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If you truly love pizza, odds are you've fantasized about owning a pizza oven. Current has released its latest luxury smart home offering to homeowners and pizza lovers, the Model P Smart Pizza Oven, bringing pizzeria-style pizza to your kitchen or backyard. What sets the Model P apart is how approachable it makes great pizza. You don't need to be a pizzaiolo. You don't need to own a backyard. You just need a counter, an outlet, and a craving.
Unified Commerce: A Game Changer! Shoppers today want more than simple buys. See how Sephora, River Island, Ulta Beauty, and Bang & Olufsen use unified commerce—meeting 71% GenAI demand—to bridge physical and digital for seamless, captivating journeys. Read the white paper.
The bipartisan "Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow's Workforce Act" has been included in the federal tax bill (H.R. 1) following two years of in-person and ongoing lobbying by CEDIA. Hundreds of members have further amplified the effort by writing letters to their congressional representatives.
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Generative AI, or GenAI, is a nonstop topic of conversation in the retail business, whether the conversation dwells upon the recent rise of agentic artificial intelligence or the increasing abilities of AI to streamline supply chain operations.
Now, according to a recent and provocative Accenture survey, it appears that further discussions may be worthwhile.
TWICE is proud to hold its annual VIP Awards once again. The twelfth edition of the awards will celebrate the best features, design, and value that new products are bringing to consumers and give retailers and distributors a chance to honor difference-makers in their businesses.
Every VIP Award nominee will receive:
All entries will receive a fully licensed nominee badge to use in both digital and print promotions
Recognition in a special VIP entrant article on TWICE.com
Every VIP Award Winner will receive:
Coverage in the Sept. VIP Issue of TWICE, as well as on TWICE.com and the TWICE eNewsletter
A press release, social graphics, and digital banners, as well as a fully licensed winner's badge to aid in-house promotion
All of the winners' assets will be fully licensed and can be used both indefinitely and internationally on marketing materials, packaging, displays, etc
The entry deadline is Friday, June 20, by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.
Nebula has produced a reliable stream of projectors over the last few years, from portable models such as the four-star Anker Nebula Mars 3 Air to pricier purchases such as the Cosmos Laser 4K projector.
Now, Nebula, which is owned by Anker, is launching another 4K projector that it says is a "cinema-grade outdoor entertainment system".
I've been using the Galaxy Z Fold 6 as my daily driver since it came out last year, and while it's packed full of features, it still needs a few things to convince me it's the productivity powerhouse to beat. While I'm eager for the Galaxy Z Fold 7 to arrive sometime this summer to replace it, Samsung has me intrigued by its Galaxy Fold Ultra announcement.
