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Oprah Enters The Restaurant World

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As of today, the international media titan has announced an investment in True Food Kitchen , a healthy eating startup based out of Houston. The size of Oprah’s equity investment is unknown, but apart from money, she is offering her literal presence – she will be joining the brand’s board and acting as a consultant.

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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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Uber and Lyft Drivers Could Gain Access to Digital Ad Revenue

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It launched out of beta in December 2018, and in the intervening months, it’s garnered support from brands like Brex, Segment, Caviar, Zumper, and others.”. According to the report, “A Buzzfeed survey found that Uber drivers in Denver, Detroit, and Houston earned just $13.25 Digital Screens. an hour on average”.

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Walmart-Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: A Slow Start To A New Year

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Of course, taking a break is a relative term when it comes to the race for the consumer’s whole paycheck — Walmart, according to most reports , is running barn-burner deals that rival Black Friday savings. As of today, Amazon’s virtual assistant is now capable of controlling above 85,000 smart home products from more than 9,500 brands.

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Team USA Launches Omnichannel Strategy For Olympic Retail

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With a location just steps away from Olympic sponsor NBC — and, of course, the ice rink at Rockefeller Center — it’s located in a prime spot for an experiment. “We But, generally speaking, the most popular cities for Fanatics’ Olympic sales are New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston and Los Angeles.

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Congress Wants Digital Platforms To Release Their Algorithms – Why?

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Of course, there’s Pinterest too, along with the thousands of other platforms that consumers now have available to them to find what they want and need. Houston, Is There Really a Problem? Value, of course, is a mix of attributes linked to the consumer’s use of (and satisfaction with) those brands, as well as the return on that value.

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The Great Grocery Race Shifts Into High Gear

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For food, they want to see the brands and the products and confirm they will be fresh and quality. Voice computing is another key focus, but Walmart isn’t going to leverage rival Amazon’s Alexa platform for that, of course. They also want to save time and get their weekly grocery needs, plus stock up items.

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