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JULY 8, 2019

an eatery operator with 35 restaurants, has filed for bankruptcy and is blaming the misfortune on a recent minimum wage hike in court filings, according to a report by Bloomberg. As a large employer in the Seattle metro market, for instance, the company was one of the first in the market to be forced to institute wage hikes.”.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

Metro authorities in India are planning to launch automatic fare collection (AFC) gates that will work with the country’s National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) that was introduced in March by the Ministry of Finance , according to reports on Thursday (Jan. Right now, the smart card lets commuters skip the lines to buy metro tickets.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Local service providers opt in based on where they operate and the services they offer. The service availability has also increased to include 50 metro areas around the country. Just like when Amazon entered a retail market, the traditional players have to respond, and the same can be said of Amazon Home Services.

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APRIL 2, 2019

Consumers may be curbing their spending , and perhaps even anticipating a new recession, but that could all serve as fuel for certain types of retail expansion — in this case, more brick-and-mortar stores for deep discount chain Five Below. But both efforts, along with other moves, show the ongoing life behind brick-and-mortar retail.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

To help shoppers check out without waiting in line, grocery retailers are rolling out entire stores centered around cashierless shopping experiences, enabling consumers to purchase fresh food and grocery items with a mobile payments app. ABI Research predicts that one million automated retail units will be in the Asia-Pacific region by 2023.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

Online retailers are expanding their brick-and-mortar footprints – and using feedback from eCommerce customers to inform the selections in their new stores. A data team from the eCommerce retailer determines what is sold at the locations, Amazon Physical Stores Director Drew Sheriff told MetroWest Daily News.

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PopularBank

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Popular”) (NASDAQ: BPOP), bank holding company of Popular Bank, today announced Popular Bank’s strategic realignment of its New York Metro branch network. The branch closures, which are expected to be completed simultaneously by January 29, 2021, are projected to reduce annual operating expenses by approximately $13 million.

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APRIL 10, 2019

metros, with plans to expand further this year. Prime Now delivery and pickup continues to be a hit with our customers, and we’re excited to introduce the service to even more Prime members across the country,” said Christina Minardi, Whole Foods Market executive vice president of operations, in the press release. Sources told Yahoo!

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AUGUST 24, 2018

In response, unattended retail operators are finding new ways to embrace alternative payment methods, ranging from mobile wallets to cryptocurrencies. Around The Unattended Retail Space. For many retailers, vending machines have become a critical part of the customer experience. About The Tracker.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

14) that German retailer Metro AG is looking to offload its Real hypermarkets via sale, and the firm, said Reuters , “remains confident” of a transaction. Metro has said it wants to train its sights on its wholesale business. Metro said it has had interest from a number of parties, Reuters reported Friday.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

In addition to investing in technology startups, Alibaba has also set its sight on the physical retail market. Earlier this month, Reuters reported that the company was interested in acquiring a stake in the Chinese wholesale operations of Metro AG , the German operator of cash and carry stores.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Bank of the West recently added 143 ATMs across the Denver and Sacramento metro areas through an agreement with ATM operator Cardtronics. One target? Millennials, actually.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Shookit is still operational today in Tel Aviv under new management, while Shookit/Bond’s Co-founders Hachmon and Michael Osadon jumped across the pond to bring its last-mile logistics services to New York, with plans to expand to a host of major U.S. Consumers can schedule same-day or next-day last-mile delivery services (before 1 p.m.),

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MARCH 19, 2018

Despite the nearly continuous drumbeat of doom and gloom from the world of physical retail, there is, according to Affirm CRO Rob Pfeifer, something of a curious side phenomenon unfolding at the same time: Online brands – famous and famously successful online brands – are branching out into physical retail.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

Some geographies are coping with the upheaval in retail better than others, as vacancies in U.S. The Reis data monitors 77 metro areas and indicates that 9.4 However, the retail vacancy rate was under 7 percent in 17 cities, with San Francisco taking the lead at 4.1 But retail vacancies increased by 2.4

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JANUARY 28, 2020

The free service, called Lavka, stocks roughly 2,000 items and plans to operate as a digital convenience market for items like toothpaste and condoms. In the beginning, Yandex got its grocery items from the retailer Metro AG. Sales are in excess of 127 billion rubles ($2 billion).

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Digitally native brands often test the retail waters with pop-up shops, and, after some offline success, they may expand their concepts with permanent locations. In preparation for the holiday season this year, the retailer has updated its website and also plans to have a larger array of electronics, toys and fashion products.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 1, 2018

challenger bank Metro Bank could extend its AI-driven money management tool Insights, designed for its retail side, to its business customers. Formed in partnership with Israeli AI company Personetics, Metro Bank is currently preparing to roll out Insights in beta over the summer.

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

After serving as destinations for Big Apple shoppers for at least 50 years, northern New Jersey’s malls are aiming to find ways to differentiate themselves as a new retail neighbor arrives. The American Dream retail and amusement complex is expected to open on Oct.

