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There are another 120 workers slated to be let go in Michigan. “We Yet, in a competitive market, pay may matter. The Seattle Times reported that a Bear Down Logistics driver in Michigan makes $15 an hour, while UPS pays about $20 an hour in the same region for the same work.

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JULY 16, 2020

The Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company’s strong growth amid the coronavirus crisis has been aided by its push into online and mobile ordering. Temporary closures due to coronavirus restrictions are also down from a peak of 2,400 earlier this spring, having fallen to 600 in markets outside the U.S., and revenue of $915 million.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

SpartanNash is likely not familiar to those who grocery shop outside of Michigan and the upper Midwest, since that is the region to which the chain is confined. Customer who order online — whether for pickup or delivery — will receive an automated message whenever they purchase something with which a digital coupon is associated.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Take Holland Eats , which caters to 30,000 residents in Holland, Michigan. The app comes as the online food delivery market is booming. For the first time, digital orders outpaced phone orders, which stood at 5 percent, showing that food delivery services are joining established players in what appears to be a growing market.

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JUNE 24, 2016

But Facebook got the jump on the news cycle this week with the big news that it was opening up Facebook Canvas for retailers and other marketers on the site, as opposed to just advertis e rs. Online to offline coming to Walmart near you, and we mean that sincerely. Online lending . A pretty clear-cut sizzle. Tech is back.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

.” Home Chef retail meal kits are currently available in Kroger’s Family of Stores across multiple markets, including Illinois (Mariano’s), Kentucky (Kroger), Michigan (Kroger), Ohio (Kroger, Cincinnati ) and Wisconsin (Pick ‘n Save and Metro Market).

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MARCH 14, 2017

The company provides online banking platforms with small business solutions to help FIs better service their SMB clients. The new funding also saw participation from CU Solutions Group, Baird Capital, Detroit Venture Partners and Invest Michigan, the company said, adding that the round follows its self-funded $2 million in seed financing. “We

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Online sales were up 108 percent during the quarter. In late October , Cincinnati-based Kroger announced its “Restock Kroger” program — which aims to improve shipping, distribution and the links between its online and offline businesses — would be a major boost for shareholders. billion since March.”. "As

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MAY 11, 2018

Online brands continue their march into the offline world as Shopify and Warby Parker announce plans to open brick-and-mortar locations in the coming months. For Shopify, a Canadian eCommerce platform that helps artisans and other small merchants do business online, this will mark its first foray from the virtual world into the real one.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

Luckin Coffee, for its part, recently announced that it is entering the automated retail market with the rollout of a luckin popMINI smart vending machine and the luckin coffee EXPRESS smart unmanned coffee machine. Detroit, Michigan-based Little Caesars has stores in all 50 U.S. states and 24 countries. have also logged healthy sales.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

Any vehicles sold online, including through www.carmax.com or the CarMax mobile app, must also clearly and conspicuously disclose on the first page of the overall description of the vehicle or vehicle history report that the vehicle may be subject to an open recall for safety issues that have not been repaired.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

According to the report, Amazon also rolled out a dedicated store for online smart home devices in Canada , where consumers can get access to Amazon Prime Music. Earlier in November, Whole Foods Market and Amazon announced that customers can now shop for Amazon devices at more than 199 Whole Foods retail locations.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

More diverse communities are being served by CUs than ever before, with the state of Michigan recently approving the nation’s first LGBTQ-focused CU, Superbia Credit Union. Allison Videtti, director of marketing for digital-focused Alliant Credit Union , believes it has come at the cost of personal touch.

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AUGUST 16, 2018

percent, online and mail-order retail sales increased 0.8 The boost in consumer spending is due to a tightening labor market, which is gradually pushing up wages. The economy appears to be very well-positioned to continue to grow,” said Jim Baird, chief investment officer at Plante Moran Financial Advisors in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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AUGUST 10, 2023

April Clobes , CEO of Michigan State University Federal Credit Union , has made it mandatory for activities involving the “four C’s” – Coach, Collaborate, Create, Connect (culture activities) – to be done in person. 2022 Workplace Culture Report found a big disconnect in how employees value online training and virtual meetings.

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MAY 15, 2017

Sales online and in store were up a seasonally adjusted 0.4 That news comes along with data out of the University of Michigan that indicates its consumer-sentiment index rose to 97.7 The labor market continues to improve.”. Non store retailer sales — the category that includes online shopping — jumped 1.4 percent rate.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The resale market is turning out to be one of the hottest trends of the young new year. The other two options are in store pop-ups and online collaborations. The overall resale market in the U.S. And its opening on North Michigan Avenue is just the latest evidence of how much the retail marketplace has changed.”.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Inaddition to the purchase and financing of cars and fleets online, we define auto commerce to include car-sharing, on-demand, and short-term rental business models that provide an alternative to consumers purchasing cars. This market map includes private, active companies only and is not meant to be exhaustive of companies in the space.

