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MiHC La Puerta Portal Opens the Door to Success for Hispanic Students in Detroit

Perficient

Perficient is pleased to announce, along with the Michigan Hispanic Collaborative (MiHC), the enhanced availability of the La Puerta portal. The Michigan Hispanic Collaborative’s goal to improve the economic strength of the Hispanic community in Michigan. ” In Michigan, only 15.7%

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Midwest Retailer Meijer Signs With Instacart For Grocery Delivery

PYMNTS

Online delivery platform Instacart is teaming up with regional Midwest retailer Meijer to provide same-day delivery of groceries. The new service is now available for Meijer customers in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois and Wisconsin. 3) press release. and Canada.

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Huntington shuttering dozens of in-store branches in Michigan

American Banker

The Columbus, Ohio, company plans to close nearly 200 branches in the state — including more than 90 in Meijer grocery stores — after it acquires TCF Financial. It also intends to significantly boost its technology spending to improve its digital capabilities.

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Wages At Smaller Firms Reach Record High 

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Small business job gains have flattened in the second half of the year as labor markets prove very tight,” said James Diffley, chief regional economist at IHS Markit. “In The Southern region led small business growth. Ohio ranked seventh and Michigan 10th, both up over 0.4 Job growth increased by 0.06 percent mid-year to 4.13

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Is Amazon’s Delivery ‘Purge’ A Boon To Last-Mile Rivals?

PYMNTS

There are another 120 workers slated to be let go in Michigan. “We 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. Yet, in a competitive market, pay may matter.

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Capturing The Power of Digital Coupons

PYMNTS

In fact, one small, regional grocery chain is hoping it can put them to great effect. 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.

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Kroger Becomes First North American Grocer To Launch In-Store Farms

PYMNTS

The startup recently partnered with Grand Rapids, Michigan to bring the system to food distributor Gordon Food Service. Rabobank’s “Banking for Food” vision reaches agricultural regions in Europe, Africa and Asia. In the first half of this year, U.S. startups in the sector raised $140 million.

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