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Whole Foods’ 500th Store Features Eateries

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Whole Foods Market South Region President Bobby Turner said, according to the outlet, “Whole Foods Market Midtown will be a true gathering space for the community.” The store is also set to host social, health and wellness and culinary community events.

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Walmart Wants To Add $250 Billion In US-Made Products By 2023

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Walmart wants to add $250 billion worth of Made in the USA products to its stores by 2023, an ambitious plan the retail giant says will add 1 million new American-based manufacturing and support jobs as well. Harold Sirkin, senior partner and managing director at the Boston Consulting Group, who presented a forum on U.S.

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The Mall Food Court’s Hall Transformation

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Rouse’s communications director, Robert Rubenkonig, said in a 2004 Shopping Centers Today story that the developer sought to create “community picnics” with the concept. The number of food halls is set to rise: There were only 25 American food halls in 2010, per the Post. They’re open areas — a great idea that stuck,” he said.

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Talking in a Digital World

Independent Banker

Customer contact centers are reshaping retail service for the technology age. Increasingly, more digitally connected consumers are saying yes to that question with their community bank. For many community banks, telephone calls still generate the highest volumes of customer service interactions. Bob Meara, retail banking expert.

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The Future Of Housing: From Home Building To City Planning, Tech Giants & Startups Are Reimagining Where & How We Live

CB Insights

These companies are advancing a variety of construction methods to build ambitious development projects that reimagine everything from the wood used in homes to the ways we think about private vs. communal space. Blokable was founded by Aaron Holm, who formerly spearheaded physical retail efforts at Amazon. Table of contents.

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From AT&T To Xerox: 65 Corporate Innovation Labs

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Retail/Consumer Goods. Founded: 2010. Originally founded as Sun Microsystems Laboratories, it was rebranded Oracle Labs after their acquisition in 2010. Retail/Consumer Goods. This post is broken up into sections. Click on a vertical to jump to it. Technology. Telecommunications. Auto/Aerospace. Consulting/Advisory.

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121 Of The Biggest, Costliest Startup Failures Of All Time

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Steering the ship — handling all of the engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and retailing, even when you’re taking 90 percent of the subsequent profits — was ultimately too expensive of a proposition, especially in comparison to other, less-handholding-oriented start-ups. via Beta Boston. ” via Boston Globe. via Forbes.

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