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Seattle Startup Delivers Low-Income Families Discounted Local Produce

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The Seattle startup Pacific Coast Harvest , which connects local farms and home delivery, is now offering a discount program to assist low-income families, GeekWire reported Sunday (Sept. The startup recently teamed with the city of Seattle and area preschools to give low-income families the same service at a discount.

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Report: UnitedHealth Buys Online Pharmacy Startup DivvyDose

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the world’s largest healthcare company by revenue, has purchased DivvyDose, the Illinois-based online pharmacy startup, for about $300 million, sources told CNBC. CNBC reported giant retailers and health plans are acquiring online pharmacy startups as a way to make it easier for patients to access medicines. UnitedHealth Group Inc. ,

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Is Amazon Building A Drive-Up Grocery Store In Seattle?

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Amazon appears to be behind the construction of a new drive-up grocery store being built in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, at least, according to an online report citing city permitting records. Peak time slots will sell out, which will help manage traffic flow within the customer parking adjacent to the building.

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Online Retail Pumps New Fuel Into Warehouse Growth

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Online retail has had a tremendous impact on logistics, further evidence of which emerged on Monday (June 3). The shift toward online shopping is reconfiguring supply chains and shaping the fortunes of industrial landlords, with demand especially high in and around large cities, where eCommerce has taken off fastest.”.

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Amazon Plans To Expand Grocery Stores Across The US

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billion for Whole Foods , the online retail giant is planning to open its second automated-checkout grocery store in Seattle’s Eastside neighborhood and is hiring managers for a third store in the city’s Capitol Hill district, The Seattle Times reported. Three years after it paid $13.4 And it’s not stopping there.

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Zillow Enters Mortgage Space — and Stock Tanks

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Online real estate company Zillow has entered the mortgage space. On Monday the Seattle-based company purchased Mortgage Lenders of America for an undisclosed amount. The move solidifies the company’s effort to simplify and streamline the home buying process, according to a company-issued statement.

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BI Ignite 19: People Want People, and AI-enabled Functionality

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Customers increasingly expect banks and other financial institutions to meet them where they are with full functionality, said panelists at Bank Innovation Ignite 2019 in Seattle on Tuesday.

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