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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Intel is the right company and brand to advance and scale Smart Edge’s software solution,” Kevin Shank, CEO of Pivot Technology, said in the post. We look forward to collaborating with Intel to develop and take to market many new edge computing use cases.”.

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JUNE 13, 2018

. “Amazon customer reviews have been very positive and we are two months ahead of schedule,” said Sears Automotive Vice President and General Manager Mike McCarthy in a statement. The market greeted news of the expansion positively: Shares of Sears jumped as high as 12 percent following the news in pre-market trading.

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MARCH 20, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic — and the resulting push for consumers to stay home and practice social distancing — has prompted many restaurants to halt table service and put new focus on eateries’ abilities to manage and fulfill delivery orders. Bamboo Asia Develops Inventory Management System To Coordinate Restaurant Supplies.

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MAY 29, 2018

billion from spending, executives of Kraft Heinz said it’s now time for growth and investment, The Chicago Tribune reported. More specifically, Chief Financial Officer David Knopf said the company plans to invest $800 million in capital expenditures, $300 million in its brands and workforce and $1.3 After cutting $1.7

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Two decades ago American Girl was one of the players that introduced the world to a whole new concept — experiential retail — the idea that a store isn’t just a place to hold goods, but to showcase an entire brand lifestyle. These days, the rest of the market has caught up to the idea, and the brand is slipping behind.

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JULY 30, 2020

As Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials and National Guard contingents settled into hotels in Butler’s client portfolio, his ghost kitchens cranked out and donated “just north of 175,000 meals,” Gjonbalic told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster in a recent chat. The concept is just this side of brilliant.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk implored the crowd to get beyond the marketing talk and stop marketing in the past. His point that Uber sells time (nobody wants to keep submitting payment) as much as transport was spot on, and he encouraged us to test our marketing campaigns and double down on what works. Two jumped out.

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

The company also announced Nina Barjesteh as the new marketing chief and the creation of a new position of chief customer officer. Rue21’s new strategy includes opening 40 new stores, giving 100 current stores a facelift and focusing on branding. Lampert wants to expand distribution and develop partnerships for the Sears brands.

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MARCH 11, 2020

This year we expect another year of market-leading growth. Noting that existing Carvana markets grew by 84 percent, he said, “The company’s four oldest markets each more than three years old grew by 50 percent and our oldest cohort of Atlanta grew by 18 percent. New Markets. In 2019, we increased GPU by $750.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Each Staples Connect store also has marketing and technology services, among other offerings. Peter Jelkeby, country retail manager and chief sustainability officer of the group’s division for the U.K. Foxtrot is currently based in Chicago and Dallas, but has plans to grow elsewhere. Mike Motz, CEO of Staples U.S.

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

Madewell , for instance, is teaming with thredUP for an offering called “The Madewell Archive,” which is described as a collection of its own branded jeans that it sourced from the reCommerce platform, and follows other recycling efforts from the company. The brand also rolled out a fair-trade denim capsule earlier in 2019.).

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JANUARY 30, 2020

eBay is further looking to compete with other sneaker storefronts via direct partnerships with several sneaker brands. Ridesharing giant Uber is also exploring new ways to expand its market footprint. The marketplace originally launched in Chicago two months before its Miami expansion. About the Playbook.

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JUNE 20, 2019

These are just some of the ways that companies are allowing consumers to place their orders for pick-up before they arrive at a brick-and-mortar restaurant location or for delivery by a driver via a digital platform: The mobile order-ahead market is expected to have a value of $38 billion by 2020.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

All in, around 200,000 of Cargill’s Honeysuckle White brand turkeys have codes on their packaging that consumers can use — via text message or on the Honeysuckle White website — to learn more about the complete history of the bird they are about to roast. Consumers want to know that the people who are raising it are good people,” Long said.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The eCommerce giant has reportedly been in talks with middle market pharmacy benefit managers to arrange a contract. The target market would be the uninsured and customers with high deductibles who pay cash for their prescription drugs. Good news for Amazon, but what does Kohl’s get out of the deal? In the U.S.,

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JULY 15, 2016

While VC favorite enterprise cybersecurity showed up on the scoreboard, investors also eyed startups that help businesses manage their employees and their business partners. Carrick Capital Partners led the investment, which will be used to help Bay Dynamics expand globally and continue to innovate in the cyberrisk management space.

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DECEMBER 26, 2020

But whatever boost from additional shopping retailers manage to wrangle this year, they are certainly due for an incredibly busy return season starting today, according to most reports. Retailers prefer shoppers return items in stores rather than ship them back because they can get items back on shelves more quickly.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

“We don’t truly know how big it could be, but, again, the location is fairly significant,” Peter Zeytoonjian, USOC managing director of marketing and consumer products, told SportsBusiness Daily when the store opened in December. In addition, brands are offering consumers replicas of uniforms that will be worn by the athletes.

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MARCH 25, 2015

According to Chicago-area law firm Momkus McCluskey LLC , common reasons for partnership and shareholder disputes include: • Allegations of breach of contract or allegations that company bylaws or guidelines were violated. Deadlocks among management over the future of the company (including succession) or other key decisions.

