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Retail Pulse: Walmart Provides Health Career Path; Inspire Brands To Buy Jimmy John’s

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Members in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Michigan will be able to purchase medical services bundles starting next month, including telehealth consultations, free prescriptions for some generic medications and discounted dental care. To keep tabs on the latest retail trends, check next week’s Retail Pulse. billion to $43.6

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Summer 2020’s New Winning Accessory

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The history of American fashion trends is bedecked with some strange entries. may have seen the most unexpected trend in its fashion history, if not the strangest. So why are brands leaping all over masks, and driving them – via the spirit of competition – to become the summer’s unexpected trendiest item? A face mask.

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Simon, Taubman Join Forces To Save The Mall

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And two mall owners are joining forces amid this trend, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday (Feb. Michigan-based Taubman manages, owns or leases 26 malls in Asia and the U.S., Simon Property Group Inc. intends to take over control of Taubman Centers Inc. , a competing owner of malls. properties as of Sept.

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Sainsbury’s Introduces New C-Store Format; SHOWFIELDS To Open In Miami

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Top-performing premium and specialist brands from the company’s supermarkets like Leon Grocery and Tony’s Chocolonely, along with fresh food and floral products, have been brought to the store’s shelves. To keep tabs on the latest retail trends, check next week’s Retail Pulse. billion by 2024 from £18.5 billion last year per IGD.

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Retail Pulse: Luckin Taps Into Automated Retail; Little Caesars To Team With DoorDash

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With our value propositions of high quality, high affordability and high convenience, Luckin is rapidly becoming a well-recognized, on-trend, and mass market fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) brand.”. Detroit, Michigan-based Little Caesars has stores in all 50 U.S. states and 24 countries. And a strong economy in the U.S.

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How a Community Bank Helps Business Borrowers Cope with Rising Rates

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This article How a Community Bank Helps Business Borrowers Cope with Rising Rates appeared first on The Financial Brand. Growth at this Michigan community bank comes from business customers — especially manufacturers — seeking help with challenges like rising interest rates.

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As Gap Joins thredUP, Resale Continues Its Momentum

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The resale market is turning out to be one of the hottest trends of the young new year. Macy’s, JCPenney and J.Crew’s Madewell brand are also in the program. The customer demand for secondhand is strong, and our thredUP partnership allows shoppers to find select national brands for the first time ever inside our stores.”.

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