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Restaurant Business Serves Up Mixed Plate For 2020

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The 2020 outlook report from the National Restaurant Association was released today and it paints a picture of an industry dealing with the countercurrents of solid consumer spending and disruptive technology. In fact, by 2030, the National Restaurant Association expects that technology could completely change the face of dining.

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Grocery Tracker: Discount Games

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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. headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. Distribution centers are currently under construction in Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina.

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FBI Hot On Syrian Money Laundering Trail

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The Justice Department said on Tuesday (March 22) that it has charged three Syrian nationals — each of them identified as being members (current or former) of the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) — with counts of hacking and conspiracy.

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How Boutique Trucks Are Bringing New Meaning To Fast Fashion 

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Food trucks have been around since the 1970s, when taco trucks began making the rounds in New York City, but didn’t become a national sensation until 2008 when two events coincided in such a way as to make a long extant — but largely niche — subsegment of the restaurant game into a mass market phenomenon. economy was blowing up in a bad way.

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Economic Nexus Laws’ Unexpected Impacts On Restricted Substance Retailers

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Virginia-based PuroTrader connects approximately 10,000 active luxury cigar sellers — a group primarily made up of retailers, with a smaller share of individual sellers — with collectors interested in making purchases. These companies are also not allowed to advertise on digital platforms, such as social media or search engines, Rogers said.

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The Big Bucks Behind Sleep (Or Lack Thereof)

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But somehow, we are a nation of chronically under-rested people. We are at this pivotal moment,” Lee Ritterband, a psychiatry professor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, noted on the emergence of various digital therapy apps. For years, these have been bubbling under the surface.”.

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Game-Changing Tech Or Dystopian Nightmare? How 16 Industries Could Be Transformed By Facial Recognition

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Last year, a company called Blink Identity received $1.5M from investors including Live Nation (which owns Ticketmaster) and Techstars Ventures. Social Media/Entertainment. During last year’s midterm elections, West Virginia allowed citizens to use the Voatz app to vote.