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Starship Technologies Rolls Out Robotic Food Delivery In Arizona

PYMNTS

Amid increasing demand for contactless delivery, Starship Technologies has rolled out a robot food delivery offering in Tempe, Arizona. each day in a geofenced area near Arizona State University that encompasses multiple eateries and a residential neighborhood. to 8:30 p.m.

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JD Sports Purchases California-Based Shoe Palace

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Overall cash consideration for the purchase of the company is $325 million, which is subject to “customary cash/debt and working capital adjustments,” of which $100 million has been deferred and will be paid on different dates over the 12 months to come. Through this combination with JD and Finish Line in the U.S.,

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Commercial Credit Trends – Where to Tread Carefully

South State Correspondent

This data is critical for pricing, capital allocation, and marketing. As can be seen, Arizona and Texas have the largest increases in credit risk, while Minnesota and Maine are the most stable. In terms of absolute probabilities of default, Arizona, Texas, and Georgia are the three riskiest states in terms of likelihood of default.

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Robinhood's Newest Funding Round Grows To $660M

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Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz and 9Yards Capital are among some of the backers providing the new funds. The funding highlights investors' interest to provide funds to the firm at a time when it has seen the rewards of higher trading activity on the part of retail traders amid the pandemic.

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Retail Pulse: Stop & Shop To Deploy Autonomous Vehicles; Chico’s FAS Plans To Close 250 Stores

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Grocers are using autonomous vehicles to help bring fresh food to the doorsteps of consumers, and news came this week that another retailer plans to use the technology: Approximately one month after Kroger announced that it had started to use autonomous vehicles in Arizona, Stop & Shop is intending to use them in the Bay State.

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Paradox Hits $1.5B Valuation For Its Conversational Recruiting Software — Its Competitors In The Recruiting Chatbot Space Include GrayScale, Eightfold.ai, And Mya Systems

CB Insights

Paradox , a provider of conversational recruiting software, has raised $200M in Series C round that drew participation from DLA Piper Venture Fund, Brighton Park Capital, Blue Cloud Ventures, and Workday Ventures, among others. Arizona-based Paradox automates candidate recruiting, hiring, and onboarding processes. Want the full post?

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The Evolving State Of The Restaurant And Delivery Industries

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2019: The year students at George Mason University in Virginia and Northern Arizona University started getting food delivered by robots. 100M: Amount of a capital fundraising round DoorDash closed on in November. All this, Today in Data. 899B: Value that restaurant industry sales are projected to reach in 2020.

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