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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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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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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

PYMNTS

According to Carvana Chief Brand Officer Ryan Keeton, opening new markets brings an uptick in overall business. “We Miami is Carvana’s 24th car vending machine location to date — joining Nashville, San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Dallas, Raleigh, Jacksonville, Tampa, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., New Markets. Ontario (L.A.),

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Digital Coupons Evolved From Handwritten Tickets In The 1880s

PYMNTS

As Coke ramped up its early couponing efforts, other brands realized they too could use coupons to promote their products. Loebel persuaded local merchants to invest in coupons he would mail to thousands of potential customers,” The Tampa Bay Times reported. “If national average, the firms noted. He called his company Valpak.

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The powerful, but quiet marketing message of the Best Banks

Long Lasting Ideas

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. Its business has spread nationally and Live Oak folks jet around the country on two company-owned planes to meet face-to-face with clients. HomeBanc in Tampa, Fla.,

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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.