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Top News in Payments: Uber Halts Upfront Pricing in CA; Amex Cleared To Operate In China

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In today’s top news, Uber drops upfront pricing in California in response to the state’s new gig economy law, and the central bank in China said it accepted an American Express application to start working in the country. California Gig Decree Prompts Uber To Halt Upfront Pricing. Grubhub Mulls Sale As Market Share Drops.

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Nestlé Expands Into Coffee Market, Acquires Blue Bottle

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California coffee chain Blue Bottle has just been slurped up by Nestlé, the world’s largest food and drinks company, based in Switzerland. by adding Blue Bottle to its holdings, a robust portfolio including the Nespresso coffee capsule and Nescafé brands. Nestlé paid $500 million for a 68 percent majority stake.

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Building A Delivery Market For Cannabis … Carefully

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Which means the team at Eaze is ready to innovate for the next phase of the market: when cannabis becomes just like any other consumer good. Former CEO Keith McCarty noted in an interview with Recode, that he expects the market to go much the way the alcohol market did. There are no Eaze drivers because they don’t have drivers.

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How Hims Taps eCommerce To Take Taboo Out Of Millennial Male Health

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Founded a little over a year ago, Hims seeks to tap the millennial male market by offering up skincare solutions, hair-loss products and erectile dysfunction medication (specifically, a generic form of Viagra) online. Mens health and personal care startup Hims offers up a pretty straightforward business proposition.

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Chapter 11 Watch: Hockey Chain Put On Ice, California Livin’ Goes Bust In Hong Kong

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Brick-and-mortar retail will forever remember the day that Nintendo released Pokémon GO , a mobile game that has caused millions of millennials to suddenly discover outside again. Not every brand that closes its doors did so last week in infamy, though. Store Closures. ” Layoffs. And just in case merchants in the U.K.

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Target’s Rapid Reset

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Model and social media celebrity Chrissy Teigen is, in many ways, the perfect brand partner for Target, as evidenced by her recent review of her new kitchen and cookware lines. Unlike her competitor for the title of Generations X’s Martha Stewart, Gwyneth Paltrow, Teigen has built a brand around being accessibly aspirational.

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Coachella’s Contextual Commerce: The Good, The Bad And The Flower Crown Ugly

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” Retailers have come to recognize the incredible marketing opportunity presented by the multi-weekend music festival in Southern California. Todd Smith, president and CMO at Sonic, told MarketWatch that this campaign comes from the company’s long experience with the millennial demographic. Is it though?