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Vans Skates Into LA With Community-Driven Concept

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Youth-oriented shoe and apparel brand Vans has found the intersection of both, as seen in its most recent store opening this past week in Los Angeles. It operates dozens of b8ta stores across the United States, and its platform is open to other retailers and independent product designers.

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The 2018 Bling Ring’s Commerce Challenge

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Earlier in the week it was reported that the Los Angeles police department arrested a criminal gang composed of three teenage boys and one of their mothers in connection with a string of high-profile robberies. The trio allegedly had just robbed the home of Los Angeles Rams receiver Robert Woods. Pokora” Tota.

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Forever 21 Stores Hacked

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According to news from Fortune , customer payment card information was compromised at certain point of sale devices in stores when the encryption on those devices was not operating. The company, which operates more than 815 stores in 57 countries, did not say which specific locations were affected.

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Chinese Advertising Generates $27B For TikTok’s ByteDance

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Social commerce topped $89 billion January to September, making social media the new advertising darling and ByteDance a threat to longer-established platforms like Facebook and Instagram. A recent report forecasted that social commerce will reach $604.5 A recent report forecasted that social commerce will reach $604.5

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Uber Co-Founder Kalanick Prepares Global Network Of Food Delivery Kitchens

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He went as far as to prevent people he was recruiting from publicizing their new jobs on social media including LinkedIn. The report noted that CloudKitchen recruiters have been reaching out to people in London that have operations experience. business into Asia and Europe, visiting the U.K. A launch in the U.K.

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Facebook’s News Accelerator Nets Extra $5M For Local Newspapers

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The Lenfest Institute’s mission is to develop and support sustainable business models for local journalism,” said the institute’s Director of Operations Ken Herts. “We Also in January, the social media giant opened a 130,000-square-foot office in Cambridge , Massachusetts.

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Russia Threatens To Block Facebook Next Year If It Doesn’t Comply

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If Facebook does not comply, the Russian government will block the social media website next year. Reuters commented that Twitter, the struggling microblogging operator, has already notified the Russian government watchdog that it is aiming to comply with the internet regulation by the middle of next year. “We