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Retail Pulse: Walmart Provides Health Career Path; Inspire Brands To Buy Jimmy John’s

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The new offerings will help associates get training to fill key healthcare roles across Sam’s Club and Walmart locations, “which includes more than 5,000 retail pharmacies, 3,000 vision centers and 400 hearing centers, as well as the new Walmart Health center in Georgia.” (As In Other Brick-and-Mortar News. billion to $43.6

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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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Payments Tech Firm InComm Acquires Meridian Loyalty

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The move will help to push InComm beyond specialized delivery of stored-value rewards to a large and comprehensive suite of end-to-end brand-focused loyalty, engagement and incentive programs, which will have travel and merchandise redemptions as well. InComm is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Meridian Loyalty is based in St.

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BAI Beacon 2017 Buzzes with Innovation in Atlanta

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Approximately 1,300 attendees (including bankers, credit union executives, industry analysts and media representatives American Banker , Banking Exchange and BIG Media ) joined 30 sponsor companies to immerse themselves in all things retail banking at BAI Beacon 2017, held at the Georgia World Congress Center October 4-5.

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Amazon Walmart Whole Paycheck Tracker: Staying Secure, Gaining New Ground And Getting Competitive

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Experts are predicting the promotion — dubbed the “Big Style Sale” — might be just the lifeline that apparel brands desperately need to reach radically diminished customer bases. After all, brands of all kinds will be looking for a fast way to clear out spring and summer stock in anticipation of fall. The Loganville, Ga.,

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Fast Casual Saladworks Gets Fresh With New Locations And Restaurant Tech

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The 30-year-old QSR brand has plans for aggressive growth in 2017 , and Tripodes will spearhead the effort. Saladworks also plans to plant corporate stores in key markets in Atlanta, Georgia and Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas over the next six to 12 months. The company currently has about 70 franchisees.

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Apps Simplify Beverage Orders For Bars And Distributors

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The tiers look like this: Liquor brands sell alcohol to a distributor, which, in turn, sells the alcohol to a bar. Different beverage brands use different beverage distributors. With the latest round, however, Provi seeks to continue to innovate its product offering and speed up its expansion into new markets.

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