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Hurricane Florence’s Retail Punch

PYMNTS

The effect is pronounced enough that since 2004 Walmart has been stocking extra Strawberry PopTarts in its stores when a weather emergency is forecast because their sales spike every time. That pre-storm rush of commerce brought perhaps the expected pre-storm rush of the shady and greedy seeking out to take advantage of the alarmed.

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From AT&T To Xerox: 65 Corporate Innovation Labs

CB Insights

Founded: 2004. Founded in 2004, Amazon’s Lab 126 is responsible for innovations like the Kindle, Fire, and Echo. They’ve also got six foundry labs located around the world: Atlanta, Houston, Palo Alto, Plano, and Israel. These solutions have garnered them Red Dot Awards, Webbies, Singapore Good Design Marks, and more.