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Airbnb Hosting Site GuestReady Acquires Rival BnbLord
Airbnb Hosting Site GuestReady Acquires Rival BnbLord
April 11, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

GuestReady, a startup that helps hosts on Airbnb and other similar sites, has acquired a fourth rival in a continuing push for market prominence, according...

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A Maritime Side Hustle? Disbursements Drop Anchor In Boatsharing Platforms
A Maritime Side Hustle? Disbursements Drop Anchor In Boatsharing Platforms
February 19, 2019  |  Disbursements

From Uber to Airbnb, the sharing economy opens many opportunities for consumers to monetize assets they own, but don’t always use — like those holes...

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Rent The Runway Launches New Designer Line
Rent The Runway Launches New Designer Line
January 18, 2019  |  Retail

Rent the Runway has launched a set of exclusive new clothing lines created by designers Derek Lam, Prabal Gurung and Jason Wu. According to Business...

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Airbnb Courts High-End Travelers With New Tiers
Airbnb Courts High-End Travelers With New Tiers
February 23, 2018  |  Merchant Innovation

Airbnb announced news on Thursday (Feb. 22) that it is debuting new tiers on its platform geared toward travelers looking for higher-end lodging. In a...

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Betting On Style For The Short-On-Time
Betting On Style For The Short-On-Time
November 06, 2017  |  Retail

The world is full of people who want to look nice but don’t have the kind of enthusiasm (or time) for retail commerce that would...

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Ann Taylor Jumps On Subscription Clothing Rentals
Ann Taylor Jumps On Subscription Clothing Rentals
November 03, 2017  |  Retail

Women’s clothing brand Ann Taylor is getting into subscription commerce. To help get its fashion merchandise into the hands of more customers, the company has...

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Car Rental Company Enters Self-Driving Arena
Car Rental Company Enters Self-Driving Arena
June 27, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Self-driving cars can be a scary concept to come to grips with, but with advances in technology, it may be here in the mainstream before...

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YapStone Matches Property Dwellers to Frictionless Payment Processes
YapStone Matches Property Dwellers to Frictionless Payment Processes
May 03, 2017  |  Matchmakers

In the late 90s, YapStone’s current CEO and chairman, Tom Villante, was an investment banker looking for his next big thing. Back then online was...

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Home Ownership Outpaces Rental For First Time In Decade
Home Ownership Outpaces Rental For First Time In Decade
May 01, 2017  |  Real Estate

Signs indicate that U.S. buyers are feeling more optimistic about the housing market and the economy at large. The latest data released by the U.S....

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