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Retailers Look To Digital Technologies After Beating The Street

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Retailers and retail landlords are reporting strong first-quarter earnings results, beating analysts’ expectations in many cases. As quick-service restaurants (QSRs) look to the future, digital innovations such as self-serve kiosks and delivery are on top of mind. billion, according to news from Retail Dive.

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Shifting The Used Car Market Into Overdrive

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It’s hard to imagine that there’s so much technology and innovation happening up and down the mobility spectrum except for in this market — and it’s a $1.4 Via online and mobile it has introduced artificial intelligence (AI)-based technology in pricing cars as well as qualifying for financing. trillion market in the U.S. How It Works.

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Blue Nile Gets Physical

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Fina is excited about seeking out better fortunes on digital shores, Blue Nile has spent the last quarter proving that selling online isn’t exactly an easy solution to take on. Founded in 1999, the online shop was one of the few survivors that lived to tell the tale of the Web 1.0 metro Area and one in Portland.

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Blazing A Trail Of eCommerce Innovation With Cargo Bikes

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As the company grows in 2020, it is focusing on bigger media, magazine publications and online reviews. For example, if a potential customer from Portland, Oregon, wants to try out a bike before buying one, Bunch Bikes would connect him or her with an existing owner. tote their kids (or their pets) around town with cargo bikes.

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Square Goes Cardless, Samsung Gets Retinal And Gmail Goes Mobile

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That is the big question, which hinges on whether or not customers are as comfortable using a feature they’ve probably used a million times online in the physical store. The marketing blitz got underway this summer, mainly centered in the Pacific Northwest, particularly Portland.

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Fintech Fundings: 28 Companies Raise $220 Million Week Ending March 25

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In total, there were 13 fintech startups (or 15 by the Bank Innovations definition ), 12% of the total YC W16 class of 109. Point-of-sale financing for retailers. HQ: Portland, Oregon. Online foreign exchange services. Nigerian online credit card processor. Total raised: Unknown. HQ: New York City. CrowdStreet.

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Vacation Rental Home Startup Vacasa Isn’t Just An Airbnb Knockoff

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But Cofounder and CEO Eric Breon says that the two online rental startups are actually vastly different from one another. Since its founding, Vacasa has grown from a two-person company to employ more than 1,300 people at offices in Portland, Oregon, and Boise, Idaho, as well as numerous field personnel in the 14 U.S.