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Durant’s Decision: How Star Athlete Departures Impact Brands, Retailers

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Such was the case again this Fourth of July weekend when Durant, a former NBA MVP and four-time scoring champion, announced he was leaving the only team he had ever played professional basketball for through nine seasons, the Oklahoma City Thunder, to sign a two-year, $54.3

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Zillow Brings Fast Cash Home Selling Platform To South Florida

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Zillow then gets the house ready to sell and puts it on the market. “We’re We’re on a mission to transform real estate by creating a seamless experience through Zillow Offers — no more open houses or worrying about when your home will sell,” Zillow Brand President Jeremy Wacksman said in the release.

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

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This year we expect another year of market-leading growth. Noting that existing Carvana markets grew by 84 percent, he said, “The company’s four oldest markets each more than three years old grew by 50 percent and our oldest cohort of Atlanta grew by 18 percent. New Markets. Oklahoma City, and Memphis.

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Ollie And Fresh Food Delivery For – Yes – Dogs

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The “premium” pet food market as of 2001 accounted for about $5.7 That was about 44 percent of the revenue in the market. Lots of brands include exotic-sounding ingredients, the report notes, not in such small amounts that they likely have no nutritional impact. billion in annual revenue out of $12.9 billion of the $23.7

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Fresh Food Retail Could Get Boost Via Tech And New Laws

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The latest demonstration of that comes from Oklahoma City. 15), “the City Council is scheduled to hold a public hearing on a plan requiring new retailers in the area to designate at least 500 square feet of space to fresh food. Chowbotics has brought Sally the salad robot to markets that include convenience stores and hotels.

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Schmidlap Bank, A Division of Community Bank

Jeff For Banks

Perhaps there is little evidence of the benefit of your 100-year brand, so it's a difficult argument to make. In more recent merger discussions, however, I have heard more refreshing arguments that it is not necessary to re-brand every nook and cranny of your bank into one. Does this make sense today? I think not. All specific to me.

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Shoe Wars: Kevin Durant Shoppers More Loyal Than Steph Curry Buyers

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Durant’s decision to abandon the Oklahoma City Thunder also set up the odd dynamic of establishing two of the NBA’s most popular and marketable players — Durant and two-time reigning NBA MVP Steph Curry — on the same team in the same market at roughly the pinnacle of their respective NBA careers.