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Coinbase Lays Off 30, Shutters Chicago Office

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Digital currency exchange Coinbase has shuttered its Chicago office and laid off 30 engineers, according to a report in Fortune. We have made the difficult decision to consolidate the matching engine efforts and thus wind down the matching engine team in Chicago. “We which is a Visa debit card that lets customers in the U.K.

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Amazon Opening Up Physical Store In Chicago

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Amazon is dominating in the eCommerce world, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t see value in physical store fronts, with the eCommerce retailer gearing up to open up an offline store in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. This isn’t the first time Amazon has melded the online and offline worlds.

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Canada’s Aritzia Opening Second Chicago Location

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is expanding in Chicago as it targets both brick-and-mortar and online expansion. According to Chain Store Age , the fashion retailer will open a flagship on Rush Street in Chicago this fall. Canada’s Aritzia Inc. The Vancouver, British Columbia–based company already operates a store in the Windy City, at Water Tower Place.

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Target Opening Additional Small Stores In NYC And Chicago

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Target has announced it is opening additional small-scale stores in New York City (NYC) and Chicago. In 2016, the company announced it had opened 23 “flex-format” stores — smaller stores less than 50,000 square feet designed for urban shoppers — in metro areas like Chicago, Philadelphia and Berkeley, California.

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A Perficient Team?s DIY Approach to the PPE Shortage

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Our Chicago team members fit right into this category when they dedicated a night to making masks for themselves and their friends and families. Chicago’s PPE Shortage. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Chicago and its surrounding areas have been a hotspot for the coronavirus. BYOMM (Bring Your Own Mask Materials).

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Half Of Chicagoans To Shop Online This Holiday

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More than 50 percent of Chicagoans will do the majority of their holiday shopping online this year, according to a survey from Accenture. Holiday purchases are no longer restricted to the weekend after Thanksgiving, reported The Chicago Tribune. Year-round online deals mean that Black Friday is becoming less significant to consumers.

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Online Gambling Player Rush Street Wins Support of Blank Check Firm To Go Public

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Chalk up another major deal for blank check companies, one of Wall Street’s hottest new trends, with online gambling and sports betting company Rush Street Interactive ’s announcement that it will be going public.

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