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The Taste Of New Mexico In A Subscription Box

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Entrepreneurs are sometimes inspired to create companies based on a place where they have strong ties: Eric Smith was born as well as raised in New Mexico and co-founded Nuevo Food Box , which offers a subscription box of food highlighting the flavors of the state. They met in the state, but they had to move away for work (and life).

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Pandemic Puts Retail And NRF On Front Lines Of New Surge In Cases

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The development of a COVID-19 vaccine is positive news for retailers as they find themselves once again on the front lines of the surge in the pandemic. During the first series of lockdowns in April and May, “essential” retailers were allowed to stay open. If a retailer sold food, it was essential. On Tuesday (Nov.

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JD Sports Purchases California-Based Shoe Palace

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The chain currently has 167 retail locations, most of them operating under the Shoe Palace flag. More than 50 percent of the retail locations are in California, but the retailer has an “established retail presence” in Hawaii, New Mexico, Colorado, Florida, Arizona, Nevada and Texas.

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Can Real Estate Provide A Lifeline for Physical Retail?

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Might Macy’s be a better landlord than retailer? That thought seems to be floating around in recent days, as investors took kindly to the chain’s apparent plan to build what CNBC called “an office tower on top its flagship New York store.”. million square feet of retail space. Department stores across the U.S. Macy’s Woes.

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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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Industry Slant // Bo Berg Talks Giant Schnauzers, DJing, Financial Services

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BB : I was an exchange student in Las Cruces, New Mexico. MM: So, after some time in New Mexico, you went back to Denmark. With the world opening back up and investments coming back, I feel we’ve really geared ourselves to face new challenges. Madeline McDermott: First things first. Where were you born?

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Young Consumers Love to “Buy Now, Pay Later” – Here’s What to Know About the Explosive Fintech Trend

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Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is a type of point-of-sale installment loan that partners with retailers to allow consumers to pay for their purchases in multiple equal payments. When online shopping, if a retailer has a partnership with a BNPL platform, the customer can choose it as their payment method when placing their order at checkout.

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