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Rebeca Romero Rainey: Stories worth telling

Independent Banker

I’m headed to Memphis to meet with our state and regional partners, and then I’ll be engaging with the team at CRA Partners. Where I’ll be this month. In my experience, there’s nothing more gratifying than to see a local business thriving and know that your bank was part of that.

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Instacart, Walmart Canada Work On Grocery Delivery Pilot

PYMNTS

According to a report in USA Today in August, the service was available in Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia; Knoxville, Memphis, and Nashville, Tennessee; Little Rock, Arkansas, as well as other cities and regions. The goal is to have the service in 120 metropolitan markets by October, which will cover 1,600 stores.

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Shuttered Sam’s Club Converted Into eCommerce Center

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Once completed, the new center will serve as a regional hub for Sam’s Club online orders and will cover several hundred miles around Chicago. In June, the retailer unveiled a new fulfillment center in Memphis. The new facility will be the second distribution hub of its kind in the U.S., the Chicago Tribune reported.

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DHL: Strengthening Fulfillment’s Weakest Link

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“If you go with fewer warehouses but you are okay with paying for faster shipping modes, you can get away with having, for example, one warehouse in Memphis right next to the FedEx hub, and being able to deliver everything the next day.”

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First Tennessee Promotes Three Execs in Mid-Atlantic Region

American Banker

First Tennessee Bank in Memphis said Tuesday that has promoted three executives in its Middle Atlantic region.

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The Great Grocery Race Shifts Into High Gear

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And — according to Jet — the new app will also be better customized regionally for shoppers, making use of local imagery and messages on the homepage and throughout the site. Jet will also factor in locality when deciding which products are featured in its assortment for that region.

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Excited To Help People

Independent Banker

Central Region Award Recipient. Among many other activities, as a longtime board member of the Barret School of Banking in Memphis, Tenn., One person cannot do it all—there’s just way, way, way too much to do.” —Jim Jim Gowen, Merchants & Planters Bank. In Arkansas, Jim S. Jim Gowen Sr. Merchants & Planters Bank.

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