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Amazon Takes Territory In US And Beyond

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Oakland, San Jose, San Francisco, Detroit, Austin, Boston and Chicago. This Bay Area city advertised ample office options at one-half to one-quarter the price of nearby Oakland and San Francisco. Whole Foods-branded product sales tallied $500,000 in the first week.

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Uniqlo Launches Clothing Vending Machines

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Consumers interested in the Uniqlo brand will see heat-retaining shirts and lightweight down jackets with a limited amount of sizes and colors. Places that can expect to see these machines will be in New York, Houston, Oakland, Calif., Any possible returns will be processed in stores or by mail. and a few additional cities.

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More Retailers Are Checking Into Hotels In Search Of Innovation

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Luxury fitness brand Equinox is set next month to open its first hotel in New York City, “with more on the horizon in Seattle, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Santa Clara, Calif.,” As well, the furnishings brand RH, formerly known as Restoration Hardware, plans to open RH Guesthouse in New York in the fall. and Portland, Maine.

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B&M’s Inventory Issues Aren’t Going Away Online

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Ever since consumers made it clear that they weren’t going to give traditional brands the benefit of the doubt if they couldn’t pivot toward online sales, it’s largely been big-box merchants, like Target and Macy’s, that have blamed supply chain issues for empty shelves, delayed delivery estimates or overflowing stock rooms.

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National Small Business Week Celebrates the American Entrepreneurial Spirit

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This year’s National Small Business Week , themed “SBA: Dream Big, Start Small,” will include special events in Atlanta, New York, Denver, Phoenix, San Jose, Oakland and Washington, D.C. Many of today’s most recognized brands were once small businesses until they found an SBA counselor, lender or investor. Every business starts small.

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Can Lime Make Consumers Feel Safer About Scooters And Bikes?

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Scooters are so retro that they are almost brand new. Large billboards will go into these markets: San Francisco/Oakland, Columbus, Dallas, San Diego, Portland, Los Angeles, Denver, Atlanta, Reno and Nashville. Lime will send out “brand ambassadors” to do community outreach and distribute 250,000 helmets over the coming months.

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Back To The Roots And Taking The Friction Out Of Natural Foods

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Instead the Oakland-based startup has built fish tanks into its grander goal of bringing power back to the people when it comes to eating natural, but making it easier to produce one’s own food in-house. And for a small brand, Back to the Roots has made some fairly impressive progress.