PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

eCommerce business president and chief executive officer, said the merchant is dedicated to providing shoppers with an attractive assortment of online goods, and, for that reason, it bought brands such as Bonobos, CNBC reported. Marc Lore, who is Walmart’s U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

and SoftBank -backed robotics firm Nuro recently announced the rollout of their autonomous grocery delivery service in Houston. The companies said the service will be available via two Kroger stores in the Houston area and reach customers residing in four local zip codes. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

20, which is the day that the brand is expected to announce a foldable phone and the Galaxy S10, Apple Insider reported. The outlet reported that the first Samsung stores will be at Roosevelt Field on Long Island, The Americana at Brand in Los Angeles and The Galleria in Houston.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

To thrive in the eCommerce age as it contends with Amazon , Walmart is planning to make its supercenters the heart of a network of businesses operating together to drive profits and bring in customers, The Wall Street Journal reported. The giant stores are large operations offering 100,000 products and are approximately 180,000 square feet.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

According to a report by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the country will see a scarcity of 46,000 to 130,000 physicians by the end of the next decade — and that shortfall won’t be felt equally. Among millennials, 45 percent report having no primary care doctor. Shorter Wait Times. Delivery Programs.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Uber was declared “not fit and proper” to operate in London — the ride-hailing company’s largest European market — and now has three weeks to appeal, according to a Monday (Nov. San Francisco, Houston and Boston have all had cases of illicit drivers, including convicted felons, Cnet reported.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

WhyHotel, a company that offers pop-up hotel rooms in recently built luxury apartments, has raised $20 million in a Series B funding round, according to a report by VentureBeat. The company has properties in Seattle, Houston, Arlington and Tysons Corner, Virginia.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Customers will be able to order items from 17 stores with the program, according to reports. Instacart doesn’t work with Walmart in the states, but it does have a relationship with Walmart subsidiary, Sam’s Club — that tie-up was reported in February , as Sam’s CEO, John Furner, is searching for way to help the warehouse business standout.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

CVS Health started to test out HealthHUB locations last year in Houston to “overwhelming customer satisfaction” per the announcement. According to previous reports, Boston, Dallas-Fort Worth, North Carolina, and Ohio are among the next markets the pharmacy chain is targeting for the growth of HealthHUB in 2020.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

The three telecoms — SK Telecom, LG Uplus and KT — launched 5G last month, though, according to one report , “they currently provide access with mobile 5G routers since 5G phones aren’t set to come out until March of 2019.” That doesn’t mean consumers have widespread access to 5G, though. In the U.S., Rollouts in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

“Everything that we are doing on grocery and convenience is driven by the fact that we are seeing strong consumer appetites from new consumption trends, people who are confined and cannot go out,” European General Manager Stephane Ficaja told Reuters in a Thursday (April 16) report.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

But that doesn’t mean the money doesn’t flow during the baseball playoffs – evidence of that comes from Jim McIngvale, a Houston furniture store owner known as “ Mattress Mack ,” who just put $3.5 million on the Houston Astros to win the 2019 World Series. As The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday (Oct. elections.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2017

Amazon is taking on Best Buy in the home installation and service market where Geek Squad has dominated by quietly rolling out its own service unit. The price for an installation of an Alexa-enabled smart thermostat is $99, and multi-device installations that take longer than an hour could cost more, reported Recode.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

In one example reported by abc13.com, com, in Texas, Houston based Upper Hand salon owner Rachel Gower, said that the business was adding a $3 charge, tied to sanitation, to guest checks. The Wall Street Journal reported that in at least one case — where the Kiko Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Lounge in West Plains, Mo.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2020

CNBC reported that American will also reduce or cut service to two dozen small and medium markets on passenger loads that are down roughly 75 percent overall from last year. Delta Air Lines also had a dismal second quarter with a $7 billion pretax loss. Aloft With Loans. The four largest U.S. billion loan.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

According to reports, the social media giant has launched “Dynamic Ads For Real Estate,” a new advertising feature that might just challenge Zillow’s supremacy in the digital retail arena. real estate market is at at a 30-year low, according to CoreLogic, with certain areas showing signs of bubbly markets with over-valued housing stock.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2018

The move would essentially beat Apple to the market with smartphones featuring 5G technology, because reports say that Apple is going to wait until 2020 to release the first iPhones featuring the tech. Verizon and Samsung announced on Monday (Dec. 3) that they would launch U.S. 5G phones in the first half of 2019, according to Reuters.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The company has partnered with autonomous technology firm Nuro with plans to put driverless delivery vehicles to work in Houston, Texas, by the end of 2019. The company will deploy delivery-focused kitchen management solutions from ConnectSmart to more than 900 locations in these two global markets. About The Tracker.

