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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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B2B Finance As A Service Tops This Week’s VC List

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Based in Austin, Consero provides businesses with a Finance as a Service suite of solutions: outsourced CFO and bookkeeping services, combined with its financial management platform SIMPL. The company secured $50 million in private equity funding from BV Investment Partners, Built In Austin said this week. Consero Global.

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eyeQ Raises $3.5 Million In Series A

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Shopper intelligence platform eyeQ announced that it has secured $3.5 The Austin-based company claims that its displays have proven to drive customer engagement and help increase in-store sales by as much as 38 percent. million in a Series A funding round to further develop its in-store display technology.

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The Changing Omnichannel Expectations Of Consumers

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About a year ago, Gap expanded its loyalty offering away from its branded card and into a general admission product that offers consumers points regardless of how they pay.The multi-tender loyalty program allows customers to earn points for every dollar spent across the Gap, Banana Republic , Old Navy and Athleta brands.

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Mobile Checkout Finds Fresh Fuel From 7-Eleven

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In some cases, brands like Loblaw and Nike are letting shoppers use their mobile phones to pay for their purchases at physical stores. The Austin, Texas-based company provides software to organizers of large and small events. Other Mobile Pushes. Look for more mobile checkout efforts before the year is up.

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America’s Got Talent: Attracting It is the Challenge

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AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center | Austin, TX | 8:30 a.m. - >> Secure your spot now! Springer Endowed Chair of Business Leadership at Villanova University, will explore strategies for strengthening a brand story and making employee attraction a competitive advantage. Quinetta Roberson , Ph.D.,

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Netspend CEO On Making The B2B Pivot

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Instead, Netspend’s core strength is in the provisioning of financial services like cards, mobile wallets and the compliant and secure movement of money. But Knutson said the company is happy to hand over the front-end consumer interaction and life-cycle marketing activities to partner brands. A New Partnership In Major League Soccer.

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