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Walking in your neighbor’s shoes this Thanksgiving.

Long Lasting Ideas

The scene was the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a land that still looked for all the world like a war zone, thanks to Hurricane Katrina, the storm that hammered Mississippi and Louisiana just three months before. at Bank Marketing Strategy + Ideas. Thanksgiving 2005. Where homes once stood, FEMA trailers were in their place.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. Twilio’s Excellent IPO Adventure .

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Playing Chess With Amazon: Target’s Competitive Strategy

PYMNTS

Last month, Target expanded its “Drive Up” service across Florida, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and South Carolina after piloting the pick-up service in Minneapolis since last fall. Bricks In The Wall.

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Google Pledges $150 Million To Aid COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign

PYMNTS

To make the web searches more relevant, “COVID-19 vaccination locations will be available in Google Search and Maps, starting with Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, with more states and countries to come.”. Pichai said web searches for “vaccines near me” have increased by fivefold since the beginning of the year.

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We analyzed 7 of the fastest-growing personal finance apps of all time to figure out the secrets to their success — here’s what we learned

CB Insights

Mint’s pre-launch blogging strategy that got them 20,000+ customers. The free tools Credit Karma uses to drive a sticky experience and a “freemium” customer acquisition strategy. Stash’s strategy around choice and how it helps them add 25,000 users a week. Mississippi — #1 in Credit Karma searches.

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