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Spotify Expands Into Selling Makeup
Spotify Expands Into Selling Makeup
November 13, 2017  |  Retail

While best known as a $16 billion music streaming service, Spotify is expanding its ambitions and diversifying its platform — possibly in preparation for an initial public offering...

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Discogs Achieves Sound Of Success In A Dying Marketplace
Discogs Achieves Sound Of Success In A Dying Marketplace
September 18, 2017  |  Retail

If you thought the iPod killed physical media years ago, think again. Sure, Nielsen reports that physical media sales are down (again), but one music...

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Sweden Cuts Small Business Tax With Eye On Entrepreneurship
Sweden Cuts Small Business Tax With Eye On Entrepreneurship
September 06, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Sweden is looking to become an epicenter for entrepreneurs and hopes to entice small businesses to set up shop, thanks to tax legislation changes in...

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The Secrets To Subscription Success
The Secrets To Subscription Success
July 14, 2017  |  Subscriptions

Who doesn’t love a free trial? PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster knows a guy who loves them so much that he keeps an Excel spreadsheet outlining...

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Alibaba Is Taking On Alexa, Google Home, DingDong and Little Fish With New Smart Speaker
Alibaba Is Taking On Alexa, Google Home, DingDong and Little Fish With New Smart Speaker
July 05, 2017  |  Retail

In its latest effort to keep up with its American big brother Amazon, China’s eCommerce giant Alibaba has announced the debut of its own smart...

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Spotify Adds Eventbrite Ticketing
Spotify Adds Eventbrite Ticketing
June 16, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Eventbrite has announced that it will now show information about concerts and music festivals on the music streaming service Spotify, with the hopes that it will...

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“Siri — Will HomePod Be A Huge Hit?”
“Siri — Will HomePod Be A Huge Hit?”
June 12, 2017  |  Apple

It’s hard to find a person who doesn’t like music. A 2014 Nielsen study reported that 93 percent of U.S. consumers listen to music, and...

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Stratumn Raises €7M To Fund Expansion Into US
Stratumn Raises €7M To Fund Expansion Into US
June 12, 2017  |  Blockchain

Stratumn, the blockchain startup, has raised €7 million in a new round of venture funding. According to a report, the Series A funding round was...

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Spotify And Capital One Announce Partnership
Spotify And Capital One Announce Partnership
May 11, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

A new partnership recently announced between Capital One and Spotify aims to discount subscriptions as a means to draw more users into signing up for...

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