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Hurricane Florence’s Retail Punch

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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. billion in consumer and retail sales (including restaurants) were lost to Irma, while Hurricane Harvey cost businesses around $1 billion.

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From AT&T To Xerox: 65 Corporate Innovation Labs

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Retail/Consumer Goods. 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. Retail/Consumer Goods. This post is broken up into sections.