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DECEMBER 22, 2016

As retailers will soon enter the peak returns rush that follows the holiday shopping season, UPS is reportedly making an investment in logistics provider Optoro Inc., a company specializing in retail returns and reselling. retailers some $260 billion in lost sales. retailers some $260 billion in lost sales.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

And into the mix this week drops Macy’s — the latest in a string of the biggest names in retail to get on the stick with its own unique contribution to holiday retail hiring. But this year, Macy’s is trying out a new version of the hiring process with a national hiring holiday on Sept.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan sent a letter Wednesday (Nov. They asked whether the technology could be accessed by foreign entities and whether the technology posed a risk to national security.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The retailer said that around 23,500 of the seasonal positions will be based in facilities that support online sales, an increase of 5,500 positions compared to 2017. The company also announced its national hiring event for the year, which will take place on Oct.

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

announced a 10-year extension of its fleet fuel card contract with convenience chain retailer Sheetz, Inc., states, including Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. WEX will display its range of fleet industry products at the National Association of Convenience Stores trade show in Chicago from Oct.

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APRIL 26, 2016

Through the PYMNTS/CAN Capital Store Front Business Index , we’ve been tracking the data on business health and growth in each state and then stacking those results against the regional and national picture. percent, while the nation (using all of the inputs tracked) grew by 3.1 percent growth. as a whole at 3.1 Pennsylvania.

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MARCH 30, 2016

The $15 hourly minimum wage would be the highest in the nation, and the proposal represents a potential game-changer in the battle to raise the federal minimum wage, which currently stands at $7.25 My mom and my kids will be affected by it. And family who lives in L.A., they make only $10 [an hour].”.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

Idaho, Colorado, Maryland and Washington, D.C., Several other nations are also experimenting with national ID systems. A decade ago, India launched Aadhaar, which aims to digitize local residents’ identities to help them access government services and encourage the nation’s demonetization effort.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Over a year of research, development and beta testing, Shopkick Grocery was found to increase consumer basket sizes to $59 in grocery, drugstore and retail spend per trip versus the $32 national average. Retail brands and partners for Shopkick include Best Buy, Clorox, Nestle and Starbucks, among others. RFG’s “U.S.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2017

The biggest transaction came from the banking space, where a series of private investors invested $30 million in Old Dominion National Bank. Founded in 2014, the Maryland-based company has grown rapidly over the past few years. We’re their retailer in that way,” Cronin said. industries.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Go team is now part of Physical Retail Technologies group within Amazon — an entity created in 2017 to expand the efficacy, efficiency and profitability of the tech such that it could be used more expansively — and sold to other retailers looking to adopt cashierless technology. Big Play of the Week: The Produce Reset .

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Interestingly, Kelly started what would end up being EnerBank at Baltimore's First National Bank of Maryland (now M&T Bank ), a former employer of mine in the mid 1990's. First National divested the unit because it didn't fit their definition of "community banking". The bank is funded almost 100% with brokered CDs.

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APRIL 19, 2019

The big news of the week, the USDA’s decision to start officially moving forward with digital ordering and delivery capacity for 38 million or so Americans enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ( SNAP ), hit both retailers, as they are two-thirds of the grocery participants in the initial New York-based pilot round.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Bankruptcy claims a marquee name in tyke-focused retailing, as the Amazon effect continues. The slowdown in new businesses being founded in the 1980s and 90s was largely quarantined to certain segments – especially retail, where corner stores and regional brands were falling to larger national chains. Toys R Us: Toys Were Us?

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MAY 2, 2016

As Vice President of Facilities for the Maryland Stadium Authority, Jeff Provenzano has seen the rise of the Internet of Things first-hand. Tracking usage has already had a big impact at the Stadium Authority.

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JANUARY 10, 2017

In a refrain that ought to sound a bit familiar to anyone who has looked at the reasons the poor pay more for financial services, the reasons the poor pay more for food and other retail goods are complex and widely argued about. We look forward to bringing the online purchasing option to SNAP clients.”

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NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Maryland, said Peterson, has constructed a database that lists all the items that are taxable in the state. The continued evolution of the post-Wayfair tax landscape may also give retailers what Peterson termed “that last shove they needed to update their software.”. But as it stands now, education is a hit-or-miss proposition.

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JUNE 17, 2016

Watson, the face of IBM’s artificial intelligence arm, is the force behind Olli, which is now driving around the streets of National Harbor, Maryland, for testing. National Harbor is also the home of Local Motors, the group behind the physical makeup of the shuttle, so maintenance shouldn’t be a problem.

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JUNE 3, 2017

The national Spelling Bee w as held this week in Maryland and went down to the wire in a late-night showdown between 12-year-old Ananya Vinay and 14-year-old Rohan Rajeev. Refail – Generic term for the bankruptcies, store closings and general state of disarray that is brick-and-mortar retail these days. . .

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