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Amazon To Create 800 New Jobs At Austin Tech Hub

PYMNTS

Amazon announced on Thursday (March 28) that it is expanding its Austin Tech Hub, and will be creating 800 new tech jobs. Amazon said that since it opened its Austin Tech Hub, it has created more than 22,000 full-time jobs in Texas and has invested more than $7 billion in the state, including on infrastructure and compensation to workers.

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Chapter 11 Watch: Austin Reed Bids Farewell, Staples Plots A New Course

PYMNTS

Retailers are entering that time of the year where high temperatures settle over just about every part of the continental U.S., brands like apparel retailer Austin Reed, though, the weight of all that financial baggage is too much to crawl out from under. For some U.K. Store Closures.

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US Retail Vacancies Hold Steady At 10.2 Percent

PYMNTS

In the fourth quarter, the regional and super regional mall vacancy rate fell slightly as overall retail vacancies in the U.S. In the months to come, Denham noted, retailers are forecasted to close many locations (among them Sears and Kmart, with the fate of the bankrupt Sears chain still uncertain). stayed constant.

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Amazon Accepting Cash Payments At Oxxo Stores

PYMNTS

In other Amazon news , the company announced on March 28 that it is expanding its Austin Tech Hub and will be creating 800 new tech jobs. In the last four years, we have created more than 1,000 jobs in Austin,” said Terry Leeper, general manager of Amazon’s Austin Tech Hub, in the press release.

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Site Visits Fuel Anticipation For Amazon’s HQ2

PYMNTS

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. Austin, Boston, New York and D.C.

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Community banks are thriving in Texas

Independent Banker

With the record growth of San Antonio, Houston and Austin, southern Texas is becoming a hub for business. This region has the kind of energy that draws people to a place and helps them and their businesses thrive. This region has the kind of energy that draws people to a place and helps them and their businesses thrive.

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Thoughts from American Banker Retail Banking Conference 2015

Celent Banking

This last week the American Banker Retail Banking Conference 2015 was going on in Austin, TX. The retailer combines the in-store and app experience to enhance the customer buying process. A regional bank poll of millennials found that not one could name a community institution in their area.