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American Dream Megamall Announces First Shops To Open In Spring

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Some of the brands set to open include Aritzia, Zara, Sephora, H&M, Uniqlo, Primark, Ulta Beauty and Old Navy. The project’s decades-long timeline has been shaped by changes in the retail landscape in recent years, as the megamall’s 2004 conception came at a time when eCommerce giant Amazon was just getting off the ground.

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Grubhub Offers Eateries $30M In Promo Support During COVID-19

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Grubhub is donating its services to oversee the ordering and delivery operation. Grubhub was founded by Maloney, Jason Finger and Mike Evans in 2004 and filed an initial public offering in 2014. The Grubhub portfolio of brands includes Grubhub, Seamless, LevelUp, Tapingo, Eat24, AllMenus and MenuPages.

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Sears Files For Bankruptcy; To Close 142 Stores

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The bankruptcy filing is the culmination of years of effort on the part of Sears and chief executive officer Eddie Lampert to turn the company the billionaire acquired in 2004 around. Sears, over the years, has sold the Craftsman brand and is mulling an offer for the Kenmore appliance brand , noted Reuters.

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Ant Financial Buys WorldFirst In $700M Deal

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Since launching in 2004, the publication noted that the company has transferred $90 billion for customers. Quin added that WorldFirst will maintain its brand under the deal. WorldFirst had recently seen low to declining growth because of this,” an unnamed executive operating in the remittance industry told the news outlet.

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Why Does The Path To Retail Innovation Go Through So Many Labs?

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Innovation is one of the keys to advancement — and that increasingly means opening tech hubs, incubators and other such operations. Retailers and brands regularly announced their intention to up their game — and provide those treasured consumer experiences instead of mere transactions. Lab Changes.

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Singapore Enterprise Buys TGI Friday’s; Capgemini Acquires Altran 

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Universal Success operates Outback Steakhouse restaurants in Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. The TGI Friday’s brand will continue in India following the ownership change, The Economic Times reported on Monday (Sept.

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When QSRs Think Really Outside The Box In The Innovation Race

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The drive-thru window, for example, first met the market in 1947 when it was introduced to the world by Sheldon “Red” Chaney, operator of Red’s Giant Hamburg in Springfield, Missouri. The concept was invented by a Guatemalan McDonald’s franchise operator, Yolanda Fernández de Cofiño, in the mid-70s.