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How BNPL Is Helping BlackCool Boost Brand Awareness And Availability

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This growth is creating opportunities for numerous retailers, including BlackCool & Co. , But with BNPL you can go to any retailer, choose your product and pay over time with no credit check.” . The company plans to open other locations in Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City and Philadelphia. .

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Big Brick-And-Mortars Double Down On Same-Day Delivery

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As brick-and-mortar retailers continue to struggle to bring in consumers, a few are taking a page out of Amazon’s book and working instead to meet consumers where they live. Kohl’s has expanded same-day delivery to Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle and Washington, D.C./Baltimore And quickly.

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

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billion, on an 82 percent increase in retail sales. That is the most organic growth of any automotive retailer ever in the U.S. Miami is Carvana’s 24th car vending machine location to date — joining Nashville, San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Dallas, Raleigh, Jacksonville, Tampa, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., Ontario (L.A.),

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And Then There Were 20 — The Amazon HQ2 Finalists

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Higher paying technology-focused employment positions mean higher demand for higher-priced homes and retail, too — and also potential changes in the political standings of whomever green lights an Amazon deal. Indianapolis, Indiana. Los Angeles, California. Miami, Florida. Montgomery County, Maryland.

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The On-Demand Alternative To Self-Storage

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The company currently operates in Austin, Houston, Phoenix and Seattle. “We The startup is said to have a post-investment value of $600 million, and co-founder and CEO Ari Mir said the investment would help the firm expand in existing markets — such as New York and San Francisco — and come to new cities like Philadelphia.

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The Great Grocery Race Shifts Into High Gear

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Boston, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. The world’s largest retailer announced it has acquired the crowdsourced, on-demand delivery marketplace Cornershop for $225 million. Same-store sales, one of the favored metrics for judging retail, excluding fuel, increased 1.6 are reportedly next on the list of expansions.

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‘Buy Now Pay Later’ Breaks Through

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BNPL is a thoroughly mobile experience that completes the retail trifecta: less expensive, easy to use and totally portable. cities (LA, Chicago, Brooklyn, Houston, Philadelphia) seeing the greatest action. Sneakers, Makeup and Money. And what did those shoppers buy now to pay for later? Legislators in the U.K. and the U.S.