PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2020

In a letter to its workforce posted on the company’s website on May 26, Rossann Williams , the Seattle-based company’s executive vice president, said the company will offer a voluntary leave of absence program for baristas impacted by reduced work schedules as the stores are still operating on a limited hours, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2017

With more than 3,000 stores already in operation in the country, another 2,000 are in plans and slated for opening by 2021. “To CEO, Kevin Johnson, the company builds more new company-operated locations in China than in its home country. The Montego Bay retail location is operated by Caribbean Coffee Baristas Ltd.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2020

A French hospital, in one case, noted that nearly 2,000 surgical masks were removed from its main operating room, while a trauma doctor reportedly took 12 boxes of masks from a storage room at a hospital in Spain. It has made multiple changes to its workforce during recent times because of the virus. Grant Shapps, U.K.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

According to reports last week, Amazon is exploring the expansion of its cashierless checkout technology to a larger store format, starting in an experimental Seattle store. Cashierless tech is currently up and running in seven Amazon Go stores sprinkled throughout Seattle, Chicago and San Francisco. Amazon has declined to comment.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The latest example of the power of those digitally-enabled innovative efforts comes from online freight marketplace operator Convoy. Founded in 2015, Seattle-based Convoy is among the biggest operators of online marketplaces that match truckers with shippers needing to move cargo,” the report said. Rowe Price Associates.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2018

NBC News reported that national, regional and local merchants are testing Google Shopping Express with big-name retailers including Target and Walgreens. Amazon would provide the business with uniforms, fuel and insurance plans for fleet operations and provide training on everything from taxes, payroll, and other small business topics.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Digitally transforming operations, operating models and technologies to compete in a changing industry structure. IBM has helped many regional and global organizations along this path with everything from migrating existing workloads to forward-looking projects such as blockchain and AI. Optimizing risk, compliance and security.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2020

While the eventual goal for perhaps all participants in the pre- COVID-19 commerce ecosystem was to center their operations around a digital-first mentality, priorities have shifted some in the last several weeks. In Seattle, people feel like the worst is over; they’re feeling a little bit more confident.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The Seattle-based eCommerce operator and cloud computing provider decided to build in both Crystal City, an urban area in North Virginia near Washington, D.C., Apologies for the cliché (some of us miss baseball already), but that’s the story with Amazon and its split decision Tuesday (Nov. 13) on its new headquarters.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2020

The operative word is control. “I What will factor into any restaurant or restaurant group’s success in tomorrow’s online world are the numbers and demographics of just how tourist-traveled your city, town, or region is going forward. Consumers can inquire directly with restaurants about existing promotions.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2017

While few computer users opt for a Linux operating system, almost every consumer has an Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled device (or 10) that runs on it, from webcams and DVRs in the home to point-of-sale terminals and ATMs in businesses. That’s why hackers are targeting Linux systems, and consumers don’t even know they’re using them.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2017

Descartes System Group , a Canadian logistics company with global reach, has acquired ShipRush , a Seattle-based shipping company that connects small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with delivery carriers across the U.S., Through its relationships with shipment operations such as FedEx and the U.S. for $14 million.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Unata, a digital solutions provider for grocery retailers, found there was a 19-fold increase in online grocery sales for regional U.S. are all reportedly in talks with online couriers to break into the meal-kit market, spelling trouble for startup operations, like Plated, Blue Apron and Germany’s HelloFresh. 11–28 of this year).

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TrustBank

JUNE 3, 2021

A closer look at the data by metro regions in which Washington Trust Bank primarily operates shows that this decrease in available listings is occurring locally as well. The active listing count by metro region has also declined when compared to the previous 4 year average.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2020

billion deal on Tuesday (April 21) for a minority stake in Indian telecom startup Reliance Jio , giving the social media giant a larger foothold in the region. I think it will play a role for a lot of businesses as they are rethinking their operations, trying to get back on their feet and trying to stay lean and mean,” Galit said.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

Both of the nation’s mega-retail players have spent the week strategizing how to strike a balance between three goals — protecting their thousands of employees, serving their massive customer bases and keeping supply chains operating at as close to normal as imaginable given the highly abnormal circumstances.

