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Today In Retail: FedEx Concludes ShopRunner Acquisition; Save A Lot Sells 51 Stores To Fresh Encounter

PYMNTS

concluded its previously announced purchase of ShopRunner, while Save A Lot unveiled the sale of 51 stores run by the company in the Tampa, Florida market to Fresh Encounter. Plus, PYMNTS looks back on direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands, which came in two flavors in 2020. Retail 2020: Looking Back On D2C Brands.

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

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This year we expect another year of market-leading growth. Noting that existing Carvana markets grew by 84 percent, he said, “The company’s four oldest markets each more than three years old grew by 50 percent and our oldest cohort of Atlanta grew by 18 percent. New Markets. In 2019, we increased GPU by $750.

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How Mobile Apps Can Help Restaurants Make Loyalty Rewarding

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The National Restaurant Association recently reported that the industry lost $120 billion during the pandemic’s first three months and that these losses could total $240 billion by the end of the year. The Tampa, Florida-based chain was publicly held until 2017, when it was purchased by Oak Hill Capital Partners for $525 million.

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The powerful, but quiet marketing message of the Best Banks

Long Lasting Ideas

The title alone may beg the question: What in the world does employee happiness have to do with marketing a bank?’. If you don’t believe ebullient bankers translate to a blossoming bottom line, consider this: Live Oak is the nation’s second leading Small Business Administration Lender. HomeBanc in Tampa, Fla.,

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Digital Coupons Evolved From Handwritten Tickets In The 1880s

PYMNTS

The company began reaching out to pharmacists in what could today be called targeted marketing. It was a classic new strategy,” Charlie Brown, vice president of marketing at NCH, told RetailMeNot. As Coke ramped up its early couponing efforts, other brands realized they too could use coupons to promote their products.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Some interesting finalists would be: M&T and People’s United Old National and First Midwest Webster and Sterling Columbia Bank and Umpqua. This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. Congrats on a brave move and national recognition Jim!

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Hit The Ground Running: 15 Early-Stage Fitness Tech Startups To Watch

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The companies below were selected based on the recency and size of their disclosed funding and their Mosaic score, CB Insights’ National Science Foundation-backed algorithm that uses financial and non-financial signals to predict private company health. Headquarters: Tampa, Florida. Research Briefing: Fitness Tech. fitnessgenes.