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Nestle, HelloFresh Give Meal Kits Second Wind In Stay-at-Home Economy

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But as the media keeps floating the possibility of 90+ percent effective vaccines coming to the market in the not-too-distant future, it’s becoming increasingly apparent that the end – although maybe not quite near just yet – is visible on the horizon. Consolidation in the Market. An Increasingly Crowded Field .

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Property Owners Energize Spaces With eSports

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In addition, city officials in Arlington, Texas repurposed a portion of a convention center to create an eSports stadium that is 100,000 square feet that opened in late 2018. The moves include partnerships with North American eSports teams as well as clinics for gaming for amateur players.

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Merger, Sale Among Ingredients For Meal-Kit Maker Blue Apron

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And retailers such as Kroger and Albertsons, through acquisitions of other meal-kit companies, have grown their own operations. In an attempt to stave off losses, Blue Apron has cut marketing in recent quarters. HelloFresh surpassed Blue Apron in terms of the number of customers served in 2018. million in sales and a net loss of $21.9

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Mall Chain Owner Considering Selling Off Its Malls

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The Cleveland-based firm says that it is “reviewing strategic alternatives for its retail portfolio.” According to Chain Store Age , this could mean shifting or significantly reducing its investment in the mall and retail center industry to instead focus on apartments and office buildings.

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Blue Apron Sheds Customers, Eyes Brick-and-Mortar Push

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“Following an assessment of our operational structure in light of this progress, we identified an opportunity to further optimize our processes by transferring a substantial portion of our production volume from our Arlington, Texas facility to our largest and most efficient facility in Linden, New Jersey.”.

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Grocery Tracker: Discount Games

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Whole Foods’ market cap was estimated at over $9.7 Costco stock was up as well for the week, hitting a high over $176 on Friday morning, with a market cap over $77 billion. and a market cap over €26 billion (over $27.6 Retail brands and partners for Shopkick include Best Buy, Clorox, Nestle and Starbucks, among others.

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Bringing In Future Residents With Pop-Up Hotels

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Developers face a challenge when they open the doors to a new high-rise luxury apartment building: How do they fill all of the units that have suddenly come onto the market? That was the case with WhyHotel’s building in the Pentagon City neighborhood of Arlington, VA, just outside of Washington, D.C. metropolitan market.

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