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Amazon Is Building A Traditional Supermarket In LA

PYMNTS

Reports from Seattle and California say the company is adding a new format and expanding beyond its Amazon Go and Whole Foods brands. Although Amazon hasn’t commented, the strategy seems to be aimed at getting Amazon aligned with a more mass market customer segment than its other retail brands. And the antagonist, per usual, is Amazon.

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Zappos Takes To The Road To Thank Customers

PYMNTS

Online footwear and apparel company Zappos is packing up the car, hitting the road — all to become “friends with benefits” with its customers. The Las Vegas-headquartered company kicks off the road show in Austin, Tex., On its website, the company showcases millions of products from more than 1,000 clothing and shoe brands.

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Today’s Gig Worker Special: Restaurants As Co-working Spaces

PYMNTS

With a happy medium in mind, Chakka and Gentchev identified an opportunity to work with local businesses that had free space, noticing there were many beautiful restaurants in Austin that were closed during the day. As these restaurants were created for community, they make ideal spaces for remote workers. The Brand Awareness Pla y.

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

PYMNTS

Just ask Carvana, the leading online automotive seller and a major force in changing the way people buy cars. According to Carvana Chief Brand Officer Ryan Keeton, opening new markets brings an uptick in overall business. “We billion, on an 82 percent increase in retail sales. Apparently that will get you in trouble on the Street.

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This Week In Insurance Tech: Gojek Rolls Out Online Insurance, Blockchain-Enabled Insurance Tests, AXA Partners with ClassPass

CB Insights

The Zebra , an Austin-based home and auto insurance comparison site, announced its $38.6M Laka , a London-based community-driven insurance technology company, raised $4.7M Indonesian ride-hailing giant GoJek announced the official rollout of its online insurance offering, Go-Sure, that had been in beta since October 2019.

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Thoughts from American Banker Retail Banking Conference 2015

Celent Banking

This last week the American Banker Retail Banking Conference 2015 was going on in Austin, TX. The conference was full of community bankers discussing evolving business models and the pressures its placing on their ability to gather deposits. How do community banks grow deposits in a climate of shrinking deposit share?

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SourceMedia’s Small Business Banking Conference Show – No Shortage of Innovation

William Mills

Customer experience, automation, machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), ease of use, flexibility – all of these were part of the discussions at this year’s SourceMedia’s Small Business Banking Conference in Austin, Texas. In fact, 97 percent of online applications are abandoned by the customer, according to Forrester.