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Fighting—and Winning—Above Your Company’s Weight Class

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While any retail travel agency can easily book a holiday, my client customizes by choosing the right flights, taking care of check-in for those flights, calling the hotel ahead to confirm the room and ensuring that its patrons receive special treatment. This article was published in February 2014 and has been updated.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

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In her mid-20s, Taja Dockendorf founded Pulp+Wire, a full-service consumer packaging, branding and marketing agency. Pulp+Wire is a 100 percent female-founded and -owned agency that Dockendorf has grown year after year. Los Angeles based CEO and founder Erik Huberman launched Hawke Media in 2014. Taja Dockendorf. Paul Epstein.

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Getting what you pay for: How Amazon’s membership fee retains customer loyalty

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In fact, according to Brand Key, a loyalty consulting agency, Amazon’s ratings dropped from 93% to 83% two days following the hike. The annual rate will be $99 when your membership renews on August 1, 2014. Even as fuel and transportation costs have increased, the price of Prime has remained the same for nine years.