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MainStreetEXPO.com Aims To Help Small Merchants With New Platform

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The website is now being piloted with retailers from Montana, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Massachusetts and Maryland. Retailers will have the capacity to quickly grow their customer base and offer a digital storefront for shoppers who are geared toward purchasing from small companies, per the release.

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Bankruptcy Wave Hits Whole Foods Competitors

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It would make sense that the supermarket business might be immune from the cross-currents of retailing in 2020. Three regional players in the organic food retail business — where Whole Foods and parent Amazon rule — have declared bankruptcy over the past month. based natural foods retailer is the third significant U.S.

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How eCommerce Platforms Are Enabling Craft Beer Discovery

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The concept is described as “Denver’s beer of the month club,” which Harrilchak said specifically features Colorado microbreweries. The last time he checked, he found there were 383 brewers in Colorado and many more trying to get licensing. Each month, LocalBrews features a different brewery and story.

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PetSmart Debuts 1,500th North American Store

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PetSmart has just reached a new retail milestone: It has opened its 1,500th store in North America. PetSmart is already the largest specialty pet retailer in the region, and it continues to grow. The latest Colorado location is part of an 80-store U.S.-Canada-Puerto

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CarLotz Plans Rollout Of US Hub Network

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Opening hubs in new markets presents a tremendous opportunity for CarLotz to gain ground in large and attractive regions of the country where the Company’s business model can make a real difference for car buyers and sellers,” CarLotz CEO and Co-Founder Michael Bor said in the announcement. 11) announcement.

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PetSmart Continues Brick-And-Mortar Expansion With More Store Openings

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Pet goods retail chain PetSmart announced Thursday it had opened 28 new brick-and-mortar storefronts in North America during the quarter that ended Nov. 1, 2017, with new locations spanning the United States and Canada. In addition to our store growth, we continue to take steps to further enhance the customer experience.

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And Then There Were 20 — The Amazon HQ2 Finalists

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Denver, Colorado. When Amazon came to Seattle, Washington, it changed the region through a boom in development to keep up with growth in employees and higher rent prices. But only one can be selected, and the top 20 from which the elect will be chosen include: Atlanta, Georgia. Austin, Texas. Boston, Massachusetts. Chicago, Illinois.

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