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JANUARY 7, 2021

AppHarvest is working to build indoor farms, combining the conventional agriculture technique with innovative tech to grow affordable fruits and vegetables at scale, the release stated. The company expects to begin its first harvest from its flagship farm, which is a 60-acre facility growing tomatoes in Morehead, Kentucky, this month.

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JUNE 20, 2019

To meet this rising demand, QSRs are tapping into ordering interfaces built into cars and reconstructing stores to make for smoother mobile pickup — along with other innovations. From Chipotle Mexican Grill to Square , QSRs and payment firms alike are enabling a world of ordering innovation.

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MAY 31, 2018

Current CEO Blaine Hurst was the prime mover behind Panera’s first large-scale delivery test in Louisville, Kentucky, four years ago. First, Hurst noted, because it gives the company maximum control on rollout: The company isn’t limited to markets where their partner provides. Hurst said Panera will always have physical locations.

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MARCH 29, 2016

Samsung announced the launch of its mobile payments service that is now available through a deal with China UnionPay — the same method Apple used to bring its mobile payments option into market. Samsung Pay will enable any China UnionPay cards to be uploaded and managed on the app. Young, SVP, Global Product and Innovation.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

In Kentucky right now, Belk is building out a location in what was a Macy’s. The more complex answer, noted CEO Lisa Harper, involves being both conservative and innovative at the same time. There can only be one in the modern, southern style game, and Belk more or less owns that market.

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DECEMBER 7, 2019

Bloomberg reports that there is a group of Trappist monks in Kentucky who are changing the face of that dessert with their whiskey-soaked handmade fruitcakes. Santa showing up in retail marketing, as far as historians can tell, dates back to the 1840s when some stores went as far as putting up life-sized models of jolly old St.

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