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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

12) filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington state against 13 individuals and businesses “for advertising, promoting and facilitating the sale of counterfeit luxury goods in Amazon’s store,” the online retail and tech giant announced in a press release. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

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MAY 15, 2020

District Court in Seattle, alleges Washington-based Robojap Technologies and Quatic Software Solutions in Punjab, India have scammed Amazon users by offering help to install Alexa on their devices through fake websites and applications. The lawsuit, filed last week in U.S.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

At first glance, 2018 is shaping up to be a year that has brought meaningful consumer, regulatory and legislative backlash against lax online privacy. social media users are “very confident” that those platforms would protect users’ data, according to Pew — with 64 percent calling for more regulation of online advertisers.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Malls are providing digital native brands with the opportunity to rent space without the typical lengthy commitment. In one case, real estate investment trust (REIT) Macerich is bringing a concept called BrandBox to its Tysons Corner Center mall in a Washington, D.C.

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JUNE 3, 2019

Amazon , the Seattle, Washington eCommerce giant, is expanding in the U.K., small businesses, to launch Clicks and Mortar, a new program that helps small businesses grow in-store and online. small businesses, to launch Clicks and Mortar, a new program that helps small businesses grow in-store and online.

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JUNE 15, 2020

News came Monday (June 15) that Walmart has joined with eCommerce company Shopify in a bid to boost its online marketplace presence. For Walmart, adding Shopify sellers to its online operations helps give a bit of scale, and third-party sales do not carry the same costs as seen in other marketplace models.

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JUNE 17, 2020

The website is a re-branding of Middle Eastern eCommerce site Souq.com , which was acquired by Amazon in 2017, PYMNTS reported. Last year, the company converted Souq’s website in the United Arab Emirates to an Amazon-branded one, amazon.ae.

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APRIL 11, 2019

The reason for the closures can be attributed to the fact that more Americans prefer to shop online. household spent $5,200 online last year, an increase of nearly 50 percent from five years earlier. Morris, senior brand apparel analyst for financial services firm D.A. Davidson, according to The Washington Post.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Walmart ‘s online home brand Allswell has announced the launch of its Tiny Home retail concept. Released last year, the design-centric, digitally-focused brand boasts a line of home goods, mattresses and bedding. Allswell is affiliated only with Walmart and not with its online counterpart Jet.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

New rules would require online lending companies like Ant to provide 30 percent of funding for loans, and firms would be banned from operating outside provincial bases without approval from a watchdog, Bloomberg said. The report said Alibaba has used such practices, among other companies.

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JANUARY 10, 2017

This actually leads to wider discounting, as brands are trying to shed the old version and entice shoppers to the new one. SNAP online . The USDA is in the process of rolling out a pilot program that will allow SNAP program enrollees to buy groceries online. Is there any way out of that?

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JANUARY 31, 2020

Amazon announced this week that it will expand its online purchasing for SNAP (more commonly known as food stamps) pilot with the USDA into the Pacific Northwest following its rollout in New York last spring. Eventually, according to the agency, the goal is to make online grocery and option for all SNAP users.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

The new store in the city’s Washington Heights neighborhood has kids’ and women’s merchandise downstairs and men’s items upstairs. Within the space, Nike loyalty members can scan a bar code through the brand’s app to receive free swag like sunglasses, and also have the opportunity to win a free pair of sneakers and buy exclusive items.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Blend’s venture into new territory comes a month after it raised $75 million in Series F funding led by Canapi Ventures , the Washington, D.C- The cash will be used to grow its online mortgage, consumer loan and deposit accounts, the company said. based early growth, FinTech-focused venture capital firm.

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JUNE 5, 2020

channel performance at Washington, D.C.-based Grocers must, therefore, be ready to adapt innovative tools, both online and in-store, that can help keep that experience seamless for consumers.”. based Ipsos, said in a statement. Ipsos surveyed consumers and conducted mystery shopper visits at 45 of the top retailers.

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MAY 7, 2019

It counts high-end brands such as Rolex, Tiffany & Co. Senior Equity Analyst Oliver Chen said, according to The Wall Street Journal , “A lot of these Fifth Avenue stores are emotional brand statements and almost churches to the brand.” have shuttered their Fifth Avenue stores to turn their attention to online shopping.

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MAY 5, 2020

For online shopping the return policies range from Amazon (90 days) to Target (varied and depends on product). According to an Optoro consumer survey, we found that typically 97 percent of shoppers would continue to shop at a retailer/brand if they had a positive returns experience.

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JUNE 29, 2018

Google is getting into the grocery delivery market, with NBC News reporting that it is testing a same-day delivery service that will bring food and other online orders to consumers’ doorsteps. The idea behind it, noted NBC News, is for Google to make people even more reliant on the Internet so it can turn around and sell more online ads.

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

In some cases, retailers are dedicating small spaces to brands inside their brick-and-mortar stores. With the small store concept, shoppers can access personal stylists and on-site tailoring, and customers can tap into omnichannel features such as buy online, pick up in-store.

