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Here are this week's top research briefs.

Today, a new generation of disruptive brands are shaking up retail — direct-to-consumer e-commerce companies that build, market, sell, and ship their products themselves, without middlemen.

The EY-Parthenon Digital Investment Index: How Companies Are Driving Returns From Digital Transformation

The EY-Parthenon Digital Investment Index (DII) analyzes how leading companies are investing in digital and outlines key lessons for digital transformation success.

Market research is changing as emerging tech enables new ways to gather and analyze consumer data. We dig into the industry’s transformation and look at what comes next.

From mortgages to robo-advisors to trading software, here’s how fintech companies are unbundling Bank of America’s front office.

Startups in 44 US states plus DC are applying artificial intelligence tech across industries like marketing, healthcare, retail, and more.

Manufacturers have accelerated the adoption of AR/VR, no-code, and cobot solutions to augment front-line workers.

Using CB Insights’ Business Relationships data, we map out and analyze the growing number of partnerships between fintech and insurtech companies.

We look at how the fintech lender is taking on credit cards amid surging e-commerce activity — and where it might encounter challenges.