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How Food Delivery Platforms Can Move Beyond Big City Takeout

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But he realized that there was something lacking in small markets like his at the time — big food delivery players such as Grubhub. Then he moved to another smaller market — Lake Charles, Louisiana — and realized there was a potential for food delivery outside big cities. In all, he identified 422 cities as potential markets.

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Banks in Hurricane Laura's path hopeful their markets were spared worst

American Banker

Branches in the Gulf Coast region largely avoided massive flooding. Now bankers must assess the impact on employees and customers.

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Retail Pulse: Sears To Open ‘Home & Life’ Stores, Amazon Reduces Whole Foods’ Prices

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The locations, which the company said were created based on insights from Sears Appliances & Mattresses stores, are set to be located in Alaska, Kansas and Louisiana. Boutros continued, “We are here to serve these communities and this is part of our strategy to maintain a presence in markets where we have right-sized our footprint.”.

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Verizon 5G Network Launch Foreshadows Mobile Commerce Changes

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The upcoming launches in the Midwest – in one city that is considered the capital of the region, and in another that is a growing destination for young, digitally-minded professionals, including those priced out of the Chicago housing market – represent more significant progress for the new mobile network technology. 5G Potential.

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15 Minutes With … Jimmy Rasmussen

Independent Banker

Rasmussen: Yes, it is an honor to serve the Group 3 Banks in Texas, southern New Mexico and northern Louisiana for three more years. Finally, I focus on economic news in our markets, which include five communities south of Houston. The Houston region has seen substantial layoffs, and the daily headlines predict more will be announced.

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The Great Grocery Race Shifts Into High Gear

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And — according to Jet — the new app will also be better customized regionally for shoppers, making use of local imagery and messages on the homepage and throughout the site. Jet will also factor in locality when deciding which products are featured in its assortment for that region. percent during the second quarter. percent increase.

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June’s Top 12 Mobile Pay Moments

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And what better way to mark that milestone than with a monthly recap of the Top 12 news items in one major market in the payments ecosystem: mobile payments. Samsung Pay is the first mobile payment service of its kind to be launched in Spain, giving it a head start in the market over Apple Pay and Android Pay. Apple Pay — 20 Months In.

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