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OCTOBER 2, 2019
But that doesn’t mean the money doesn’t flow during the baseball playoffs – evidence of that comes from Jim McIngvale, a Houston furniture store owner known as “ Mattress Mack ,” who just put $3.5 million on the Houston Astros to win the 2019 World Series. You have enormous brands and massive amounts of consumers involved.
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JUNE 21, 2019
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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DECEMBER 5, 2019
Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) have heard the call for innovative digital ordering capabilities, with several major brands stepping up their investments in this area. The company has partnered with autonomous technology firm Nuro with plans to put driverless delivery vehicles to work in Houston, Texas, by the end of 2019.
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JUNE 26, 2019
In India, meanwhile, eCommerce-focused fashion company Myntra followed a different automated retail model, and opened a new cashierless store, selling items from its Roadster outdoor lifestyle brand. The company will deliver meals with robotics company Nuro ’s self-driving cars, and is slated to test the service in Houston this year.
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NOVEMBER 4, 2019
The main feature on the Upworthy home page as of yesterday, when I last checked, was about Mariah Carey declaring that the Christmas season is officially here. Houston, Is There Really a Problem? They also don’t hesitate to let brands know when they’ve been disappointed and then turn away. And so it must be.
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DECEMBER 13, 2019
It’s clear the main reason Amazon wanted to be here was the availability of a skilled tech workforce plus the synergy with related industries,” said James Parrott, an economist at the New School. The space will be made to accommodate over 1,500 employees when it opens in 2021.
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MARCH 11, 2016
Exxon is not the first brand to embrace Apple Pay. “I live in Houston, Texas, so it’s blazing hot in the summertime,” Russell said. But only if that came with someone to pump the gas, since he in Houston and us in Boston still have to brave the elements to get said cars gassed up and ready to go.
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