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When Target decided to revamp its retail model in 2014 after Brian Cornell became CEO, it bet very heavily on owned-and-operated brands. That was a switch from selling name-brand merchandise and it involved the chain — especially in the clothing space — cutting its ties with some big brands to launch its own.  In some…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTelsa Cybertruck at the reopened Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California, July 1, … [+] 2020.(Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images GM began sales of the Hummer H2 in 2002 to howls from detractors. The Sierra Club…

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Welcome, friends, to TechCrunch’s Week in Review (WiR), the newsletter where we recap the week that was in tech. For those new to WiR, think of it as a digest of stories and pieces that topped the charts over the past five days or so. In this week’s edition of WiR, we cover researchers figuring…

Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinFrequent travelers have likely experienced a dreaded check-in process that included a long line to visit the check-in kiosk. Even worse is finally getting to the kiosk, only to have the system freeze or crash. Alaska Airlines wants to change that by removing the check-in kiosk altogether and adding…

Tax evasion, money laundering and other financial crimes are massive, costly issues. In 2021, the Internal Revenue Service estimated that the U.S. loses $1 trillion a year due to tax evasion alone. IVIX thinks AI can help with that. The Tel Aviv–based startup uses AI, machine learning and public databases of business activity to help…