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Google Search Debuts ‘Watchlist’ For TV, Movie Tracking

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Entertainment has been taking on new forms as social media and tech evolve. Google announced a game streaming service in March which allows users to stream games from the internet to devices they own, as opposed to spending money on new game systems and other accessories.

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BuzzFeed To Launch Unique Toy Store In NYC This Fall

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BuzzFeed is planning to open a toy store in New York City later this fall. New York Post reported that the store, called “Camp,” will be located in an 11,000-square-foot space in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. In a unique twist, the store’s theme and merchandise will change several times a year.

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Pop Up Grocer Checks All The Pandemic Retail Boxes

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Before explaining that pivot, here’s a little background: The company is the brainchild of Emily Schildt, a New York City-based consumer packaged goods (CPG) marketing consultant, who leveraged what she calls her “crazy entrepreneurial spirit” and founded Pop Up Grocer as a traveling natural food and beverage brand experience.

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Today In Payments: Facebook Closes $5.7B Deal For Stake In Reliance Jio; GM Shutters Its Car-Sharing Platform

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billion deal on Tuesday (April 21) for a minority stake in Indian telecom startup Reliance Jio, giving the social media giant a larger foothold in the region. Maven had already began winding down the number of cities in which it operated, shutting down in major markets like Boston, Chicago and New York City.

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Retail Pulse: FAO Schwarz To Open New Flagship; Amazon Expands Grocery Delivery

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News this week surfaced that FAO Schwarz is planning to have a flagship store in New York City once again – this time at Rockefeller Center instead of the Fifth Avenue location where Tom Hanks tapped out “Chopsticks” on a dance-on piano in the 1988 movie “Big.”.

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Can Millennials Revive Call Center Commerce?

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The change in behavior is due, in part, to social media sites such as Instagram. Meanwhile, as documented by PYMNTS research and news coverage, call center commerce is undergoing its own changes, and via some forces that have little to with millennial consumers. Gucci Operation. percent year over year. That compares to 3.8

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What Evine’s Surprisingly Dramatic Journey Means For The Future Of Home Shopping

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It made a largely unreported acquisition of a firm called STARTEK earlier this year, and although it may sound like an acquisition more appropriate for Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space exploration firm, the business is a call center operator and engagement outsourcing specialist. real estate. Evine is getting ready to expand.