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Fleet Feet: Running Shoe Retailer Sprints With Technology

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The Carrboro, North Carolina-based chain has used its technology-first strategy to get, keep and grow its customer base – even while its stores were shut down early in the pandemic. Despite its 37 -state footprint, Werder noted that Fleet Feet thinks of itself as both a national brand and a community retailer.

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Viettel Will Debut Commercial 5G Services

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Viettel, for its part, has over 110 million clients in 11 nations, including Peru, Hati and Cambodia. Richard Burr from North Carolina and Mark Warner from Virginia have put forward a bill to push back against the dominance of China in 5G by offering to subsidize firms in the U.S. that are working on the innovation.

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Lowe’s Customers Renovate With Microsoft’s HoloLens

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In-store retailers have been bullish on virtual reality for years, even if their plans for how to integrate it into their stores have been vague at best. However, one of the nation’s largest home improvement chains may have finally figured out a way to make it happen.

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Reimagining The Bar Experience Without The Booze 

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It is not quite fair to say that America has become a nation of teetotalers or is even well on their way to becoming one. The gradual shift away from drinking as a central social activity has also created an entrepreneurial opportunity for innovators looking to fill a vacancy. percent loss in sales.

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Red Robin Looks To Balance Respecting Its Roots With Embracing The Digital Future

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The truck started its national tour in Washington State, where the brand began, and will hit Oregon, California, Arizona, North Carolina, New York, Michigan, Oklahoma and Colorado before ending in early April. And there’s more to come in 2019 – though what that will entail remains to be seen.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

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Retail Bank, Citibank, New York, NY. Arjan Schutte, Founder and Managing Partner, Core Innovation Capital, Los Angeles, CA. Chi Chi Wu, Staff Attorney, National Consumer Law Center, Boston, MA. Hughes, Senior Vice President and Director of Mortgage and Retail Lending, First Federal Savings Bank of Twin Falls, Twin Falls, IA.

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The 2019 GonzoBanker Awards

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So many miles to go, retail bankers! It is an innovator with tech (e.g., In a mature credit cycle with a tough yield cure, Chase is still growing retail revenue a 7+% and mobile banking users by 12+%. The workplace a millennial will most confuse with Silicon Valley – Live Oak Bank in North Carolina.

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