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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. and Portland, Maine.

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Fabletics Announces Brick-and-Mortar Expansion

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Activewear brand Fabletics , which was co-founded by Kate Hudson in 2013, announced plans for a retail expansion across the U.S. The company confirmed that the new locations will bring the brand’s total retail store count to 30 locations throughout the U.S.

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Blue Nile Gets Physical

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The world’s most famous and recognizable jewelry brand Tiffany reported holiday sales down 5 percent — a reality the company chalked up to “restrained consumer spending tied to challenging and uncertain global economic conditions.” metro Area and one in Portland.

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SourceMedia’s Small Business Banking Conference Show – No Shortage of Innovation

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Now in its 23 rd year, the conference featured more than 20 technology providers and rallied together innovators from across the globe to discuss how financial institutions can better engage with business customers… and the timing couldn’t be better. According to The Wall Street Journal , the U.S. www.miradortech.com. RCGILTNER Services, Inc.

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Entrepreneurial Upscale Chefs Are Plating Recovery Plans

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It’s also a shrewd, low-overhead way to keep the brand active and foodies engaged until the COVID nightmare blows over. Bon Appetit reported on a variety of restaurant responses to COVID, including that of Portland, Oregon’s popular upscale Russian dining establishment, Kachka.

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Retailers Look To Digital Technologies After Beating The Street

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As quick-service restaurants (QSRs) look to the future, digital innovations such as self-serve kiosks and delivery are on top of mind. Buoyed by strong consumer spending and its resilience in the U.S. and abroad, companies such as McDonald’s are off to a positive start in 2018.

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Disrupting Insurance: The Other Financial Services Opportunity

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In the last years, most of the focus on innovation in financial services has been, it seems, on banking (investing and lending) and payment. In the past 20 years, arguably the investment side of the insurance business has seen the most innovation. A classic case of Innovator’s dilemma. billions.