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GM’s Electric Vehicle Makeover Reverberates Far Beyond Detroit

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While the wisdom and strategy can be debated, there is no arguing the fact that GM’s decision to wean itself — and the world — off of fossil fuels will have tectonic effects that will be felt far beyond Detroit, and will take along for the ride scores of ancillary businesses that keep America’s love affair with the automobile rolling.

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Auto Sales Race Toward A New Retail Future

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Close the door and buckle up – retail automotive sales are getting an upgrade. For instance, online marketplace and auction site eBay has released eBay Motors, a new app that uses AI to list a car in under five minutes, according to a report by The Verge. The Detroit office will be pivotal to the company’s future plans.

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Retail Pulse: Luckin Taps Into Automated Retail; Little Caesars To Team With DoorDash

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Coffee retailers are tapping into digital technology that helps them grow their reach beyond their stores, especially in China, where competition has been brewing between Chinese coffee chain Luckin Coffee and Starbucks. Luckin is hardly the only retailer tapping into the potential of vending machines. states and 24 countries.

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Macy’s Online Customers Warned Of Data Breach

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After Macy’s cyber tools detected suspicious logins on June 11, the retailer is warning customers about a data breach. The retailer said that a threat targeted the profiles of customers for nearly two months, Detroit Free Press reported.

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Millennials Represent Nearly 3 of 5 New 1Q Account Openings at Ally

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The Detroit, Mich.-based based online-only bank, Ally Financial, had 120,000 new deposit customers in the first quarter on 2019, CEO Jeff Brown said on the bank's 1Q earnings call Thursday, bringing the Ally’s total depositor count to 1.77 million — a 20% YoY increase.

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Vroom eCommerce Sales Platform Raises $254M

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Vroom , an online marketplace for buying and selling vehicles, has raised $254 million in a Series H funding round, according to a release by the company. The company opened an engineering port in Detroit this year. The Detroit office will be pivotal to the company’s future plans. Durable Capital Partners led the round, and T.

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Amazon Takes Territory In US And Beyond

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Oakland, San Jose, San Francisco, Detroit, Austin, Boston and Chicago. Amazon is opening a 1 million-square-foot warehouse in metro Detroit and plans to hire 1,000 employees to fill it. Township leaders are ecstatic, yet some fear the company could kill more jobs than it creates because of its threat to the retail sector.

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