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Robinhood May Sell Shares Directly To Users If It IPOs

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Bloomberg notes that such an offering would be unusual, as retail investors generally do not get an opportunity to participate in an IPO at the offering price. Having retail investors buy shares ahead of the opening could also limit the size of the rally of the stock on its first day of trading.

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Behind BJ’s Digital Double Down

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Headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, BJ’s Wholesale Club doesn’t always attract the same level of interest as its larger counterparts at Costco or Sam’s Club — mostly because those competitors are much larger. BJ’s is the smallest warehouse retail player in the business. A Unified Omnicommerce Focus.

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Chapter 11 Watch: Hockey Chain Put On Ice, California Livin’ Goes Bust In Hong Kong

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Brick-and-mortar retail will forever remember the day that Nintendo released Pokémon GO , a mobile game that has caused millions of millennials to suddenly discover outside again. However, some retailers prefer to play cards of the kind as close to the corporate chest as possible. billion acquisition of Home Retail Group.

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The Wonder Of Wegmans

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Humans have to eat, which means they have to buy food at least sometimes, but generally speaking, wandering the market to fulfill that need is more felt as a chore than as a good time had by all. When its first Massachusetts store opened last year, 2,000 people lined up to get inside. Wegmans was prescient,” on grocery analyst noted.

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This Week In Insurance Tech: Policygenius Raises $100M, Lemonade Enters Pet Insurance, Nationwide Expands Digital Footprint

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Startups partner to boost agent/broker speed to market. Ask Kodiak , a Massachusetts-based company that helps agents/brokers find eligible and willing carriers for clients with specific risks, has partnered with Tarmika , a comparative rating platform for agents/brokers. PARTNERSHIPS. Figo and Wagmo ) and incumbents (e.g.

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From ACH To IoT: Looking Back On A Year Of Trackers

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From using virtual reality to overhauling the retail industry to shifting trends in cross-border payments, here are some of the highlights from our 2016 Trackers. Prpic and his team are hoping to use VR technology to transform luxury and high-end retail as we know it. DEVELOPER TRACKER.

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

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Instead, new millennial-inspired and tech-infused dining trends have been emerging across the US and internationally. Many of yesterday’s casual dining brands are dying, but not because millennials “don’t eat out.” In the past decade, restaurant and bar purchases have grown at twice the rate of general retail spending.