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Facebook Opens New Boston Office

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Facebook , which is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, opened a new office this week in Boston. The company had kept a small presence in Boston, in a small space by a Dunkin Donuts in South Station, and grew to about 200 employees working on projects like a Wi-Fi finder and the safety check feature.

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Rinse Clothing Service Raises $14M To Expand To Boston, Chicago And Beyond

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Rinse has a solution for both, and thanks to a $14 million Series B funding round led by Partech, it’s taking that solution to two new cities: Boston and Chicago. Everyone needs clean clothes, and those working in the industry have to make a living. The solution is simple, but that doesn’t mean it was easy.

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Sephora’s High-Tech Chicago Outpost

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Sephora is expanding its Beauty TIP Workshop store format to Chicago — with some fancy new high tech flourishes added. The beauty brand currently has similar locations in Boston, San Francisco and Toronto. How much could there possibly be to learn?

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Mastercard And BJ’s To Offer A ‘Priceless’ Boston Experience

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Boston doesn’t quite make it into the top tier of U.S. and Chicago, but what it does offer in history, culture and sports draws tourists from across the country. cities, like New York, L.A. New England likes to take care of its own, though, and Mastercard and BJ’s are doing what they can to make that happen. The prize?

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Why A Chicago Startup Is Tying Its Future To Physical Retail

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And adapting to those evolutions – and following them through, ” The Tie Bar CEO Allyson Lewis noted in an interview Lewis is how the eCommerce Tie Bar brand made a full migration to permanent physical stores — now up and running in Boston, Chicago and New York. Because those locations are profitable — in more ways than one.

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Coronavirus Refunds: Jimmy Buffett Fans To Get Reimbursement Option For Tour

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The concert at Charlotte, North Carolina’s PNC Music Pavilion has been rescheduled to April 24, 2021 and the concert at the Boston, Massachusetts Xfinity Center has been rescheduled for Aug. Jimmy Buffett and The Coral Reefer Band are making new dates for stops on their Slack Tide Tour, according to an announcement.

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Grubhub Launches Relief Fund To Aid Restaurants, Drivers

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Mayors from New York City, Chicago, Boston and Portland are participating in a program where Grubhub will suspend the collection of up to $100 million in commission payments from restaurants across the country. The company is working with leaders to find the best ways to support the community, Grubhub said.