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Retail Pulse: Brookstone Files For Bankruptcy; Kroger Launches New Delivery Service

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Brookstone , a specialty retailer known for massage chairs and gadgets, used to be a must-see mall retailer. malls, Brookstone is now the latest major brick-and-mortar retailer to announce that it has filed for bankruptcy protection. Both have operations online under new owners, reported The Wall Street Journal.

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Community banks are thriving in Texas

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With the record growth of San Antonio, Houston and Austin, southern Texas is becoming a hub for business. The Houston metro took the 10th spot with a 20.3% It includes Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which is moving its headquarters to the Houston area. Photo by Dennis Burnett. By Mindy Charski. We take time for our customers.”.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

We worked with them with loans to buy equipment and vehicles for delivery and the beginning operational cash needs of the business,” Bunnell says. Rowland with Greg Bynum, president and chief operating officer. Wrentham Co-operative Bank. Marion, Ky. Asset size: $114 million. Ag lender score: 90.74. Rank in category: 18. “We

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The Return Of The Celebrity-Backed Brand

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Earlier this week, international media titan Oprah Winfrey announced an investment in True Food Kitchen , a healthy-eating startup based out of Houston. Dr. Andrew Weil and Phoenix restaurateur Sam Fox founded True Food Kitchen in 2008 and modeled it around Weil’s anti-inflammatory food pyramid.

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From AT&T To Xerox: 65 Corporate Innovation Labs

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Retail/Consumer Goods. Founded: 2008. Originally opened in 2008 by a group of Googlers who wanted someplace a bit more free-form to do their “20% work.” (“20% work” itself is a form of constant innovation: it’s the 20% of the workweek during which Google employees get to work on projects not directly connected to their core tasks.)