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Nordstrom Shutters Oregon Store As It Pushes To Go Private

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Nordstrom is making the rare move to shut down a full-line department store in Salem, Oregon, a decision that will likely cost about 130 workers their jobs. He said the company is “focusing on how to bring those together in individual markets to give our customers a more convenient and seamless shopping experience.”.

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Oregon-Based Simple Bank Laying Off Nearly 10 Percent Of Workforce

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Portland, Oregon-based online bank Simple reduced its workforce by nearly 10 percent earlier this week, marking its second round of layoffs in 2017. Among executives leaving the company are its chief marketing officer, chief people officer, vice president of operations and vice president of engineering, according to the report.

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Restaurants Expand Into Grocery To Mitigate Coronavirus Impact

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Also, Subway is providing groceries at 250 locations in Oregon, Connecticut, California, Washington and Tennessee. Given the chain’s expansive number of locations and advertising cloud, it could capture some market share from the coronavirus-fueled market.

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7-Eleven Launches Beer Delivery In Select US Markets

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” According to Fortune , the company will test the service in 18 markets: Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas-Ft. Convenience store operator 7-Eleven is launching beer and cider delivery in select U.S. Customers can place their beer orders via the 7Now app. Worth, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Miami-Ft.

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Fabletics Announces Brick-and-Mortar Expansion

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With the brand’s proprietary digital platform and 1 million-member base in place, Fabletics said it uses deep customer insights and enhanced market data to determine the most strategic locations for its retail locations.

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CanIDeal Debuts First Cannabis eCommerce Platform

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While we are only selling THC products in Oregon, any and all non-THC and.3 It connects a variety of transactional and ancillary services selling wholesale products in the retail and medical cannabis market,” said Tom Adams of BDS Analytics, editor of the Arcview Report , whose team crafted the CanIDeal business plan.

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For This Startup, Scale Was A Matter Of Necessity

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Well, according to Cofounder and CEO Eric Breon, scaling was a matter of necessity when Vacasa first started out because rental homes were illegal in the company’s home turf of Portland, Oregon, in all but commercial areas (which greatly limited the company’s initial reach). Italy, Spain, Belize and Chile.

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