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Funding Round Could Give AvidXchange $2B Valuation

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In order to be eligible for Technology Fast 500 recognition, companies must have current-year operating revenues of at least $5 million and own proprietary intellectual property or technology that is sold to customers in products that contribute to a majority of the company’s operating revenues. The company announced on Thursday (Dec.

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Lowe’s To Open Four Online Shopping Fulfillment Hubs

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Mira Loma is the company’s second direct fulfillment center, with the first having arrived in Nashville, Tennessee in 2018. To provide further same-day and next-day services to its customers, Lowe’s Companies, Inc. Lowe’s said the efforts come amid efforts during the last year and a half to grow its supply chain.

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Airbnb Hosts Turn To Long-Term Rentals To Stay Afloat

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Airbnb hosts looking for alternatives to their usual operations while the coronavirus stalls the economy have begun listing their properties on other sites, according to CNBC. They are using sites that would normally be competitors of Airbnb, like Zillow , Vrbo , HomeAway , Apartments.com, Craigslist and Facebook ‘s marketplace.

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Postmates Waves Goodbye to Community Managers

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As such, there will likely always be a need to adjust staff and operations from time to time. To do this, the company, which currently runs 44 locations, chose to make its operations leaner with the elimination of its community manager. This is a lesson on-demand delivery service Postmates just recently learned.

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Investors Sour On Postmates, Triggering Layoffs

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Employees were axed from the company’s headquarters in San Francisco as well as from Los Angeles, Nashville, Tennessee, and other offices. . “We We made the difficult decision to end operations in Mexico City as we focus on our continued growth in the U.S.,” a Postmates spokesperson said in an email to CNBC. “We

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The Recency Trap and Building Deposit Balances

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One of the lessons that was driven home at the recent American Banker Small Business Banking Conference in Nashville was the difference in marketing between large national banks and community banks, particularly deposit marketing. Many banks fall into the “recency trap.”

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Tide Launches Omnichannel, On-Demand Laundry Service

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There are currently boxes in Dallas, Boston, Cincinnati, Nashville, Denver, Washington D.C. There are also more than 125 mostly locally franchised Tide Cleaners stores that operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week in cities like Omaha, Houston and Phoenix. The app will notify customers when the laundry is ready.

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