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BuzzFeed To Launch Unique Toy Store In NYC This Fall

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BuzzFeed is planning to open a toy store in New York City later this fall. New York Post reported that the store, called “Camp,” will be located in an 11,000-square-foot space in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. Freeman, senior managing director at GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group, recently said.

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Retail Pulse: FAO Schwarz To Open New Flagship; Amazon Expands Grocery Delivery

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News this week surfaced that FAO Schwarz is planning to have a flagship store in New York City once again – this time at Rockefeller Center instead of the Fifth Avenue location where Tom Hanks tapped out “Chopsticks” on a dance-on piano in the 1988 movie “Big.”. percent stake in Starbucks.

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What Evine’s Surprisingly Dramatic Journey Means For The Future Of Home Shopping

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It made a largely unreported acquisition of a firm called STARTEK earlier this year, and although it may sound like an acquisition more appropriate for Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space exploration firm, the business is a call center operator and engagement outsourcing specialist. real estate. Evine is getting ready to expand.

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Rescuing The Restaurant Business From App Decline

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Currently exiting beta in New York City, Fahmy’s new company, DineVite, claims to put the discounts back where they belong — with the restaurant owners. The model for the DineVite online and mobile app is actually similar to social media. The operative word is control. “I

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Can Subscription Commerce Revive Floundering Movie Theaters?

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First founded in 2011, MoviePass now operates under the leadership of Mitch Lowe, who co-founded Netflix and previously served as president of Redbox. The New York City-based company had surpassed 500,000 subscribers as of late September. Giving moviegoing a subscription twist. We got caught off-guard,” Farnsworth said.

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The Shopper’s Brain On Bargains

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Part of it is a savvy social media-based distribution model through WeChat. Chinese consumers have a reputation for loving luxury that is well-earned, The New York Times reports – but they also really love a bargain, and Pinduoduo’s explosive growth in the eCommerce scene proves it. The firm claims to have 343.3

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CEO Roundtable: Ideas for a successful 2023

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We recently spoke with community bank CEOs from across the country to gain insights on how they’re proactively positioning to manage risks and take advantage of growth opportunities in the coming year. Anita Drentlaw , CEO, president and CFO at $190 million-asset New Market Bank in Elko New Market, Minn. By Beth Mattson-Teig.