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eCommerce Shift Helps Fuel Strong Sales At Pier 1 Imports, Dressbarn

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"Black Friday was definitely stronger than Cyber Monday, but that's to be expected given that so many people were shopping online rather than queuing up at malls and stores," he said. Charlotte Van Dyke, the chief executive of Houston-based Dressbarn, said the brand also had a formidable Cyber Monday/Black Friday. "As

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Carvana And Its Discontents

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cities: Tempe (Arizona), Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Nashville (Tennessee), Raleigh (North Carolina), Charlotte (North Carolina), Jacksonville (Florida), Tampa (Florida), Orlando (Florida) and Washington, D.C. Standing nine stories high and built out of gleaming glass, it holds over 30 vehicles.

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5 New Year’s Resolutions For Any Sized Bank That You Must Get Right in 2023

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Popular projects for 2023 include online loan and deposit onboarding utilizing third-party data to speed the process, compliance-as-a-service, payments, card controls, service case management, leveraging data for customer insights, and providing open banking APIs to customers. This also means that rent growth will go negative in many markets.

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5G, Biometrics Lead The Way At Mobile World Congress

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As for AT&T, it reportedly launched 5G service in these cities: Houston, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Atlanta, Texas; Waco, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Raleigh, North Carolina; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Jacksonville, Florida; Louisville, Kentucky; New Orleans, Louisiana; Indianapolis, Indiana and San Antonio, Texas.

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

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Just ask Carvana, the leading online automotive seller and a major force in changing the way people buy cars. Miami is Carvana’s 24th car vending machine location to date — joining Nashville, San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Dallas, Raleigh, Jacksonville, Tampa, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., Ontario (L.A.),

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Hurricane Florence’s Retail Punch

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Industrial production also took a big hit last September before surging in October, largely driven by Houston’s petro-chemical industry surging back online. North Carolina does not have nearly as large an industrial base as the greater Houston area, but it has enough of one that it is at least an area of concern.

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