue by 2025, through the launch of a cloud-based marketplace that will sell additional vehicle functions and online services for...