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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. Independent restaurants are the lifeblood of our cities and feed our communities,” said Grubhub CEO Matt Maloney.

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Saving Main Street: How A Business School Is Helping Toronto SMB Retailers

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A partnership was born, and the students could then help retailers get onto the Shopify program and generate precious revenue. Next, Carder developed a plan to unleash the students, who have digital marketing and product management skills, to the retail community along with partnerships in their belts from Google, Facebook and Shopify.

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Market For Distributed Farms That Grow Popular Fungi ‘Mushrooms’ In New York

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But one startup hopes to change that paradigm by bringing a more compact concept of a farm into New York City. When you make it super easy to farm something, it becomes a whole new business opportunity for a community. There’s a million things you can do with it.”. The Business Model.

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And Then There Were 20 — The Amazon HQ2 Finalists

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Austin, Boston, New York and D.C. Amazon first solicited proposals for its new HQ2 in September 2017. Boston, Massachusetts. Newark, New Jersey. New York City, New York. all made the cut, as did some surprises like Columbus, Ohio. Austin, Texas. Chicago, Illinois. Columbus, Ohio.

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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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Smart Watches, Run Hubs And New Balance’s Retail Reset Button

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Boston-based athletic company New Balance has a simple mission: to become the world’s best running brand. Said simply, New Balance is rethinking athletic footwear retail — how to sells shoes, where to sell shoes and how to carry on its relationship with its customers across channels — and in between sneaker replacements.

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Club Monaco, Pop-Ups And Powering Enhanced Retail Experiences

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But at roughly the same time that Markle was modeling their wares at a royal gathering, Club Monaco was doing something designed to perhaps push an even greater “pop” for their retail presence than the enthusiasm of a princess (or, technically, duchess). Pop-up stores.

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