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Chapter 11 Watch: Austin Reed Bids Farewell, Staples Plots A New Course

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brands like apparel retailer Austin Reed, though, the weight of all that financial baggage is too much to crawl out from under. The Baltimore Sun is reporting that the Mars brand, which operates 13 stores across Maryland, will be selling off five of its locations and shuttering the remaining eight. For some U.K.

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Zillow Brings Fast Cash Home Selling Platform To South Florida

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“We’re on a mission to transform real estate by creating a seamless experience through Zillow Offers — no more open houses or worrying about when your home will sell,” Zillow Brand President Jeremy Wacksman said in the release. Upcoming locations include Austin, Texas; Cincinnati, Ohio; Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, and more.

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Uber Eats Teams With Costcutter In The UK

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CSG retailers have the ability to sign up for the platform with multiple regional roadshows to take place throughout the country in the weeks to come to show the app. The function was tested in San Diego, Phoenix, Austin, Texas and Dallas. head of restaurant brand marketing, told USA Today per past reports.

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Rescuing The Restaurant Business From App Decline

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The internet “and its many apps, online reviews, and socially viral communication speeds will continue to disrupt restaurant industry traffic, revenues, brands, and survivability even more over the next decade,” Christopher Baron of RedBaron Consulting, told Modern Restaurant Management. Fahmy doesn’t see DineVite competing with other apps.

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4 winners and losers from the American Banker Digital Banking 2018 Conference

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But what’s concerning me more than the gulf between big banks’ and community/regional banks’ digital adoption is the growing disconnect between bank strategy and digital strategy in community and regional banks. Austin is home to Malauzai , Q2, 22 fintech startups and FinTech supporter Austin Capital Bank , so it’s a great choice.

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Does Recent Bad News for Bikes and Scooters Foreshadow Something Bigger?

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The Asia Pacific region has the most employees outside of China, so job cuts there were the first step in the consolidation process. SXSW is the big annual music-technology-branding-and-networking event in Austin, TX, and it takes place this year from Friday (March 8) to March 17. Lyft Layoffs.

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Thoughts from American Banker Retail Banking Conference 2015

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This last week the American Banker Retail Banking Conference 2015 was going on in Austin, TX. A recent study found that despite problems with megabank perception, 73% of those asked said a recognizable brand was important in choosing a financial institution. There were a couple of overarching themes throughout the event.