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North Carolina Retail Nevada Tennessee 130

Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Attracting and keeping technology talent at a regionally based financial institution is a constant struggle. Industry-specific tech talent is consolidating and migrating to programmer and megabank community hotspots in San Jose, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta and Phoenix. Tech Talent Famine.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Sigma aims to streamline business operations. Stripe Atlas (business incorporation tool) and Stripe Sigma (business analytics and reporting) can help simplify business operations. As companies increasingly operate on multi-party platforms and marketplaces, the ability to accept and send payments to third parties is vital.

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CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

15 of the top 20 operate in the Greater Bay Area. Operating Location: San Francisco, CA. Operating Location: San Francisco, CA. Operating Location: Philadelphia, PA. Operating Location: Menlo Park, CA. Operating Location: San Francisco, CA. 11 of the top 20 worked in big tech prior to entering VC.

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

The burger’s success spurred Next Level Burger’s expansion into five new locations in Seattle and California, along with a new East Coast location at Whole Foods 365 in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Cafe X in San Francisco is one of the first food businesses to successfully integrate robots into its operations.

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

VR has also helped businesses across industries keep operations running. The equipment was expensive and companies lacked the in-house expertise required to operate it. Source: Oxford Medical Simulation. Real estate agents have been relying on virtual tours to continue showing properties. Some experts, however, aren’t so sure.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Erin Simpson , chief operations officer, and Allan Rayson , chief innovation officer and chief technology officer, think about their operations and technology differently as well by partnering with fintechs that are also invested in the bank and understand the bank’s strategy with several of them on the board. talent market.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

On Thursday, an Amazon spokesperson told Forbes the company does not engage in surge pricing, nor does it allow product prices to fluctuate based on region or delivery location. Forbes reported the eCommerce giant expects to outgrow what its Seattle headquarters can support. Start the bidding war!

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CB Insights

JUNE 14, 2018

Now, startups and tech giants are getting in the mix, trying to fix the ways the real estate industry designs, builds, and operates. Several startups are already operating in this space; however, so far they’ve had only fledging success. Cities like Seattle and San Francisco have been especially affected by the housing shortage.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Despite charging lower fees, the company failed to gain enough traction with merchants who feared giving Amazon detailed data on their overall business operations. Today, 22 Amazon Go stores are live in Seattle, New York, San Francisco, and Chicago. But in October 2015, the company announced it would be shut down.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2016

So, when Dunkin’ goes after Starbucks following the news that the Seattle-based company was changing its loyalty program, it also has to do with mobile strategy (which Starbucks, admittedly, has a lead on). The coffee giants in the country have found one major way to make mobile payments relevant for consumers: tying it to loyalty.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Sales of plant-based meat substitutes alone increased by 23% from 2017 to 2018, with frozen plant-based convenience foods proving especially popular in the West South Central region of the US, according to the Good Food Institute. Millennial consumers also expect frozen foods to be higher quality than they were in the past.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

After Amazon announced in March that it was planning to shut down Diapers.com and all the other eCommerce sites operated by Quidsi, the company it acquired in 2010 — the online retailer has pulled all of the Quidsi apps from its app store. Title: ChaCha, unable to find financial answers, shuts down operations. Product: Quidsi.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2020

Amazon To Deliver Coronavirus Test Kits In Seattle. Amazon Care was reportedly talking with local health groups about helping deliver at-home testing kits for COVID-19 in Seattle. Seattle has become one of the regions of the U.S. The bank called the claims “unnecessary and unwarranted” per a report.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago and Toronto have all signed off. Since launching Instant Delivery, UberEATS has significantly expanded from allowing people in downtown to pick four to five meals during the lunch hour to offering thousands of items at all hours of the day and throughout the Puget Sound region.

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