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2016

According to a new report from CBRE, things are about to get even worse. Of the 57 major retail markets studied, 37 of them posted decreases to warehousing availability. As of Q2 2016, industrial warehouse space declined by 8.8 percent — the lowest such figure since 2001. million added in 2006.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2017

Uber and Lyft, the two ride-hailing firms that left several Texas markets over controversy tied to fingerprint background checks, may be coming back. Reuters reports that the state’s governor, Greg Abbott, will sign a bill over the next few days that comes in the wake of House Bill 100’s approval last week.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

During a recent high-energy PYMNTS discussion with Karen Webster, Lanman talked about the value ClassPass brings to the modern health and wellness market, and the lessons the company has learned along the way — lessons that can be applied to other operators in the digital realm. A looming doctor shortage. Clinic Trend.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2018

The offering will debut in Houston, Louisville, Nashville and Kroger’s hometown of Cincinnati, Chain Store Age reported. In terms of geography, the pilot market will be announced soon and the service is expected to launch in the fall.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

told the Houston Chronicle that “bankruptcy for Mattress Firm would make sense, as it would allow them to reposition their real estate portfolio and close stores to become profitable.”. Amazon and Whole Foods Market announced the launch of curbside grocery pickup in Sacramento and Virginia Beach. In Other Brick-And-Mortar News….

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

According to a report by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the country will see a scarcity of 46,000-130,000 physicians by the end of the next decade – and that shortfall won’t be felt equally. Among millennials, 45 percent report having no primary care doctor.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2019

According to that report, the company “works directly with ride-hailing drivers to mount ad displays on top of their cars. The report added that the Firelfy network “gets 200 million impressions per month across 40,000 square miles of coverage, with over 650,000 hours of content played to date.”. In Q3 2018, 35.6 percent in Q1 to 38.4

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

Its fourth-quarter earnings report, released at the end of February, showed a revenue jump of 88 percent from 2019 to $1.1 This year we expect another year of market-leading growth. Our cohort growth was broad based with many markets crossing key milestones.”. New Markets. It is only part of a stepped-up marketing effort.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2017

And for the Free Press Summer Festival in Houston , the branded digital experience they needed was, well, beer. The approval rating for the service was also extremely high — those who were surveyed as having used the beer order-head app reported 100 percent satisfaction with the experience. Mobile beer ordering, specifically.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

The 74,000 square-foot space, which is scheduled to open in the fall, will feature a second-floor mezzanine complete with almost 100 seats for a market café. The average household income, the news outlet reports, is “well above $100,000.” billion in 2018 on 500 remodels, according to reports. per one survey.

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APRIL 28, 2016

My typical mailer includes the previous months’ report and the questions they should answer to help me with my next report. Rasmussen: My monthly reports are threefold. I also focus on budgets, loan and deposit growth, net interest margins, quarterly comparison reports, and the banker’s view of his or her local economy.

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MARCH 19, 2019

Mobile ordering is available at the chain’s Denver, Boston and Houston locations, with more markets said to be in the works for this year. Jack in the Box VP of Marketing Communications Adrienne Ingoldt said in an announcement that “the app addresses the evolving needs of our guests while increasing in-store efficiencies.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2019

The quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain reported revenues of $811.6 For same-store sales, the QSR reported growth of 3 percent compared to Wall Street estimates of 4.8 According to reports that surfaced in June, Domino’s and Nuro were teaming up to use a custom vehicle dubbed R2 later in the year. million and $2.02

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

According to a report in Reuters , Kroger is changing the way it stocks merchandise in the stores, which it blamed for the decline in foot traffic. Ever since Amazon acquired Whole Foods Market , Kroger has been in reinvention mode, launching new services to match the eCommerce giant. Kroger , the U.S.

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JULY 9, 2019

The report also noted that mobile orders now comprise roughly 60 percent of all digital food orders. The explosive growth has caused industry experts to forecast that the mobile order-ahead market will reach $38 billion by next year. It’s all about the experience of the guest,” he said, per reports last year. “Of

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

Of course, taking a break is a relative term when it comes to the race for the consumer’s whole paycheck — Walmart, according to most reports , is running barn-burner deals that rival Black Friday savings. Live better, and if recent reports are to be believed, dress better as well. Amazon has filed an application with the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

Overall, Bainter said the storage market is near surpassing $30 billion, and that there are approximately 2.5 The company currently operates in Austin, Houston, Phoenix and Seattle. “We We always try to target high-growth markets,” Bainter said, adding that those locations are seeing a lot of expansion. million raised in 2017.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The company, which is based out of Houston, TX and operates globally, had total revenues of $402 million in the quarter ending September 30, 2017 – a 22 percent increase from $328.3 Cardtronics reported that Q3 ATM operating revenues reached $390.1 Competition and Markets Authority to maintain its ownership of the U.K.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Most brands hope to make a big splash when they enter the market – but not for this type of reason. There are now over 1,000 Stockwell machines spread across the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Houston and Chicago.

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