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APRIL 21, 2020

The San Francisco-based online food ordering and delivery service launched by Uber in 2014 said it will match up to $3 million in contributions made by customers, according to TechCrunch. The top five most generous states were Washington, Vermont, Montana, Connecticut and South Carolina, the report noted.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

Walmart acquired the online indie and vintage-inspired women’s apparel retailer in March 2017 for somewhere between $50 million and $75 million. The deal was part of Walmart President and CEO of eCommerce Marc Lore’s plan to modernize the company’s portfolio while selling brands not found on rival Amazon. and Austin. “At

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JUNE 15, 2018

Brands like TJX , Macy’s , craft and fabric retailer Joann , and Walmart ’s ModCloth are trying on smaller-format, off-brand and off-price destinations with features and experiences tailored for the digital-first generation. It does seem, however, that a focus on affordability is a core driver of new retail strategies for brands.

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Now that Walmart is officially enjoined in a bid for TikTok with the Redmond, Washington-based software giant, the jury is not out on whether the deal can actually happen, the jury is out on whether Walmart can make TikTok fit into its digital retailing needs. I think there’s a lot of different synergies there.”. Then there’s ad revenue.

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

That’s what led him to Goodworld, an online platform that removes the friction from digital donations, making them possible (and secure) by using hashtags. In fact, the company, which launched in 2014 and is based in Washington, D.C., Such a process can lead to online amplification for the charitable cause. Portable Hashtag.

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

A study found that the industry expanded by 20 percent over the past five years, with online food delivery revenue expected to hit $24 billion by 2023. cities, including Boston, Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C. For more on these and other order to eat news items, download this month’s Tracker.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Instead of grabbing a mass-market six-pack of beer and some Slim Jims, Foxtrot wants you to try a local craft beer, or maybe a legendary local food brand. This spring it will launch two Washington, D.C. This means merchants in have continuously eliminated frictions from their online checkout experiences over the past several quarters.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Instead of grabbing a mass-market six-pack of beer and some Slim Jims, Foxtrot wants you to try a local craft beer, or maybe a legendary local food brand. This spring it will launch two Washington, D.C. This means merchants in have continuously eliminated frictions from their online checkout experiences over the past several quarters.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Dutch global grocery conglomerate Ahold Delhaize — the firm behind grocery behemoths Giant and Stop & Shop — has acquired a majority stake in supermarket delivery startup FreshDirect in an attempt to up the level of its digital grocery offerings amid the online shopping surge created by COVID-19. “We Farmstead Picks Up $7.9M

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JANUARY 26, 2017

Layer3 is betting big on basic and premium channel bundles, going against major players AT&T, HBO and CBS and others that have embraced online streaming via desktop and mobile apps to compete with the likes of Netflix and Hulu. and has since rolled out to Chicago.

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MARCH 30, 2020

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Washington Privacy Act (WPA) and other new privacy and online transaction standards are changing how businesses interact with consumers’ data in the U.S. states are starting to implement new standards, too, with the CCPA introduced two months ago and WPA on the path to ratification in Washington.

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MARCH 22, 2019

Online brands are stepping into the world of brick-and-mortar, opening their own physical locations to help consumers experience their concepts in real life with the help of digital technology. Custom eCommerce framing startup Framebridge is opening its own in Washington, D.C., The 20 largest brands notched a 1.2

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

“Home Chef is proud to continue our evolution toward becoming more than a meal kit delivery brand,” said Pat Vihtelic , Home Chef’s founder and CEO. In addition, Home Chef announced the launch of a customizable meal kit feature for online orders, so that customers can easily change and upgrade recipe ingredients.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Nearly a year and a half after it opened its first brick-and-mortar store on Long Island, online jewelry retailer Blue Nile has opened its fifth store in Bellevue, Washington, near its headquarters. The new store is located in Bellevue Square in Bellevue, WA.

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APRIL 9, 2019

The company even dealt with reports that it had a relationship with an opposition research firm in Washington. Tom Buontempo, president of social media agency Attention, noted that brands might actually be spending more on the platform than before. billion, according to eMarketer. There aren’t a lot of options right now.”.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Even in an age when shoppers can order groceries online and have them delivered straight to their doors, the vast majority of consumers are still shopping the traditional way – hopping in their cars and heading to their local brick-and-mortar grocery store to shop the aisles or pick up an online order. Roughly three in 10 – or 27.1

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AUGUST 10, 2016

The trend is reflective of “grocers moving away from a one-size-fits-all approach and adopting new practices that focus more on their brands and shoppers,” according to NRF. Haggen, a Bellingham, Washington-based grocery store chain, topped the list after seeing an astounding 325 percent increase in sales to $2 billon in 2015.

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AUGUST 1, 2019

small hotel rooms are the rule, not the exception, and even here in the states the idea has been floating around since 1989 when the Microtel brand began first offering its half-sized, half-priced hotel rooms in Rochester, New York. And candidly, they’re right,” Jim Abdo told The Washington Post. In many locations outside the U.S.

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