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JUNE 20, 2019

Friction bedevils all types of retail — and that holds true for transactions inside stores or via eCommerce sites. LISNR is taking part in the METRO Target Retail Accelerator , certified by Techstars. Not only that, but history, in a sense, is catching up with retail. Solving For Friction.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Delivery Unlimited is the next step in that journey,” Tom Ward, senior vice president, digital operations, Walmart U.S., With the positive response of shoppers, Walmart says, the company is growing the offering to all 200 metro areas where Grocery Delivery is currently available. said in the announcement. “By

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JANUARY 18, 2019

Delivery companies Point Pickup , Skipcart , AxleHire and Roadie will make deliveries in metro areas across four states, with further expansion planned in the coming weeks. Walmart has announced it is adding four delivery companies to its team to help expand its online grocery delivery option. Customers love our Grocery Delivery service.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Senior Vice President of Digital Operations Tom Ward said in a blog post , “Through it, w e aim to learn more about how we can take advantage of self-driving vehicles to deliver fresh groceries – hand-picked by our personal shoppers – to customers.”. Walmart U.S.

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AUGUST 23, 2019

Ratelt operates as a real-time customer experience management platform, according to reports. The company has expanded from Australia to southeast Asia and clients include Lego, Metro, Pandora and others. The company’s platform connects retailers and suppliers across groceries and supply chains, among other sectors.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

One might imagine that mall operators nationwide take a rather jaundiced view of the internet, since online shopping has more or less killed the mall. But perhaps that is the old conventional wisdom — the emerging idea is that online retailers are giving back some of what they’ve taken away these days. “We

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

In the longer run, the service will grow over the next several months to the grocer’s 570 retail locations throughout California, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Florida. Amazon Fresh, a new physical retail concept from Amazon, is setting up shop in four locations in the Chicago market, the Chicago Tribune reported.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

Retailers are turning to voice assistants to make it easier for customers to shop for groceries amid strong competition. Walmart, for its part, is doubling down on grocery pickup: The company announced in September that it was offering grocery delivery in 50 metro areas across the United States. households.”. households.”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

As brick-and-mortar retailers continue to struggle to bring in consumers, a few are taking a page out of Amazon’s book and working instead to meet consumers where they live. Macy’s, Best Buy and Kohl’s have all recently stepped up same-day delivery options that were in testing mode to full-scale operations in some locations.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The results of this race in the sky could impact not only mobility services in various cities but retail delivery efforts. That might mean, he said, a commercially viable flying-taxi operation in places such as Singapore and Dubai, where density would support such a business and which could appeal not only to locals but also to tourists.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

The data painted a dark picture for Main Street retail this week, with a new Facebook & Small Business Roundtable study showing that over 30 percent of small to medium-sized businesses have either failed or don’t see a way forward due to the pandemic.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

The chain was held as one of the pioneers of the so-called fast fashion movement that dominated retail, particularly retail targeted at young female customers, for approximately a decade and a half. In the U.S. many of those hundreds of locations are located in malls, and suffering from the ill effects of falling consumer foot traffic.

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JUNE 29, 2020

is the next step in our evolution and will enhance our ability to scale our operations as we continue to deliver one of the industry’s broadest selections of used cars via our powerful technology platform,” he said. “We Arison said the move was about adding capital to scale the company. Merging with Insurance Acquisition Corp.

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APRIL 8, 2019

Azimo says it has received a license from the Dutch Central Bank to operate in the Netherlands, Cubic Transportation Systems has notched a contract for a mobile ticketing system in Ireland , and Bear Market Coffee in Ireland has gone cashless. Coverage includes Mexico ‘s Banco BASE selecting Volante Technologies Inc. Outside the U.K.,

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JUNE 7, 2017

The Alabama startup eliminates grocery store trips for 20 million families in 47 metro areas. With the new funding, it plans to explode into 60 new cities, breaking out of the southeastern and Midwestern box where it’s been operating since its inception in November 2014.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

The 2020 Census quantified the growth many residents were already sensing: Austin grew by 33% between 2010 and 2020, earning it the rank of fastest-growing large metro. The Houston metro took the 10th spot with a 20.3% increase, while the San Antonio metro, up 19.4%, ranked 12th. We take time for our customers.”.

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APRIL 12, 2016

I don’t see the new policy as a problem,” Tao Yuan, eCommerce director of Germany-based Metro AG’s China division told Internet Retailer. Instead, it will wipe out those companies that were only seeking a policy loophole and operating in a gray zone.”. The new rules also close a loophole that waives taxes on purchases of $7.73

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AUGUST 21, 2018

Companies like American Tile & Stone and Premier Packaging have already begun using Uber Freight to improve their shipping operations, and we’re excited to now roll out the platform widely to our freight community,” the company wrote in the blog post.

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