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UK’s Metro Bank To Buy P2P Lender RateSetter For At Least $3.27M

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London-based Metro Bank has struck a deal to buy peer-to-peer lender RateSetter for £2.5 Metro will make additional payments to shareholders if RateSetter reaches certain benchmarks, according to a news release. Metro Bank will operate RateSetter as an independent entity and make loans under both its and Metro Bank brands.

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Alibaba Bids For Metro Brick-And-Mortar Stores In China

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14) when an exclusive report from Reuters said that Alibaba wants to buy a stake in the Chinese wholesale operations of Germany-based Metro AG. Those Metro stores that Alibaba reportedly wants still seem to have some life left in them. Metro reported that same-store sales in Asia rose a currency-adjusted 7 percent to €1.04

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libaba Bids for Metro Brick-and-Mortar Stores in China

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14) when an exclusive report from Reuters said that Alibaba wants to buy a stake in Germany-based Metro AG’s wholesale operations in China. Those Metro stores that Alibaba reportedly wants still seem to have some life left in them. Metro reported that same store sales in Asia rose a currency adjusted 7 percent to 1.04

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Amazon Expands Amazon Home Services To Twenty New Metro Areas

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The service availability has also increased to include 50 metro areas around the country. In this case, the retailer that is reacting is Lowe’s and its subsidiary furniture and lighting specialty brand, ATG Stores. What’s more, Amazon said the average rating is 4.7 out of five stars.

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How Chubbies Went From A Cult Fave To A Highly Imitated Brand

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There are brands that claim to take the customer experience to the max — and then there are brands that redefine what exactly the max means. When one teenaged customer wrote to the brand to complain about his beloved Chubbies shorts, which had been pilfered from his locker by a local bully, Chubbies sprang into action.

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Citizens Financial will back NYC Marathon to target metro market

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The five-year deal puts Citizens' brand name in front of New Yorkers, as the bank continues to expand after buying HSBC's East Coast branches as well as Investors Bank last year.

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Perficient’s Bright Paths Program Welcomes 25 Women to Tech in Detroit

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As a company known to treasure talent, embrace effort, and reward results, Perficient’s goal is to extend a number of qualified cohort graduates a full-time job in the software engineering and development field, where they will partner with one of the world’s biggest brands in the Detroit metro region. .

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