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                                            RESEARCH
                                        
                                     by Karl Greenberg- Census Bureau director Robert Groves says this local data, free to advertisers, will be a valuable tool for targeted marketing. "If I were an … Read the whole story 
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                                            COMMENTARY
                                        
                                     by Dan Hill- A quick guide to scientific research techniques Read the whole story 
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                                            COMMENTARY
                                        
                                     by Leslie Wellott- While much of the discussion has been focused on what will happen online, we need to broaden it to off-line. Read the whole story 
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                                            RESEARCH
                                        
                                     by Karlene Lukovitz- A significant exception within the generally rising tech company rankings was Nokia, which lost $9.9 billion in value (to $9.7 billion), and dropped from … Read the whole story 
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                                            RETAIL
                                        
                                     by Sarah Mahoney- To celebrate this week's World Water Day, it's partnered with Water.org to create a Facebook game, asking users to unlock water from the Levi's … Read the whole story 
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                                            FINANCIAL SERVICES
                                        
                                     by Tanya Gazdik- According to Mintel's data, 39% of female investors say their primary source of investment ideas are their investment advisors, compared to only about a … Read the whole story 
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                                     by Karl Greenberg- Social commerce is a symbiotic activity between platforms like Facebook and Twitter and traditional and mobile e-commerce. The question for marketers is how many … Read the whole story 
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                                            CONFERENCE
                                        
                                     by- IBM has launched a campaign for what it calls "Smarter Commerce," described as a "new category" addressing "the spectrum of enterprise commerce activities -- … Read the whole story