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APRIL 19, 2018

Standing one’s ground in an Amazon -dominated retail market doesn’t happen by accident. The decision was made in support of the company’s $11 billion multi-year investment plan to increase Home Depot’s lead over brick-and-mortar competitors such as Lowe’s , as well as keeping ahead of online competitors including, but not limited to, Amazon.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

In April of 2017, Red Robin launched its order-ahead feature , which allowed consumers to order online and select a pick-up time at a local location. A customer who is ordering online probably isn’t in the market for a sit-down meal – and not offering them an easy way to order and go is an easy way to send them to another merchant.

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JANUARY 21, 2020

Diners will place orders via third-party online food delivery platforms, phone or the restaurant’s website. DoorDash commands 35 percent of the third-party delivery market. Based in Detroit, Michigan, Little Caesars has stores in all 50 U.S. The food delivery platform recently overtook Grubhub as the No.

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JULY 13, 2017

It delivers to homes and businesses in 24 metro markets and has more than 200 pickup locations. The beauty of online grocery shopping is that you can add to your order throughout the week and at the very moment you remember that you need something,” said Cat de Merode, Peapod’s vice president of product.

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DECEMBER 31, 2019

In related grocery delivery news, Amazon Fresh, the company’s online grocery delivery program that pre-existed Whole Foods, dropped its $14.99 As of the end of this year, Walmart is aiming to have free curbside pickup available with 3,100 stores online. per month,” said Stephenie Landry, VP of Amazon’s grocery delivery. population.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

It’s true: bots have squeezed their way in and they’re changing the way companies interact with consumers online. . So, if you’re looking to explore this crazy chatbot world, there are resources, including basic tips for marketing through chatbots , as well as what not to do for your business. Happy botting!

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

It was less than a year ago — February, to be precise — that Google appeared as the latest player in an increasingly crowded food delivery market that was intent to make a move on grocery. markets up and into effect in Target’s home market of Minneapolis. The big news at the time was perishables.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

said in the announcement about the offering, “Walmart aims to be the market leader in providing retail workers a path to careers in growing fields like healthcare. Anna Pawlak-Kuliga, the firm’s top executive in the country, said the plan would help “accelerate expansion offline and online.”.

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MAY 12, 2020

Another take: “Despite all the ways to conduct transactions – online, ATM, contact center – we still saw some very long lines in our drive-ups (especially when EIP payments were sent). Pre-COVID, most FIs opened approximately 10% of their accounts via the online channel, with the other 90% still being opened in branches. Eagle CU, $1.0

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NOVEMBER 8, 2019

She added that a recent study done by USA Technologies in conjunction with Michigan State University, which analyzed 250,000 machines connected to USAT’s cashless payment platform, found a 78 percent increase in cashless sales and a 26 percent jump in overall transactions through the first 18 months of deployment.

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JANUARY 25, 2022

When I started reporting on the space in the mid-90s, I thought banks would end up delivering the bulk of basic accounting functions through their online banking programs. So the market has been ceded to the entrepreneurs, and wow, have they shown up! Challenger Accounting/Bookkeeping Online Providers in the United States.

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AUGUST 17, 2018

percent — the same growth rate logged by online and mail-order retail sales. The boost in consumer spending is largely credited to a tightening labor market, which is gradually pushing up wages. billion over the next five years to improve its supply chain, with the goal of faster online order delivery. Revenue was up $30.46

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JANUARY 25, 2018

Reviver Auto envisions a registration process where “you would be on a secure portal doing registration on our app, and you’d have the same security that you would have doing online banking. The funds will go toward staffing up both hardware and software resources and igniting targeted marketing campaigns throughout the rest of the year.

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JUNE 30, 2016

And what better way to mark that milestone than with a monthly recap of the Top 12 news items in one major market in the payments ecosystem: mobile payments. Samsung Pay is the first mobile payment service of its kind to be launched in Spain, giving it a head start in the market over Apple Pay and Android Pay. Apple Pay — 20 Months In.

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JULY 16, 2017

Allianz-backed Simplesurance , which offers point-of-sale insurance policies via online retailers’ websites, partnered with Munich Re Digital Partners in October 2016 to jointly develop new insurance products. Number of investments: 3. Stated investment focus: N/A. Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures. in funding. Munich Re/HSB Ventures.

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

In an article for American Banker , titled ‘Don’t let community banking go from endangered to extinct’, Stephen Lange Ranzini, CEO and president of University Bancorp in Ann Arbor, Michigan, highlighted the need to “radically rethink” the regulatory approach to the community banking and credit union industry.

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JUNE 1, 2016

That’s why we found this seminar titled “Beyond Bitcoin: The future of blockchain and disruptive financial technologies,” (the video is now online), conducted earlier this year by the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution, so interesting, and we encourage you to take a look.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Data from payment processor TSYS has shown that, in the US last year, debit and credit cards were the most popular options for everyday purchases and online shopping, but cash was top for low-value transactions. This is more likely if you spend a lot of time shopping at outdoor markets or small, independent stores.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

based company went into production in fall 2009 and started selling its products in March 2010, mainly online and through boutiques and bookstores in 50 countries. “We We’ve done this without any advertising or marketing, other than Twitter,” he said. “We The Grand Haven, Mich.-based So it’s been all word of mouth since then.”.

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