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Uber Freight To Invest $200M To Set Up Shop In Chicago

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Uber Freight has announced that it is investing $200 million to “put down roots” in Chicago. Chicago is consistently at the forefront of innovation, from building America’s foundational transportation systems and its first skyscraper, to fostering world-class universities and research centers.

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Retail Pulse: Google Mulls Chicago Flagship; Sam’s Club Repurposed For eCommerce

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The company is reportedly looking to bring a two-story flagship store to the Windy City, according to the Chicago Tribune. The plans are not set in stone, but the paper reported that Google is “close to finalizing a lease” for multiple conjoined brick buildings in the city’s Fulton Market neighborhood. Time will tell.

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Verizon Activates 5G In Chicago And Minneapolis, More Cities To Follow This Year

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Verizon has activated its 5G wireless network in Chicago and Minneapolis, the company announced on Wednesday (April 3), and it plans to roll it out to 30 more markets by the end of the year, according to a report by CNBC. AT&T has plans to release its own 5G network, and it’s currently marketing it with the 5G+ Network brand.

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How Cashierless Checkout Can Power Brand Marketing Experiences

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Cashierless stores aren’t just for mega retailers like Amazon to sell prepared food from their kitchens or products from other producers: Beverage brands, among other companies, are getting into the action and choosing this checkout experience for stores that showcase their own products IRL (“in real life”) as a marketing tool.

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7-Eleven Launches Beer Delivery In Select US Markets

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” According to Fortune , the company will test the service in 18 markets: Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas-Ft. .” ” According to Fortune , the company will test the service in 18 markets: Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas-Ft.

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PLI 24th Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute, Chicago session – 25% discount available

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The second presentation of PLI’s 24th Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute will take place in Chicago on May 20-21, 2019. I am very pleased that the Chicago program will feature the following attorneys from these agencies: Thomas Pahl, CFPB, Policy Associate Director, Division of Research, Markets & Regulations.

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Amazon Plans To Expand Grocery Stores Across The US

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Expect to see its conventional checkout grocery stores open in Seattle, California, Chicago and Washington, D.C, Today, there are 26 locations in Seattle, New York, Chicago and San Francisco, though several are temporarily closed. the Times reported. But Amazon points to its hundreds of thousands of U.S. billion, up 7.7

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