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MainStreetEXPO.com Aims To Help Small Merchants With New Platform

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The website is now being piloted with retailers from Montana, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Massachusetts and Maryland. Retailers will have the capacity to quickly grow their customer base and offer a digital storefront for shoppers who are geared toward purchasing from small companies, per the release.

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Sneaker Sales Propel 3Q Surge In Under Armour Earnings

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Patrik Frisk, president and CEO of Under Armour, told The Baltimore Sun that the company is focused on returning to profitability and is planning to invest in eCommerce and company-owned retail outlets. . The Asia-Pacific region saw a 15 percent jump in sales. The Asia-Pacific region saw a 15 percent jump in sales.

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Retail Pulse: The Price Must Be Right

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It’s been a week of experimentation in retail, with many big names opening new types of stores to — as the saying goes — see what sticks. It seems more likely that these brands will uncover their key rather than some universal master retail key that can solve the brick-and-mortar challenge across the board.

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Site Visits Fuel Anticipation For Amazon’s HQ2

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According to a person with a understanding of the visits, the eCommerce retailer visited Chicago, New York City and Chicago, The Wall Street Journal reported. That could enable the retailer to keep its choice unknown ahead of an announced decision. In terms of geographies, unnamed sources say that Amazon might want an urban site.

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The Acela Primary Underway In States Where Businesses Are Struggling

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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. at large or the region. percent and regionally as a benchmark at 2.3 percent growth. as a whole at 3.1 Pennsylvania.

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Chick-fil-A Now Has Butler Bells

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.” The news comes as Factual looked a bit more deeply into the second-favorite fast food chain in each state, and discovered that Chick-fil-A deserved some applause for its regional dominance , garnering the title of No. 2 QSR in every state in the Southeast between Maryland and Alabama.

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And Then There Were 20 — The Amazon HQ2 Finalists

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Montgomery County, Maryland. When Amazon came to Seattle, Washington, it changed the region through a boom in development to keep up with growth in employees and higher rent prices. Boston, Massachusetts. Chicago, Illinois. Columbus, Ohio. Dallas, Texas. Denver, Colorado. Indianapolis, Indiana. Los Angeles, California. Miami, Florida.

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