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Penske Announces Launch Of Carsharing Unit

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Transportation company Penske Corporation announced that it is rolling out its new carsharing service in Washington, DC and Arlington, VA, this week. based call center and a local fleet operations team. Paul DeLong, who previously served as President and CEO of Car2Go North America, will be in charge of local operations. “We

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Nestle, HelloFresh Give Meal Kits Second Wind In Stay-at-Home Economy

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The terms of the deal will leave Freshly’s business operations unchanged, and the acquisition will not change the company’s meals, pricing or subscription rates. It is currently working to temporarily reopen its Arlington, Texas plant in an effort to keep up with demand. An Increasingly Crowded Field .

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Local Governments Move In On Retail Vacancies

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The DEO “seeks concepts and an operator to program the space to boost innovation and entrepreneurship, demonstrate creative placemaking and feature the Made in Fairfax Network. The law opens up much more territory to these operations, which had only been permitted in areas zoned for industry. Oftentimes, this is not the case.

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Cities Partner With Apps To Create Their Own Ridesharing Services

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The city of Arlington, Texas, located just outside Dallas, for example, had a single bus route — and discovered that most of its riders were students at the University of Texas branch there. So, late last year, Arlington voted to end the route and replaced it with a ridesharing service in December. Like a few communities in the U.S.,

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Merger, Sale Among Ingredients For Meal-Kit Maker Blue Apron

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Part of the problem has been a competitive field, with newer players offering better options and expanding their operations. And retailers such as Kroger and Albertsons, through acquisitions of other meal-kit companies, have grown their own operations. HelloFresh surpassed Blue Apron in terms of the number of customers served in 2018.

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Airbnb Challenger WhyHotel Scores $20M For Luxury Room Rentals

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The company has properties in Seattle, Houston, Arlington and Tysons Corner, Virginia. Since its launch in 2017, WhyHotel has been creating relationships with real estate companies and landlords to help new apartment buildings earn revenue before they’ve sold or leased the units.

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Amazon Gains Juicy Incentives With New Headquarters Locations

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For Amazon , the encouragement includes $1.525 billion in performance-based direct incentives — part of the package that led to the eCommerce operator deciding to base one of its headquarters in Long Island City. Amazon has selected New York City and Northern Virginia as the homes for its second and third headquarters.