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Saving Main Street: Cities Pick Up The Recovery Role

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For example, Seattle announced that it will allow eligible businesses to defer business and occupation taxes and expand its Small Business Stabilization Fund. According to the JPMorgan Chase Institute , 47% of small businesses have less than two weeks of cash liquidity on hand, with restaurants and retail operating at the slimmest margins.

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Whole Paycheck Tracker: Accelerating Automation To Capture Consumer Spend

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Robotics and automation were areas of focus for both retailers this week as they seek to upgrade their operations in an effort to capture more consumer spend. The move comes as cities and states are passing bans on cashless retail establishments, on the argument that such retail discriminates against unbanked consumers.

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Uber of X: greenRush is The Uber of Cannabis

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After it became illegal in the United States through the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, the business of selling cannabis went mostly underground. It is often hard to find and search for local retailers, exacerbated by the fact that cannabis businesses are oftentimes located in undesirable areas.

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Taking Your Coffee With Sugar, Milk And Blockchain?

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Take the clothing and accessories brand TOMS , for instance. Bext360 is a fair-trade coffee supplier for retail coffeehouses that uses social commerce to give back to communities from where the coffee is sourced. These are challenges that Daniel Jones, who founded Bext360 in 2016 and serves as its CEO, is all too familiar with.

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How The Rise Of Private Labels Is Transforming The CPG Industry

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Around the middle of the twentieth century, there was what The Atlantic called a “Cambrian explosion” of brands. Tide, Crest, Band-Aid, Lipton, and other branded packaged goods — and the conglomerates that manufactured them — reigned. Store brands from retailers were seen as down-budget choices. Why the shift?

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The 25 Most Absurd Job Titles In Tech

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Retail Jedi. At the now defunct Convergys Corporation, new sales employees pitching the company’s customer management software were known as retail Jedis. Tax Wrangler. Brand Warrior. The Hamilton Journal-News reported in 2015 that the Colorado-based StarTek Inc. Her new moniker: browser boss.

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FinDEVr Silicon Valley: Looking Back, Moving Forward

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Honored as the Innovation Showcase Award winner by the attendees of the BAI Retail Delivery conference. Named one of the top 100 tech companies in Colorado by Built in Colorado. Teamed up with WooCommerce to help online merchants manage sales taxes. Announced sales-tax accuracy guarantee. Personal Capital ( FD15 ).