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Dollar General Introduces 'popshelf' Store Concept

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The Clarksville and Hendersonville communities, which are near Nashville, Tennessee, are the anticipated homes of the first two popshelf locations. The value supermarket chain said it keeps planning “aggressive growth" and would come into Arizona with four new locations in the greater Phoenix area, per news in July.

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Can Atari Turn Nostalgia Into New Hotel And Gaming Success?

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Will future generations perhaps end up associating the Atari brand with hotels? When creating this brand-new hotel concept, we knew that Atari would be the perfect way to give guests the ‘nostalgic and retro meets modern’ look and feel we were going for,” said Smith. Yeah, that’s a real question. Can Nostalgia Carry the Day?

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. We are in awe. Seriously in awe.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

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Hats off to Thomas Shara at Lakeland and Tony Labozzetta of Provident for architecting the new $25 billion super-community bank in New Jersey. All of this while knocking out a stellar 1.35% ROA and leading industry, community, and philanthropic efforts everywhere. The New Name for Community Award. merges with Lakeland Bancorp.

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National Small Business Week Celebrates the American Entrepreneurial Spirit

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This year’s National Small Business Week , themed “SBA: Dream Big, Start Small,” will include special events in Atlanta, New York, Denver, Phoenix, San Jose, Oakland and Washington, D.C. Many of today’s most recognized brands were once small businesses until they found an SBA counselor, lender or investor. Every business starts small.

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VendorDirt: The Big 4 in 2015

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Would you think Fiserv just: Developed a brand new product?, But what if you’re a $500 million community bank that wants to operate core in-house? than for its core products – namely Phoenix in Cornerstone’s market. Phoenix needs market awareness and name recognition more than just about anything else.

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4 Gonzo Takeaways from BAI Retail Delivery ’15: Viva Las Vegas?

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Tripodi told bankers to look for the functional, emotional and societal benefits of our brands and to tell better stories to broaden appeal. The societal benefit of financing our communities has to beat sugar water, right? Or, maybe it was the lack of some pretty big brands normally seen there.