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JANUARY 21, 2020

Chang’s To Go location in Chicago that will focus on carryout, delivery and catering, with delivery offered through third-party services as well as the restaurant’s website and app. DoorDash commands 35 percent of the third-party delivery market. At the time, it was noted that Dynamic Yield enables over 300 brands in six continents.

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

Avant’s consumer-facing product is devised as a digital alternative to that market. The time has come, though, for that business line to step out and start building a real identity in the market all its own, according to Goldstein. This is the bank’s product backed up by our brand. A Better Option For Banks.

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AUGUST 6, 2018

Only a diamond can cut a diamond, as the adage goes, and a bit of friction can help brands sharpen up. Reports in the Chicago Tribune indicated that Kroger CIO Chris Hjelm was thinking that perhaps it was time to really re-evaluate Kroger’s total relationship with Visa. million units, and record-high market shares of 15.8

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AUGUST 2, 2017

The prevailing narrative predicts swaths of low-skilled service-sector workers overwhelming a job market that has fewer options for them than ever before. Louis grocery stores Schnuck Markets to check for items that need restocking, re-pricing due to error or re-shelving due to messy placement. If they can find it, that is.

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It has implications for everything from regulatory compliance and risk management to a bank’s ability to engender trust in its customers. Respondents also indicated a 23% increase in purchase intent for brands and companies with responsible data practices. Balancing marketing personalization with data privacy. Did you know?

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JULY 20, 2018

It was only four months ago that Chef’d CEO Kyle Ransford predicted that big changes were coming to the meal kit market in a conversation with Karen Webster , and that meal kit providers were going to need to seriously update their business models to navigate a changing landscape. “I Meal kits are a changing market.

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

Banks and credit unions had to fundamentally change their delivery, support and relationship management models at scopes and speeds that were unheard of. This is a classic bank deal – one acronym buys another at a good price and plans to cut the hell out of cost while adding markets. Market cap in January: $19B. Remember that?

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AUGUST 9, 2017

Customers who scan their own groceries aren’t dawdling in a gauntlet of temptations like in the olden days of grocery shopping; they’re in and out of the store as fast as they can possibly manage. at the Food Marketing Institute’s 2014 conference in Chicago. Three years ago, the Hershey Co. We’ve done a number of studies.

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JULY 30, 2019

The company has also expanded Starbucks Delivers with the help of Uber Eats, which is in more than 2,700 stores in 11 markets. percent of small QSR managers were satisfied, according to the Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker. To take one example, look at the Starbucks results from Q2. percent have mobile apps for ordering, while 31.7

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AUGUST 6, 2018

And before there was Chase, there was LevelUp, the branded mobile payments platform that used those same cube-shaped readers to enable QR code payments at the physical POS for consumers with the LevelUp app. Brands franchisees who are now being asked to get on board the Grubhub delivery platform. Big, Little Online Market Share.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The players are many — but in the last year and a half, Walmart, Amazon and Kroger have managed to pull ahead in the earliest rounds of the race in terms of the breadth and depth of their enhanced offerings for consumers. For food, they want to see the brands and the products and confirm they will be fresh and quality.

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AUGUST 4, 2016

Meanwhile, Samsung is tackling the African market ahead of Apple and Android, and Google announces a way to avoid app downloads. Passport has designed similar mobile applications for the transportation systems in Chicago, Toronto and Boston. Samsung May Beat Android Pay And Apple Pay In Tapping The African Market.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

As recently as a few years ago, he noted, McDonald’s marketing was quite different — it was focused on its food as a good value. We’re excited to bring new technology and better experiences to the gas station,” said Eric Carmichael, the Americas fuels marketing manager at ExxonMobil. “We Will Grub hub Find A Buyer?

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Obie , a Chicago-based proptech startup, announced it raised $2.8M The company offers a commercial real estate management platform and offers a commercial P&C insurance program for portfolios between $500K and $10B in AUM. . Aviva to distribute Neos digital home policies under its own brand. PRODUCTS, PEOPLE, AND CUSTOMERS.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2019

That lost library book we had almost managed to convince ourselves no longer existed. This week, Chicago became the largest metro area to officially say no to library fines – joining St. It has happened to all but the most organized among us. The first being Amazon, of course.). “I Bistritz-Balkan, spokeswoman for Equifax.

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OCTOBER 19, 2016

In Chicago, InContext Solutions, an international VR provider, is working with retailers and manufacturers to create new in-store concepts for “optimal shopper experiences.”. Software developed by the company helps manufacturers create multiple new shelf layouts and brings the concept to market with the ShopperMX mobile app.

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DECEMBER 21, 2016

Chicago, Dallas, Portland, Los Angeles and San Francisco — and growing to more. Mike Russell, CEO of Paintzen, spoke with PYMNTS about the business, where it’s headed and why it’s like no other option in the market. Based in New York, the business is now in seven other cities — Boston, Washington, D.C., What is Paintzen?

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APRIL 27, 2016

In New York City, the tab apparently averages out at around $82,299, while in Chicago the proper celebration of eternal love and fealty runs at about $61,265. So they decided to go all in and offer branded wedding gowns (starting at $150) along with a pile of accessories, shoes and a bit of everything wedding. “It

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