Articles filed under Washington Post
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How ThredUp could be changing the clothing resale businessNov 28, 2015 5:45 am - James Reinhart built his secondhand clothing e-commerce site, ThredUp, based on a simple thesis: Women don't wear more than 50 percent of the clothes in their closet. An...
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Meet Tally, a new robot that scans store aislesNov 28, 2015 5:00 am - As long as consumers love low prices a trend will continue: the evaporation of the human employee. Recently, a Silicon Valley startup unveiled Tally, a robot designed to...
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Wal-Mart pushes the start of its Cyber Monday sale to Sunday eveningNov 27, 2015 5:43 am - For Wal-Mart shoppers, Cyber Monday will come several hours early this year. The world's largest retailer plans to kick off its online deals bonanza at 7 p.m. Sunday, a ...
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Ever wondered about pinkeye?Nov 27, 2015 5:00 am - One of the most common phone calls I get is from a parent whose son or daughter woke up with pinkeye. In most cases, the whites of the eyes have turned slightly pink (h...
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Big-time college athletics spend big money as fast as it comes inNov 26, 2015 5:31 am - AUBURN, Ala. - In September, Auburn University's football stadium debuted one of the largest video boards in North America. At just shy of 11,000 square feet, the high-d...
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Starbucks: We will donate a seedling for every bag of coffee purchasedNov 26, 2015 4:15 am - Starbucks Corp. is trying out the buy-one, give-one model embraced by startups like Toms Shoes and Warby Parker. The chain will donate a coffee tree to farmers for every...
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Now is the time for pre-holiday-season conditioningNov 23, 2015 4:45 am - We're fast approaching the time of year when healthful eating is tossed aside for handfuls of candy, gut-busting turkey dinners and endless holiday parties. It gets har...
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The problems veterans face in the professional workplaceNov 22, 2015 6:12 am - Corporate America loves hiring veterans. Part good strategy (think valuable technical and leadership skills), part good finance (think tax incentives) and part good P.R....
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Advice on managing a new generation, from the head of HR at FacebookNov 22, 2015 5:39 am - Back in 2008, Lori Goler, then a marketing executive at eBay, placed a call to Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and asked her a simple question: "What is...
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Start-up sells used cars as if they were candy barsNov 22, 2015 5:15 am - Tucked between the Nashville, Tenn., Armory and a car repair shop sits what is essentially the world's biggest vending machine. There are no candy bars. No chips. And y...