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Ticketmaster Events Won't Require Proof Of Vaccination, COVID Test To Attend

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Ticketmaster , which handles off-site ticket sales for a huge portion of the country's music and sports events, is developing a system to assess fans' Covid-19 vaccination and testing status but will let local promoters set standards for attendance, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

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Lease-To-Own Business Fueled By Acima Acquisition; Company Boasts Triple-Digit Growth

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In 2013, the company started with revenues of $97 million. In 2019, it placed 64th on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, and energy tech companies in North America. Its revenues are pegged to top $1.25 Acima grew 2005 percent from 2018 to 2019.

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Hearst Team Creating Amazon Skills For Alexa

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Media company Hearst has put together a team of 10 people that is tasked with staying on top of cutting-edge technology, including voice-activated devices from the likes of Amazon and Google, and creating products and services around them. The unit also made an Amazon skill for Elle magazine that provides horoscopes.

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FinDEVr 2015 San Francisco: A Bounty for Builders

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With attendance numbers already well above last year’s inaugural event, we are having a hard time containing our excitement about FinDEVr 2015 next week in San Francisco. And check below for the list of the impressive companies attending. . Tickets are on sale now.

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Blazing A Trail Of eCommerce Innovation With Cargo Bikes

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He ended up starting his own company with the goal of tailoring the bike for the U.S. For example, Powell had to make the bikes electric, as people are riding up hills in areas like San Francisco. A big driver of traffic is Google Adwords, but that is just a tiny portion of the company’s target market.

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Retail Pulse: Good Housekeeping Plans Pop-Up; Amazon Coming To New York

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And, this week, an iconic American magazine, Good Housekeeping , said it was opening a pop-up shop of its own in the Mall of America called the GH Lab that, too, melds the worlds of brick-and-mortar and eCommerce — with a bit of twist from Amazon. Then, a consumer can purchase the product as they would normally.

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Four Finovate Alums Land on Inc. Magazine Top 100

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Magazine published its annual ranking of private American companies based on three-year revenue growth. Four out of the top 100 companies are Finovate alums: Kabbage , provides working capital to small businesses online. Come to FinDEVr San Francisco 2015 to check out what Kabbage has for developers.