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Patriot National Hits Regulatory Snag In SBA Platform Plans

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Community bank Patriot National has hit a regulatory roadblock in its plans to launch a Small Business Administrative platform, but reports in American Banker on Thursday (March 13) said the financial institution remains undeterred by the challenge. Hana is one of the largest SBA lenders, facilitating $96.6

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Vacancy Rate At Shopping Centers Hit 10.2 Percent In First Quarter

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Reuters , citing Reis, the real estate research firm, reported the vacancy rate in 28 of the 77 metro areas increased during the first three months of 2019. To address the vacancies, some real estate companies have been repurposing the space to showcase direct-to-consumer internet brands. reached 10.2 percent to 9.3

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American Apparel And Postmates Pair Up

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While the eCommerce giant has managed to narrow this window to one or two days, an unlikely brand is saying that it should take no longer than an hour. Whether it was intended or not, Amazon is largely responsible for creating a culture where consumers no longer appreciate but demand their products are delivered rapidly for no extra charge.

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Mobile Order-Ahead Delivered The Goods In 2019

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DoorDash and Grubhub also got deliveries — in the form of municipal lawsuits over tipping, billing and compensation practices common to MOA brands. As city councils all over the nation get a hankering for MOA tax revenue, the category just keeps growing and evolving.

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Alexa’s Global Ambitions

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When Alexa debuted in those nations, users were able to converse with Alexa in their native language — and developers were given local language editions of the Alexa Skills Kit and Alexa Voice Service to program in. And there are already hundreds of skills for French customers from some of the most popular brands in France.”.

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Kroger’s Quiet Digital Grocery Push

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according to a National Retail Federation ranking. This distinction makes it second only to Walmart, with over $110 billion in annual sales across the range of grocery chains it owns and operates, including the eponymous Kroger Brand as well as Harris Teeter, Fred Meyers, Ralphs, Metro Market, Dillons and many, many others.

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How Cafes Created The Momentum That Made Oat Milk 

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metro for the last two years – the alternative milk of the moment is oat. Instead of trying to sell their product to consumers writ large, they focused their recruitment efforts on independent coffee shops and baristas, believing that with the right brand ambassadors, they could convert consumers to the wonders of oat milk. “It