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Starbucks Hits 16.3M Mobile Users, Eyes Expanded Delivery

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Overall, sales were up 3 percent, and transactions were up 1 percent in the Asia-Pacific region as a whole. Over the next several weeks, delivery services via Uber Eats are on deck to roll out in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C. Sales in Europe, Africa and the Middle East were all down by 1 percent.

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Inspired By Amazon, Will Same-Day Delivery Become The New Norm?

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In 2005, Amazon forever set the stage for new expectations of how much eCommerce deliveries will cost and when items will arrive when the retailer rolled out its Prime membership program, which gave customers two-day shipping regardless of order size.

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Post-Toys R Us, Retailers Vie For Experiential Toy Shoppers

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Since then, the retailer has grown to serve several regions including Asia, the Middle East, Africa and North America. According to CNBC , a person with knowledge of the situation said the retailer would eye places such as Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami, noting that it would consider “some of the more profitable malls in the country.”

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The Great Grocery Race Shifts Into High Gear

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And — according to Jet — the new app will also be better customized regionally for shoppers, making use of local imagery and messages on the homepage and throughout the site. Jet will also factor in locality when deciding which products are featured in its assortment for that region. Worth area this week. Kroger Stumbles.

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THE 16TH ANNUAL GONZOBANKER AWARDS

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Mergerama Region of the Year – The Midwest: Huntington-First Merit, Chemical-Talmer, Old National-Anchor … the list goes on. Or the need to take market share in a slowest growth region? And, not to detract from what is seriously good chest-puffing, but why is this all good for customers? Is it in the water?

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THE 16TH ANNUAL GONZOBANKER AWARDS

Gonzobanker

Mergerama Region of the Year – The Midwest: Huntington-First Merit, Chemical-Talmer, Old National-Anchor … the list goes on. Or the need to take market share in a slowest growth region? And, not to detract from what is seriously good chest-puffing, but why is this all good for customers? Is it in the water?

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Finovate Fall 2016 Live Blog – Day 2

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Listening to banks and realized that they don’t have sentiments of their customers to create insights and they were not looking forward. Built a solution called Customer Insight for banking. Opportunity list on side list customers who have a high propensity for something to happen. Los Angeles-based global company. “We