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Grocery Tracker: Food Markets’ Lag In Online Presence

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In other organic grocery news, former Sprouts Farmers Market CEO and current Chairman Doug Sanders is reportedly stepping down from his board position effective Feb. Sanders will be leaving to become CEO of an unnamed technology company. Forty-eight additional locations are in the works across the southeastern U.S. 20 of next year.

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50+ Startups Tackling Sports Stadium Technology

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Now stadiums are investing in technology to bring people back into the stands. We’ll discuss the startups and industry players developing smart city technologies and more. From blockchain for ticketing and security to AI for analyzing crowd emotions, these startups are developing technology to bring fans back in the stands.

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The Solar Industry’s Most Active Investors

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The most active backers are diverse, from French energy utility company Engie — which operates multiple nuclear energy reactors — to Oakland’s Powerhouse, an incubator with a notable focus on the solar industry. It also includes companies that are working on improving the core elements behind solar technology.

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Changes Loom Around The (Crowded) World Of Food Delivery

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He said there hadn’t been much result from the company’s $100 million in marketing investment over the last year, and that Grubhub’s plans to spend $150 million on “other unproven strategies” won’t help. Mathivanan urged the company’s board of directors to consider some changes, and upgraded the rating “on the hope of swift execution.”.

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British Grocers Get A Boost From Brexit

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Premium chain and online grocer Waitrose is growing marginally faster than the market average at a rate of 5.3 Gazzali’s Supermarket of East Oakland is one of them. Aldi ousted the Co-operative Group from its position as the country’s fifth-biggest supermarket in January, but the Co-Op still saw sales growth of 2.2

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High-Frequency Trading: Is It The New Normal?

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Animation aside, that would probably be Moneyball , an absorbing analysis of the moves made by Oakland As manager Billy Beane to rely more on technology-driven data than old-school scouting to put together his 2002 roster. To be clear, it’s not as if the regulatory bodies have kept their hands completely off this market.

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How A Bank And A FinTechs Are Jointly Cracking The Code On Financial Inclusion

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The teams at FinTech startup LendUp and Oakland-based Beneficial State Bank think very differently about that relationship. According to Orloff, LendUp and Beneficial State came up with the idea to offer a socially responsible credit card product several years ago, but it only came to market this spring.

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