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Grubhub Launches Relief Fund To Aid Restaurants, Drivers

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Grubhub, along with the leaders of major cities, has launched a relief effort for independent restaurants that are adversely affected by the coronavirus , according to a release from the company. Independent restaurants are the lifeblood of our cities and feed our communities,” said Grubhub CEO Matt Maloney.

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Retail Pulse: Nike Opens Atlanta SNKRS Pop-Up; FAO Schwarz Plans London Store

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Beyond the pop-up shop, the retailer is opening a “Studio of Dreams” Super Bowl Content Studio on the same block. The news comes a few months after Nike opened a digitally-powered flagship in New York City. In Other Brick-And-Mortar News. It makes that purchasing much easier.”

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SMB Profile: Looking Forward To Christmas In Connecticut

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On March 24, on what would have usually been a busy day at the start of spring, the state ordered all nonessential retail shops on the green to shut down, as the pandemic crept its way north from New York City and south from Boston. That day was the start of a harrowing three-month retail lockdown.

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Can ‘Elective’ Fees Work For Retail Banks?

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In a new PYMNTS interview, Andrei Cherny, CEO at Aspiration Bank, shares with Karen Webster his experience in building this new retail banking concept over the last four years. What we’ve really done is create this category of socially conscious, sustainable retail banking that really didn’t exist before,” Cherny said. “We

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And Then There Were 20 — The Amazon HQ2 Finalists

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The finalists are in, and Amazon has chosen its list of the 20 cities still in the running to be the home of its second headquarters (HQ2), according to Bloomberg reports. Austin, Boston, New York and D.C. Amazon first solicited proposals for its new HQ2 in September 2017. Boston, Massachusetts.

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Le Pain Quotidien Is Latest Food Chain To File For Bankruptcy

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More than half of its revenue came from the New York City area, according to a court filing. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware that COVID-19 exacerbated the company’s struggles with competition and a lack of online ordering, the news service reported. restaurants to reopen, but the rest are at risk.

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Entrepreneurial Upscale Chefs Are Plating Recovery Plans

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After cherished Boston dining spot, Stella, closed its doors due to pandemic losses, chef and owner Evan Deluty couldn’t let the dream die — or his heavenly preparations disappear — and has reinvented Stella as a gourmet food truck. In New York City, still considered the epicenter of COVID infection in the U.S.

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