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Midwest Retailer Meijer Signs With Instacart For Grocery Delivery

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Online delivery platform Instacart is teaming up with regional Midwest retailer Meijer to provide same-day delivery of groceries. Customers rely on Instacart to get the groceries and goods they need from the retailers they love," Instacart President Nilam Ganenthiran said in a Thursday (Dec. 3) press release. and Canada.

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BLS Report Shows Static Retail Jobs Picture

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That’s the case with the new employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which showed that retail jobs held steady between January and February. Manufacturing, mining, wholesale and retail trade, and transportation and warehousing saw little change in employment for the month, the BLS said. Sometimes no news is good news.

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Retail Pulse: The Price Must Be Right

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It’s been a week of experimentation in retail, with many big names opening new types of stores to — as the saying goes — see what sticks. It seems more likely that these brands will uncover their key rather than some universal master retail key that can solve the brick-and-mortar challenge across the board.

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Kroger, Ocado Announce Two New Customer Fulfillment Centers

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Kroger and Ocado , one of the world’s largest online grocery retailers, have announced that Central Florida and the Mid-Atlantic will be the next regions for Kroger’s two newest customer fulfillment centers (CFC) in the U.S. The retailer noted that the facility could bring in over 410 new jobs. As the U.S.

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CRE risk management: Navigating hazards and opportunities

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Retail and multi-family CRE opportunities Similarly, retail CRE has been painted as too risky because of online sellers’ growth. Certainly, one asset class, the regional mall, is quite dead,” Kirby said. I'm not saying go out and make every retail loan that you can get your hands on,” he said. CRE loans make up 28.7%

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Site Visits Fuel Anticipation For Amazon’s HQ2

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According to a person with a understanding of the visits, the eCommerce retailer visited Chicago, New York City and Chicago, The Wall Street Journal reported. That could enable the retailer to keep its choice unknown ahead of an announced decision. all made the cut, as did some surprises like Columbus, Ohio.

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Huntington Now Offers Real-Time Payments For Consumers, SMBs

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Regional bank holding company Huntington is now using the RTP network, meaning it now has a new real-time payments option to help people get money nearly instantly, according to a press release. “Real-time payments is a tremendous leap forward in meeting their needs for greater speed, security and efficiency in payments,” Hastings said.

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