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Using Digital To Change How Healthcare Research Gets Done

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By using Within3’s virtual engagement platform, participants who would normally log into a call or video conference at the same time in the exact same language can do the same thing online over the course of a few days or weeks. So, we're also going to spend some of that capital on product.". Big Growth and $100M+ in New Funding.

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GameStop's Top Investor Sees Epic Battle With Amazon

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The biggest investor in Dallas-based GameStop has reportedly set his sights on a lofty goal — having the video-game retailer take on the Goliath of eCommerce, Amazon , in an epic battle. By 2016, Chewy had sales of $900 million and had raised millions in venture capital backing.

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Amazon Seeks 100K Workers For Operations Roles

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As it plans to bring 100 new operations facilities online in September, Amazon announced on Monday (Sept. The six targeted cities – Detroit, Dallas, New York, Denver, San Diego and Phoenix – were to be part of an investment of over $1.4 14) that it is hiring for 100,000 new regular positions across the U.S.

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Top News In Payments: Santander Acquires Ebury Stake, Goldman Sachs Extends $10B In Apple Card Credit

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And Capital One is back online after a major outage. CapOne Back Online After Major Outage. Capital One saw an outage on Friday (Nov. Restaurants like Dallas-based Malibu Poke are using facial recognition technology to allow customers to re-order their meals by looking at self-service kiosks.

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C-Store Chain Foxtrot Raises $17M To Expand Delivery Options

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The company, which was founded in 2013, also offers customers the opportunity to buy in-store or order online for delivery, in a bid to reinvigorate what has mostly been an untapped area of delivery services. Foxtrot is currently based in Dallas and Chicago, but there are plans to expand elsewhere. Foxtrot announced on Wednesday (Feb.

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How We Eat Post-Pandemic

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Online grocery shopping went to the moon from March to May, with PYMNTS’ Navigating COVID-19 series recording a 400 percent increase, equating to $6.6 billion in online spend. Smaller independent grocers have been forced to scramble to ramp up their digital services as the grocery market migrates online, however.”.

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‘Costco For Millennials’ Attracts Big Investors

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With warehouses in New Jersey, Dallas, Las Vegas and Atlanta, Boxed offers bulk-sized products similar to those found at big warehouse retailers like Costco Wholesale. The investment was led by GGV Capital and Digital Sky Technologies, with participation from Founders Fund, AME Cloud Ventures and Vaizra Investments.