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23 VC-Backed Brick & Mortar Startups Changing The Face Of Main Street

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As internet retailers are expanding their operations into brick-and-mortar operations (think Warby Parker, Argent, Bonobos, and BaubleBar ), venture capitalists are also investing in “physical-first” startups focused on creating new brick-and-mortar business models. New Frontiers in Retail Tech. How will we shop in 2020?

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Bringing The Farmers Market Online With Apps

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It offers delivery or convenient pickup locations in the community as it has partnerships with breweries, libraries and workplaces. That opens the door for producers from Southern Maine, New Hampshire, Western Massachusetts and Rhode Island.) For deliveries, the company does milk-run logistics.

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First And Ten: Disrupting The School Sports Uniform Process With Customization

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Even school sports uniforms have been dragged into the digital age, courtesy of a Rhode Island DTC company called SquadLocker. And, while it is seeing an uptick in orders for those states trying to reopen, it is cognizant of the issues facing parents, schools, organizations, and communities. More orders equal more revenue.”.

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121 Of The Biggest, Costliest Startup Failures Of All Time

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Steering the ship — handling all of the engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and retailing, even when you’re taking 90 percent of the subsequent profits — was ultimately too expensive of a proposition, especially in comparison to other, less-handholding-oriented start-ups. Company: Amp’d Mobile. via VentureBeat. via Engadget.

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