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Amazon Toured Sites In Washington, DC, Area Last Week

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Washington, D.C., According to news from The Washington Post , Amazon officials toured locations in Washington, D.C., Bowser (D) dined with Amazon representatives on Wednesday night, proposing four, fast-growing neighborhoods in Washington, D.C. Montgomery County, Maryland, and Northern Virginia. Meanwhile, D.C.

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Retail Trade Groups Test Post-Pandemic Strategies

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As retailers reopen and take stock of new post-pandemic consumer dynamics, the role of industry trade groups is changing. Groups like the National Retail Federation (NRF) focused more on economic forecasts and supply chain issues as other advocacy groups that have taken the fight for more stimulus dollars to Washington, D.C.

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Amazon Plans To Expand Grocery Stores Across The US

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billion for Whole Foods , the online retail giant is planning to open its second automated-checkout grocery store in Seattle’s Eastside neighborhood and is hiring managers for a third store in the city’s Capitol Hill district, The Seattle Times reported. Amazon must like the supermarket business. Three years after it paid $13.4

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Aftermath: Retailers Try To Focus On Recovery

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Riots and looting over the weekend have taken their toll on retail reopening plans all over the U.S. Retail locations of all types and brands went unspared, from Los Angeles to New York City, as protests turned violent. While that retail recovery was not spectacular by any means, it did appear to be growing consistently.

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Starbucks Launches $100 Million Fund To Support SMBs

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The aim of the Starbucks Community Resilience Fund is to support SMBs in areas “with historically limited access to capital,” the release said, to promote racial equality and environmental resilience. Starbucks announced on Tuesday (Jan. It will also offer mentorship and technical support, according to the press release.

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Local Governments Move In On Retail Vacancies

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It was supposed to be a thriving retail center in Milwaukee when it was built seven years ago. It’s one approach to a growing retail vacancy issue that local governments are getting more aggressive in trying to solve. The most high-profile local interventions have happened Washington, D.C. But it never happened. Starting Jan.

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RILA On How United States Retailers Are Responding To Changing Privacy Rules

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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Washington Privacy Act (WPA) and other new privacy and online transaction standards are changing how businesses interact with consumers’ data in the U.S. states are starting to implement new standards, too, with the CCPA introduced two months ago and WPA on the path to ratification in Washington.