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PayPal Takes The Court With WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury

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While the last few years has seen a lot of expansion out of PayPal , it’s latest announcement with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury certainly stands out. ” A post shared by Phoenix Mercury (@phoenixmercury) on Apr 8, 2019 at 10:09am PDT. The Phoenix Mercury was the first team in the WNBA to sign a sponsor patch deal.

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Dollar General Introduces 'popshelf' Store Concept

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We are excited to introduce popshelf from a position of strength, further highlighting our innovative spirit and building on our proven track record of store format innovation,” Dollar General Chief Executive Officer Todd Vasos said in the announcement. “We

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Ten Years Of Payments Innovation And Reinvention

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As Seedrs CEO Jeff Kelisky told Karen Webster in a recent discussion, while most people in 2009 took one look at the sputtering and shuddering economy, there was a whole class of innovators and entrepreneurs who didn’t see a nuclear wasteland where the economy used to be. They saw a greenfield waiting to be planted.

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QSR Loyalty War Gets Real As McDonald’s Joins Fight

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“Customers will receive tailored offers, be able to participate in a new loyalty program and easily order and receive McDonald's food through the channel of their choice,” the Oakbrook, Illinois company said, noting that a pilot of its new “MyMcDonald's" loyalty program will roll out in the Phoenix area in the coming weeks. Sign Of The Times.

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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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Fiat Chrysler, Aurora Link Up For Commercial Autonomous Vehicles

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FCA’s Fiat Professional brand could also possibly be part of the agreement. Waymo uses the vans for testing, and also for a pilot program of the Waymo One autonomous ride-hailing service in Phoenix. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Those cars still have humans behind the wheel.

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Uber Eats Testing Service That Allows Users To Book Culinary Classes

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The service was tested in San Diego, Phoenix, Dallas and Austin, and it was made available across the country on Oct. head of restaurant brand marketing, said at the time. She added that there are “no phone calls or delivery fees.”.

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