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Vacasa On Using AI To Put Predictability In Home Sharing

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The most visible and talked-about brand in home sharing for years has been Airbnb, with a dominant market position and high consumer awareness, making it a household name. And roughly 80 percent of payments to Vacasa homeowners are remitted via ACH direct deposit. If Airbnb is the face of home sharing, then Vacasa is the smile.

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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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Data Dive, Summer Heat Edition: Venmo Speeds Up, Amex Branches Out And Walmart Takes A Pass

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Arizona temps grounded flights last week when they got about 120, and even the Pacific Northwest saw temperatures get up over the 100 mark in Portland. But as for the lazy, well not so much. From our perspective, we have a hard time seeing Kroger, Costco or Target coming in over the top. We do think there is a chance that Walmart makes a bid.

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Retailers Look To Digital Technologies After Beating The Street

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Still, the earnings announcement comes as mall operators are trying to reboot in an era when the department store is no longer the anchor tenant of choice at many locations and brands like Macy’s and JCPenney continue to shutter brick-and-mortar stores. Basically, as throughput of the network goes up, our driver cost per order goes down.”.

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Disrupting Insurance: The Other Financial Services Opportunity

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In the last years, most of the focus on innovation in financial services has been, it seems, on banking (investing and lending) and payment. Take the example of MetroMile based in Portland. Comparatively, fewer startups have been addressing the insurance space. This is about to change and the opportunity space is amazing.

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Maine Car Insurance: Get the Cheapest Rates on Your Policy

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An older vehicle will usually cost less to insure than a brand-new one. Brand-new cars and certain vehicle types, like SUVs, pickup trucks, sports cars, and luxury cars, will cost more to insure than a 10-year-old sedan. Portland: $888. South Portland: $819. Medical Payments (MedPay): $2,000. Bangor: $877.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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Under Stuart’s leadership over the past 17 years, OnPoint has gone from under $2 billion in assets to knocking on the door of $10 billion, all while becoming the most recognized financial brand in the Portland market and achieving some of the industry’s best profitability in 2023. This is a team that we don’t believe sleeps.

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