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On-Demand Delivery Service Munchery Ceases Operations

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Since 2010, we have been committed to bringing fresh, local, and delicious meals into your homes along with all our customers across the country,” the company wrote in the e-mail announcement, according to reports. In May Munchery said it was planning to focus on its largest market, which was San Francisco, in an effort to become profitable.

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Mastercard Selects New President For European Operations

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He will be tasked with developing strategy, direction and comprehensive success of Mastercard’s operations across 53 countries in Europe. Mastercard’s European businesses cater to more than 950 million people via business partnerships with retailers, financial institutions (FIs) and other companies.

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German FinTech N26 Eyes IPO With Hiring Of New CFO

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The former CFO of Zalando SE, one of Europe’s most successful eCommerce retailers, Kemper was instrumental in leading the company’s IPO in 2014 on the Frankfurt stock exchange. In his eight years at the startup, he helped grow market capitalization to 11 billion euros from 2010 to 2017. Its most recent valuation was $3.5

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Branches more important than apps?

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For example, it shows that the UK retail banking market place has become a dull playground thanks to mergers and acquisitions over the past half century: As a result, the six large banking groups held an 89% market share of the current account market. Anyways, there is some key metric data in the report.

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PYMNTS’ 2016 Roundup: Retail Edition

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This year has been big for retail — big on change, innovation and some surprises along the way. Consumers flocked to online and mobile commerce , robots rose in food and consumer goods , and brick-and-mortar stayed relevant with retail experimentation — pop – ups , flash sales , store-in-store and showrooms.

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Last Major US Video Rental Chain Is Closing All Brick-And-Mortar Stores

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on its brick-and-mortar operation. Family Video , which operates some 200 stores in 17 Midwest and Southern states, announced this week that it’s closing all physical locations after four decades in the business. Industry leader Blockbuster Video went from a peak of more than 9,000 stores in 2004 to filing for bankruptcy in 2010.

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Digitally-Native Retailers Are Turning To Brick-And-Mortar Stores

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Just because a retailer was created for the internet doesn’t mean it has to stay on the internet. Digitally-native retailers, such as thredUP , are turning to brick-and-mortar stores to reach consumers, too. thredUP, though, works a little differently from traditional retailers. by the end of 2018, CNBC reported.

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