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This Week In Retail: Funding, Finance And Tech

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This week in retail, we’ve seen news coming in from multiple sides, including that of Apple’s projected increase in smartwatch sales , U.K. The discount retailer has also announced two partnerships this week, one with Google and one with IBM. Virgin Islands. Virgin Islands consumers.

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Walgreens Teams With Postmates For Expanded Delivery

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Virgin Islands. Postmates delivers products from more than 600,000 restaurants and retailers and covers 80 percent of households in all 50 states. . over the past five years due to an influx of venture capital. Walgreens is one of the biggest drugstore chains in the U.S. Food delivery has quickly grown in the U.S.

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Popular Bank Implements Branch Realignment in the New York Metro Region to Enhance Focus on Communities and Small Business Support

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This realignment in our New York Metro market is consistent with our small business and retail services model in South Florida,” said Popular, Inc. Founded in 1893, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, Popular’s principal subsidiary, provides retail, mortgage and commercial banking services in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.