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Bento for Business Sets Big Goals with $9 Million in Funding

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Bento for Business wants to provide its customers with money management tools combined with banking solutions, similar to the personal financial management app for millennials, MoneyLion, according to company CEO Farhan Ahmad. For the task, San Francisco-based Bento raised $9 million in a new round of funding today.

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Ex-Uber Exec To File $250M SPAC IPO Backed By Former Google CEO

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Hims , a direct-to-consumer company selling health products targeted at millennials, is using a SPAC to go public , for example. Josh Harris , co-founder of Apollo Global Management , said the SPAC trend is not a flash in the pan. The trend has grown in recent months.

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Wine.com Uncorks A Vintage Year

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The 2019 wine retailer of the year was online – specifically, it was a good year for Wine.com. There are gatekeepers for economic reasons all over the world of online retail. The company’s growth has been consistent with the overall online retail category. Millennials are leading a premium trend for wine.

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SoFi Sees Investor Accounts Double Thanks To Fractional Shares

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The CEO of SoFi, the digital personal finance company based in San Francisco, said its investor accounts have doubled this year, mostly due to fractional shares. Founded in 2011, SoFi made its reputation by refinancing student loans for millennials. In 2019, it launched SoFi Invest and SoFi Money, a cash management account.

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Why Goodwill Regions Are Tapping Into Digital Marketplaces

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More than 100 Goodwill store locations ranging from New York to San Francisco are uploading products like collectibles, clothing and furniture to the platform to drive in-store and online sales. At the same time, Goodwill can manage item listings, product images, shipping, financial reporting, auditing and order management.

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Retail Pulse: IKEA To Open ‘Planning Studio’ In NYC; Pizza Hut Will Acquire QuikOrder

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Country Manager Lars Petersson said, “We recognize that we are in a rapidly changing retail environment, and to be fit for long-term growth, IKEA is transforming in a way that lets us meet our customers where they are.” Pizza Hut plans to acquire online ordering software provider QuikOrder. In the announcement, IKEA Retail U.S.

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PayPal Deal, Connected Economy And Cyberwar Top Week’s News

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With roughly 17 million active users each month and 30,000 diverse online retailers, Honey has delivered some $1 billion in savings to shoppers in the past year. David Chubak will head all retail sectors — branches, mortgages, wealth, risk management and small business, according to a memo. Battle For Millennials.