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Data Dive, Columbus Edition: Square, PayPal And One Brave Bank Teller

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Today is Columbus Day, a celebration of Christopher Columbus’ “discovery” of Americas 526 years ago. First, Christopher Columbus never actually set foot in North America, so he discovered an America, not the America. In fact, much of what one learned in elementary school about Columbus is a little bit off. The horror.

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McDelivery Is McDominating In 1,000 New Markets

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3,500 more McDonald’s markets are going to be lovin’ it by the end of June as delivery service rolls out to even more restaurants. That’s on top of the locations where it was already available, including Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Orlando, Phoenix, San Diego and Tampa.

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DoorDash Unveils Latest Growth Strategy: Digital Convenience Stores

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DoorDash is rolling out digital convenience stores in a bevy of major cities as it ups the ante in the fierce battle for market share in the fast-growing delivery sector. DoorDash on Wednesday (Aug. DoorDash on Wednesday (Aug.

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Lyft’s Grocery Access Program Expands In US, Canada

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The pilot proved successful, serving hundreds of low-income families, and providing thousands of rides to and from a Giant , two Safeway locations and the Martha’s Table lobby market. The program will also cross the border into Canada, with availability in Ottawa and Toronto.

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McDonald’s At Your Door: Fast Food Giant Now Delivers

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Los Angeles, Chicago, Columbus and Phoenix are lovin’ it: on Wednesday, May 17, McDonald’s expanded its delivery service to customers in these four U.S. These markets (McDonald’s two most-developed) generate as much as 40 percent of their sales from delivery, totaling $1 billion in global revenue in 2016.

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Gwynnie Bee Offers Subscription Services For Traditional Retailers

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Founded in 2011, Gwynnie Bee originally served the plus-sized women’s clothing market, but expanded this year to also include sizes zero through eight. We also had to have a way to prove that we could do it right — that we could ship boxes and process inventory — so we brought up Gwynnie Bee as our first service on top of CaaStle.”.

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Uber Of X: goPuff Is The Uber Of Convenience Store Items

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RI and YG: Since we started in 2013, we’ve expanded to now fifteen major markets, including Austin, TX; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Columbus, OH; Denver, CO; Manayunk, PA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Phoenix, AZ; Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; State College, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; Tucson, AZ and Washington, D.C. million in June 2016.

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