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Survey Says: Amazon Is The Top Retail Brand
Merchant Innovation // July 15, 2015

Amazon took the top spot as the best perceived brand for the first half of 2015, according to the mid-year rankings released yesterday (July 14) by London-based online market research firm YouGov. The company’s brand intelligence service called BrandIndex tracks brand perception among the public,...

CircleUp Circles In $22M To Invest Back In Brands
Merchant Innovation // July 14, 2015

CircleUp, the crowdfunding startup, is straying a bit off the beaten path in its latest fundraising round. As reported by TechCrunch Monday (July 13), the startup, which sits alongside peers such as GoFundMe in using the Web to marshal investments from outside sources — but is...

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Lipstick Goes AI at CES

January 10, 2024
CES 2024 is shaping up to be a watershed event for artificial intelligence (AI) and the connected economy. After the pre-show hype focused on robotics and the connected home, the event’s first two days were packed with consumer brands declaring their intentions to build AI into everything from search engines to car engines to lipstick. […]

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Survey Says: Amazon Is The Top Retail Brand

July 15, 2015
Amazon took the top spot as the best perceived brand for the first half of 2015, according to the mid-year rankings released yesterday (July 14) by London-based online market research firm YouGov. The company’s brand intelligence service called BrandIndex tracks brand perception among the public, operating on both the domestic and international level. YouGov’s BrandIndex […]

CircleUp Circles In $22M To Invest Back In Brands

July 14, 2015
CircleUp, the crowdfunding startup, is straying a bit off the beaten path in its latest fundraising round. As reported by TechCrunch Monday (July 13), the startup, which sits alongside peers such...