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XiaomiTwo years ago, Xiaomi seemed untouchable. The Beijing-based startup had unseated Apple as the top smartphone maker in China, and the success of its strategy—high-end devices sold at ultrathin...
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Amazon's brightest star doesn't appear on any of its high-profile TV shows. Rather, it's Alexa, the voice-controlled "brain" at the center of the cylindrical Amazon Echo device that gets smarter the...
View ArticleCVS Health And Walgreens: Fighting To Eat The Other's (Healthy) Lunch
Thanks to CVS, drugstores are finally focused on promoting healthy living rather than buy-one-get-one Snickers deals. CVS continues to expand its antismoking mission with a new $50 million, five-year...
View ArticleUnder Armour And Nike: Fighting To Win The Next Round
Ask Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank if he's running an apparel company and he'll tell you that UA is now a "math house." As he told investors last year, "A math house uses data to shorten the distance...
View ArticleWhy DDB's U.S. CEO Thinks Diversity Is Key
After overseeing some of Coca-Cola's most progressive and viral marketing campaigns—including last year's Super Bowl ad on cyberbullying—and turning the beverage company into the top consumer brand on...
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UnivisionWithin the next three decades, minorities will become the majority in the U.S.—and 60-year-old Univision, currently the fifth-largest broadcast network in the country, wants to be at the...
View ArticleThe Recommender: What Execs From Minibar, Glamsquad, and Zady.com Are Loving Now
Shoe repair on demand, a next-level foam roller, and custom cupcakes."Salt of the Earth is the most moving film I've seen in years. It follows the life of legendary photojournalist Sebastião Salgado as...
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Frito-Lay makes gains, IndiGo goes public, Dropbox simplifies, and more.SnøhettaModern times: Snøhetta's evocative, $610 million SFMOMA expansion has been six years in the making.Photo: Henrik...
View ArticleBurger King is Selling Hot Dogs Now--With Grilling Tips From Snoop Dogg and...
It's a whole new world at BK.The Burger King brand seems to exist in a fever dream that, honestly, has kept us quietly entertained for more than a decade. So, it's no surprise that in the year 2016,...
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Checking in with Pandora, Ford, Starbucks, and more.PandoraPandora is changing its tune. As more and more music fans sign up for on-demand streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music, the...
View ArticleKickstarter's Yancey Strickler On The Technology He Hates And Why He Loves Kanye
The Kickstarter CEO also explains how he's making his company more socially conscious. "That's the punk-rock way to go."Yancey Strickler has always wanted Kickstarter to make a positive difference....
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McDonald's on the verge of a turnaround, Uniqlo rethinks its U.S. strategy, and more updates from our Most Innovative Companies.McDonald'sWhat does a fast-food juggernaut do when customers no longer...
View ArticleAnatomy Of A WeWork Expansion
When WeWork enters a market, it goes deep. A look at how the startup grew its footprint in Chicago to 410,000+ square feet in just 3 years.RIVER NORTH1. 111 W. Illinois Street25,281 square feet When...
View ArticleMeet The Woman Sciencing The S&%t Out Of Lab-Grown Animal Products
New Harvest CEO Isha Datar is recruiting scientists and private donors to kickstart an emerging industry of post-animal animal products."The great thing about animal agriculture," says Isha Datar from...
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SHoP Architects help rebuild in Nepal, Instagram doubles down on video, and more updates from our most innovative companies.SHoP ArchitectsHow can great design make a difference when it comes to...
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Xiaomi doubles down on IoT, Gilead revolutionizes HIV treatment, and more from our Most Innovative Companies.XiaomiTwo years ago, Xiaomi seemed untouchable. The Beijing-based startup had unseated Apple...
View ArticleAmazon And Google: Fighting To Talk Smack At Home
Google Home challenges Amazon Echo for a spot in your living room.Amazon's brightest star doesn't appear on any of its high-profile TV shows. Rather, it's Alexa, the voice-controlled "brain" at the...
View ArticleWhy DDB's U.S. CEO Thinks Diversity Is Key
Wendy Clark, the ad agency's North American CEO, wants her company "to be as diverse and inclusive as the marketplace we represent."After overseeing some of Coca-Cola's most progressive and viral...
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Univision reaches out to English-speaking audiences, Yelp becomes more actionable, and more.UnivisionWithin the next three decades, minorities will become the majority in the U.S.—and 60-year-old...
View ArticleCVS Health And Walgreens: Fighting To Eat The Other's (Healthy) Lunch
CVS Health and Walgreens compete to be the No. 1 drugstore.Thanks to CVS, drugstores are finally focused on promoting healthy living rather than buy-one-get-one Snickers deals. CVS continues to expand...
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