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Apple To Shutter Houston Stores Again

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As instances of the coronavirus increase in Texas, Apple will shutter seven of its Houston-vicinity retail locations once again. Stores that are reportedly shuttering again include locations at the Houston Galleria, Highland Village, Willowbrook Mall, Memorial City, Baybrook, the Woodlands and First Colony Mall. locations.”.

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Path To World Series Brings Changes To Online Gambling

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It’s not exactly high time for legal online gambling yet – that comes in early 2020, with the Super Bowl and then the NCAA college basketball tournament – but the betting season is certainly heating up on more ways than one. And that new fuel comes as the legal online and mobile gambling industry in the U.S. Payments Innovation.

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Casino Reopenings Draw In Gamblers Despite Online Gaming Surges

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One person cited in the report drove from Houston to Louisiana with her family for the reopening of casinos on Monday. And while gamers flock to the casinos in some states, in others they are swarming online gambling sites. million from online gaming since the summer of last year. million in March of this year from $67.5

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Walmart To Expand Delivery Unlimited Program

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We’ve been investing in our online grocery business by quickly expanding our Grocery Pickup and Delivery services. Walmart started experimenting with Delivery Unlimited in Salt Lake City, Miami, Houston and Tampa earlier in the year. said in the announcement. “By Combine that with the value we can provide, our customers can’t lose.”.

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Walmart Aims To Build Décor, Clothing Business

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Walmart is still seeking the right combination of fashion and home, while its online shopping initiatives have been rewarded with an eCommerce grocery purchase boon. He also affirmed the firm’s strong spending to build its online shopping business. Marc Lore, who is Walmart’s U.S. It purchased Jet.com in 2016 for $3.3

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Domino’s Partners With Nuro On Autonomous Pizza Delivery

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To bring autonomous pizza delivery to Houston, Domino’s Pizza and robotics company Nuro are teaming up to use a custom unmanned vehicle dubbed R2 later in 2019. The fleet from Nuro will serve certain Domino’s customers in Houston who place their orders online, the company said in an announcement.

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Barneys, Pier 1 And Other Iconic-But-Bankrupt Retailers Are Coming Back To Life 

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Other well-known brands have died in the physical world, but reopened under new owners as online-only storefronts. Tai Lopez , REV’s other co-founder, told NBC News that retail’s COVID-triggered downturn “created an opportunity to buy really good brands that we felt had just been victim to the times, but could be brought online.”.

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