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Dollar General Introduces 'popshelf' Store Concept

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As an extension of its non-consumables strategic plan, Dollar General has unveiled its new popshelf retail store concept. The Clarksville and Hendersonville communities, which are near Nashville, Tennessee, are the anticipated homes of the first two popshelf locations.

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PetSmart Continues Brick-And-Mortar Expansion With More Store Openings

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Pet goods retail chain PetSmart announced Thursday it had opened 28 new brick-and-mortar storefronts in North America during the quarter that ended Nov. This quarter, for example, we launched The Groomery by PetSmart, our innovative new store concept focusing exclusively on pet grooming services.”.

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What Serving The Internet’s ‘Underserved’ Means For Payments

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And some of those areas and cities — Chattanooga, Tennessee stands as a good example — are striving to become more attractive to millennials and others, with better internet a big part of such efforts. communities. In its FCC application, Amazon said its satellites would operate at altitudes of roughly 370 to 390 miles. Government Efforts.

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Moving Services Use The Gig Economy To Simplify Pricing For Consumers

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Bellhops saw the need when customers who moved between homes in one of Bellhop’s cities, say, Chattanooga, Tennessee, needed to move to another city in the Bellhop network. Currently, the service is in 22 cities and metro areas expanding across the Southwest, South and Mid-Atlantic regions from Austin, Texas, to Washington, D.C.

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Partnership Is the Only Way Smaller Banks Can Compete on Mobile

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Banks like JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Wells Fargo are announcing new mobile features and adding new mobile users every day, but mobile can be a challenge for smaller banks that don’t have the resources of a Wells or Chase. It’s almost impossible for us to stay anywhere near-competitive,” Kevin Karrels, […].

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Who Will Disintermediate The Intermediaries?

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Disintermediating the established intermediaries has become something of an art form in payments and retail these days. Physical retail is being disintermediated by a host of new players using digital technologies and data that further erode their relevance. Take retail. See the Future — or Face the Inevitable. Yes, they do.

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The Real Hunger Games: A Battle Royale In The Grocery Aisles

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online grocery sales since 2017, the largest share of any single retailer and double its closest competitor. Acceptance of SNAP/EBT online : Amazon is one of several retailers, including Walmart, selected by the USDA to pilot the use of SNAP/EBT online to buy groceries. According to the Harris Poll, Amazon is the most trusted U.S.

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