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Amazon Plans Whole Foods Expansions In Closed Sears Stores

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The recent woes of Sears and other struggling retailers are seen as an opportunity for the online retail giant. that the company is visiting sites of now defunct retail spaces. Those cities include Birmingham, Colorado Springs, Long Island, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Tacoma and Tulsa.

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Why Goodwill Regions Are Tapping Into Digital Marketplaces

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Goodwill San Antonio eCommerce Manager Michael Anthony Morse said in the announcement that the tie-up has given the organization exposure and helps it work toward its mission. The partnership between OfferUp and Upright Labs has allowed Goodwill San Antonio to reach a national audience on the OfferUp marketplace,” he said.

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Majority Of Consumers Want Digital Coupons, Rewards From Grocers

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H-E-B is not only the neighborhood grocery store for many communities in Texas: It’s also an eCommerce retailer with digital features to better reach its customers. The grocer has brought curbside pickup to cities such as San Antonio, Waco and Houston, while rolling out delivery from Shipt and Instacart.

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Community banks are thriving in Texas

Independent Banker

With the record growth of San Antonio, Houston and Austin, southern Texas is becoming a hub for business. increase, while the San Antonio metro, up 19.4%, ranked 12th. Those in south central Texas, which includes San Antonio, supported an estimated 211,000 jobs and contributed nearly $25.2 By Mindy Charski.

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

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billion, on an 82 percent increase in retail sales. That is the most organic growth of any automotive retailer ever in the U.S. Miami is Carvana’s 24th car vending machine location to date — joining Nashville, San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Dallas, Raleigh, Jacksonville, Tampa, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., Ontario (L.A.),

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

Paulina Gonzalez, Executive Director, California Reinvestment Coalition, San Francisco, CA. Retail Bank, Citibank, New York, NY. Chi Chi Wu, Staff Attorney, National Consumer Law Center, Boston, MA. Ricardo Ledezma, Corporate Compliance Assurance Manager, San Antonio Federal Credit Union, San Antonio, TX.

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Chapter 11 Watch: Sears Watch, Restaurant Woes And Kim Kardashian’s Bodyguard

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as one of seven major retailers who could face bankruptcy over the next two years, Sears CEO Eddie Lampert apparently felt the need to write a public blog post stating that the company had no plans to shut its Kmart stores , despite rumors to the contrary. A week after a report from Fitch Ratings named Sears Holding Corp.