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Lyft Brings Pedal-Assisted Bikes, New Branding To San Francisco

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With its rollout of pedal-assisted bikes, Lyft is using its own branding in the San Francisco Bay Area. The bikes will be called Bay Wheels with the branding of Lyft noticeably displayed in lieu of Ford GoBike, and all of the fleet of Ford GoBike is said to become Bay Wheels, according to reports.

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PayPal Hires New Chief Marketing Officer

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Johnson will lead strategic marketing for PayPal and its associated brands, to help build on transformational work that the company says is already underway. She’ll work in the company headquarters in San Jose and will report directly to CEO Dan Schulman. Johnson said she’s looking forward to her new job.

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Fabletics Announces Brick-and-Mortar Expansion

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Activewear brand Fabletics , which was co-founded by Kate Hudson in 2013, announced plans for a retail expansion across the U.S. The company confirmed that the new locations will bring the brand’s total retail store count to 30 locations throughout the U.S.

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Adevinta Signs Deal To Buy eBay’s Classifieds Division For $9.2B  

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The San Jose, California-based online selling mega corporation’s classifieds’ platforms include a dozen brands in 13 countries. We have been impressed with eBay Classifieds Group’s achievements in recent years, leading across markets with nationally recognized brands…”.

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Indochino Eyes Expansion In 2019

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Indochino , the digitally-native made-to-measure menswear brand, has plans to expand in 2019. And five additional locations will open on the West Coast, with three in California — Roseville, San Diego and San Jose — plus Portland, Oregon, and Bellevue, Washington. Greenwich, Conn.; Manhasset, N.Y.; and Paramus, N.J.;

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Williams-Sonoma Jumps On The AR Bandwagon

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Williams-Sonoma is making a big acquisition to give its brand a big digital upgrade. New from Recode indicates that the home furnishings retailer will be buying San Jose-based startup Outward for $112 million in cash. We’re quite aware that nobody has just one brand in their home.”.

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Amazon Eyes Airports For Amazon Go Expansion

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Meanwhile, Reuters reported that an account manager at Amazon’s cloud unit requested a meeting with San Jose International Airport, noting that Amazon Go, among other topics, could be discussed. Think about how you can expose your brand,” the person familiar with the matter told Reuters. Interested?” “Yes. in 2017.