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Supermarkets Hoard Staples For Holidays, COVID Resurgence

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Anthony Hucker, CEO of Southeastern Grocers , a Jacksonville, Florida-based supermarket chain, told WSJ he placed orders for holiday hams and turkeys in June, July and August long before he typically does. We will never again operate our business as unprepared for something like this,” he said.

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FIS to Help Stand Up Digital-Only Banks Within 90 Days

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The Jacksonville, Fla.-based Fintech provider FIS aims to help financial institutions lacking the in-house firepower to launch their own direct-to-consumer digital-only banks to do so in just 90 days.

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Prime Now Grocery Delivery Expands Across The US

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“Prime Now delivery continues to be a hit with our customers and we’re excited to introduce the service in five new cities plus more neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area,” Whole Foods Market’s executive vice president of operations, Christina Minardi, said in the announcement.

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Hilton Times Square Closure Bruises NYC Tourism Rebound

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Hilton’s Times Square loss is more a reflection of how COVID-19 has bruised the Big Apple’s remarkable tourism industry than it is a commentary on individual hospitality operators. And while properties in “certain urban markets” including Boston, Chicago and New Orleans saw upticks in July, a COVID resurgence cooled the trend. “As

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

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This year we expect another year of market-leading growth. Noting that existing Carvana markets grew by 84 percent, he said, “The company’s four oldest markets each more than three years old grew by 50 percent and our oldest cohort of Atlanta grew by 18 percent. New Markets. In 2019, we increased GPU by $750.

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TSYS Buys iMobile3, Bolstering SMB Reach

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To that end, TSYS said Thursday that it has bought iMobile3 , based in Jacksonville, Fla., The iMobile3 Marketplace is described as a “fully customizable suite of applications” that can be used across digital marketing and business analytics processes, curated specifically for every partner.

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How The Pandemic Made QR Codes Sizzle

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Published reports show that some code detected in the iOS 14 operating system that Apple recently unveiled indicates that the tech giant is working on letting users make payments with Apple Pay via QR codes scanned with iPhone cameras. market is now well on its way to becoming a payments sizzle in a post-pandemic world.

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