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MGM Resorts Appoints Acting Chief Executive Officer

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Amid the public health crisis in the country and the travel vertical, MGM Resorts International said in an announcement that Chief Operating Officer and President Bill Hornbuckle has been appointed to the position of acting chief executive officer and president. He is a Providence Equity Partners senior managing director emeritus.

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Amazon Just Got Beaten To The Punch On Drone Deliveries

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Though there are other companies grappling with the future of drone deliveries in Asia and elsewhere, Amazon seems to be the not-yet-coronated king of such an imminent avant-garde retail landscape. While Flirtey is certainly no Amazon, it’s not as if the Nevada test was some kind of fly-by-night operation.

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Nipton, Calif., Goes To Pot, Literally

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In real estate and in retail, location is everything. Malls operated on that theory for years: Put a few anchor stores in to draw foot traffic and the smaller ancillary stores feast on the revenue rewards of being close by. and its area of retail specialty is marijuana; particularly the growth and technology that supports it.

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Amazon Loading Whole Foods With Its Own Executives

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What’s more, instead of reporting to Amazon’s head of worldwide consumer business Jeff Wilke, Mackey and the two Amazon executives are overseen by Steve Kessel, who is in charge of all the physical store operations. Ever since Amazon acquired Whole Foods, the combined company has been busy integrating the businesses.

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B2B Venture Capital: Corporate Social Media, Marijuana Procurement, and Big Data

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This week, the two countries were the only markets that landed on the B2B venture capital board, with funding landing at SaaS, Big Data and procurement startups across a range of industries, from corporate social media management to marijuana procurement. Supply Chain Management. Software-As-A-Service (SaaS). Back in the U.S.,

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Uber of X: greenRush is The Uber of Cannabis

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It is often hard to find and search for local retailers, exacerbated by the fact that cannabis businesses are oftentimes located in undesirable areas. For the retailer, there are real technological barriers: Most retailers have limited technology experience — even the more sophisticated operators — and many do not have even basic websites.

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Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: Keeping Ahead Of The COVID-19 Outbreak

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economy — the unfolding COVID-19 outbreak and managing the various pieces of economic collateral damage being carried in its wake. Thus far Walmart has officially reported grocery delivery outages in places like Tennessee, Nevada, North Carolina and Georgia, among other regions. Healthcare Expansion: Drive-Thru Testing Coming Soon.