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Food Stamps Online: The $75B Grocery Game-Changer?

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There is also the surprising reality that goods that less affluent consumers favor also tend to stay in the market longer with fewer changes over time, meaning their prices more or less trend up with inflation. Said simply, premium goods favored by wealthier shoppers go on sale more often than staple goods bought by more down-market shoppers.

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Sharing Plant-Based Family Snack Recipes Via eCommerce

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But it wasn’t until many years later that he decided to go all-in on the mushroom jerky concept, working with them to reformulate the recipe and manufacture the jerky in Portland, Oregon. The Market. A particularly exciting market is the growing population of people who are looking to reduce their meat intake.

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For This Startup, Scale Was A Matter Of Necessity

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So, how did Vacasa , the online vacation rental home startup, go from managing one beachside cabin on the Washington coast that belonged to the family of one of the founder’s wife to a multimillion-dollar company with more than 1,400 employees that manages over 4,000 properties in the U.S. Italy, Spain, Belize and Chile.

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SNAP Users Shut Out Of The Digital Grocery Aisles

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Looking at the past several weeks of PYMNTS consumer survey data, four times more consumers are buying groceries online instead of going into the grocery store these days. Smith suffers from a chronic medical condition affecting her connective tissue and laments the fact that she can’t use her SNAP to easily shop online.

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Wildfang Is Building Its Brand With Clicks And Bricks

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Take Wildfang , the Portland, Oregon-based feminist fashion brand defined by menswear-inspired suiting and irreverent female empowerment slogans — but best known for its “Wild Feminist” t-shirt. Wildfang CEO & Co-founder Emma McIlroy says that’s why the company is approaching physical retail as a hub for its community.

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MyPeople On Gigging With Marketplace Points

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For every Thumbtack or TaskRabbit , there are smaller gig economy marketplaces that aim to provide a community feel and to tap into skillsets that aren’t often found on other sites. At the same time, Strawn noted that her site provides a platform for creative and offbeat offerings “that you can’t really buy online today.”

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Retail’s Ups And Downs: Rate Hikes, Dollar Stores And EpiPens

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And nothing is worse than a bad product launch or poorly planned marketing strategy. Just ask NBA superstar James Harden , who has been the subject of intense online ridicule this past week or so after images of his first-ever, Adidas-designed sneaker leaked online.

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