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How BNPL Is Helping BlackCool Boost Brand Awareness And Availability

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a lifestyle brand that offers apparel, accessories and fragrances as well as spirits and hand-rolled cigars. Registering And Extending Brand Appeal . Williform said he conceived BlackCool as a brand inspired by the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s that brings about a positive change for Black culture.

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Singapore’s TiffinLabs To Launch 1,000 Smart Kitchens For Food Delivery

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TiffinLabs opened in early 2019 and is operating some kitchens in Singapore, including digital-first restaurant brands Publico Pastabar and Hureideu – Korean Fried Chicken. Singapore Makan, which will showcase “the best of Singapore cuisine to the world,” is slated to be opened soon, the release states. and Europe.

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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. Houston, Dallas, Austin, Seattle, Miami, San Diego, Denver and New York are up next. Everyone needs clean clothes, and those working in the industry have to make a living.

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Tide Launches Omnichannel, On-Demand Laundry Service

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Tide, the laundry brand owned by CPG Detergent, is introducing a service called Tide Cleaners, an on-demand dry cleaning and laundry service, at 1,000 locations in cities across the country, according to reports. and Chicago, and around 350 new boxes are installed monthly. The app will notify customers when the laundry is ready.

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How A New Name Sparked An Unattended Retail Turnaround

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But the branding came across somewhat differently. The brand was widely accused of being culturally insensitive and appropriating the name of the very shops they were hoping to push out of business with their full-service vending machines. The Washington Post branded Bodega the most hated startup in America.

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Staples Jumps Into Same-Day Delivery

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Staples and Office Depot saw months of hard work go up in smoke when their long-expected merger was denied by regulators and both brands had to take long, hard looks in the mirror before deciding how to proceed. For Staples, the answer wasn’t to sulk around for months.

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More Retailers Are Checking Into Hotels In Search Of Innovation

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Luxury fitness brand Equinox is set next month to open its first hotel in New York City, “with more on the horizon in Seattle, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Santa Clara, Calif.,” As well, the furnishings brand RH, formerly known as Restoration Hardware, plans to open RH Guesthouse in New York in the fall.

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