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‘Costco For Millennials’ Attracts Big Investors

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A popular eCommerce retailer, which has been called the “Costco for millennials,” is attracting potential investors, according to The New York Post. 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.

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Thought starter: Top challenges accountants face and actionable ideas to solve them

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Recently, Accounting Today’s editor-in-chief Daniel Hood spoke with Ralph Thomas , the CEO and executive director of the New Jersey Society of CPAs, to have a candid conversation about the challenges currently facing accountants for the website’s video series.

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Toys“R”Us CEO Sees A Better Future With Smaller Stores

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The brick-and-mortar experience of Toys“R”Us most millennials remember from childhood — with its massive supply and aisles upon aisles of toys — is looking likely to become a relic of a bygone era in retail. We haven’t had the capital to do it.”. The selection at Walmart and Target is not as big.”. We know we need to do it.

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Why Brick-And-Mortar Needs Unattended Retail

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They want to spend their leisure time doing other things, and that is especially true of the bridge millennial groups that are fiercely protective of their time and don’t want to see any of it wasted,” Layden said. Consumers have made different choices about how they want to shop.

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Bitcoin Tracker: Easy Access Is ‘Easier’ With ATMS & Gift Cards

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The average rate of a new bitcoin ATM? Not to make them out to be a toast attraction, but the other kiosks can be checked out in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, Louisiana and Nevada. Research says millennials love gift cards , so that may be a way to create a budding bitcoin trend.

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This Week In Insurance Tech: Policygenius Raises $100M, Lemonade Enters Pet Insurance, Nationwide Expands Digital Footprint

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Gabi , a San Francisco-based digital broker for home and car insurance, raised a $27M Series B led by Mubadala Capital. Capital, AngelList, Burst Capital, Canvas Ventures, CMFG Ventures, Correlation Ventures, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Project A Ventures, and Securian Financial Group also participated in the round. .

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The eCommerce Bachelor: Which City Will Get The Rose?

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Of course, strong infrastructure and a robust public transit system will be needed to support all those new workers, so a site that already has those things would be attractive — but some candidates are offering to create them if Amazon gives them the chance, and have likely been waiting for the right excuse to do so for years.