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McDonald’s Will Open 200 Restaurants In Nordic Region

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McDonald’s will open 200 restaurants in the Nordic region over the next 10 years, as well as begin home deliveries this year in an attempt to take on rivals, such as Taco Bell and Yum! McDonald’s currently serves 150 million customers each year in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland from its estimated 430 restaurants in the region.

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Mall Kiosks Find New Life As ‘Studio Shops’

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The beloved mall kiosk, or the more formally named retail merchandising unit ( RMU ), had its humble beginnings in Boston. Brands will be able to lease space for a relatively short period of time – six months to one year – in a variety of designs, from standard cubes to triangles and receptacles.

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Facebook And Google Payments Efforts Top Week’s News

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The branding will reflect the financial institutions and not Google. Amazon To Build $40M Robotics Innovation Hub Near Boston. Behind Regions Bank’s AI-Powered Digital-First Push. The knives were out for Amazon this week thanks to a major sneaker brand. Deutsche Bank Admits Widespread Payment Failures To BoE.

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Starbucks Hits 16.3M Mobile Users, Eyes Expanded Delivery

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Overall, sales were up 3 percent, and transactions were up 1 percent in the Asia-Pacific region as a whole. Over the next several weeks, delivery services via Uber Eats are on deck to roll out in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C. The brand is also forecasting net income between $2.32 As of Tuesday (Jan.

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Grubhub Acquires LevelUp

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Amid the headline numbers, the company has noted that average order sizes were up 3 percent year over year, with a boost in mix across all brands served. That increase in revenue per order comes absent increased support costs for those orders. LevelUp processes about 100,000 orders a day, as noted on the call.

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Retail Pulse: Stop & Shop To Deploy Autonomous Vehicles; Chico’s FAS Plans To Close 250 Stores

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With the help of Robomart , a startup based in California, the grocery chain plans to bring produce, convenience items and meal kits to the customers’ doors through roving autonomous mobile stores in the Boston area. And Indochino , a digitally native made-to-measure menswear brand, has plans to grow its brick-and-mortar footprint this year.

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Ollie And Fresh Food Delivery For – Yes – Dogs

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Lots of brands include exotic-sounding ingredients, the report notes, not in such small amounts that they likely have no nutritional impact. They are very careful about the brands they select to work with, and we felt like they would do a great job at helping protect our brand.”.

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