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JULY 2, 2020

The rise comes as more companies succumb to the financial ills of the pandemic and are looking for protection against creditors, according to legal services firm Epiq Services. Penney and home-goods retailer Pier 1, along with telecommunications company Frontier Communications. The company said it planned to keep soldiering on.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The financial institution said per the report that it would shutter approximately 100 locations throughout the nation, which would shrink its domestic offices to roughly 400. Deutsche’s move to decrease its number of locations comes after news that Commerzbank would not open 200 offices again that were closed amid COVID-19.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

To that end, 7-Eleven said earlier this week that is debuting scan-and-go options at 14 of its Dallas-based stores, with the goal of bringing that technology to additional locations through 2019. ’ We continue to think like a software company, digitally enabling our stores, to redefine convenience once again. …

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MAY 30, 2017

Starbucks announced that it will open stores in Dallas, Texas and Trenton, New Jersey as part of its program to invest in at least 15 underserved communities across the nation by 2018. According to Chain Store Age , the store in Dallas will open in spring 2018, while the one in Trenton will open later this year.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

7-Eleven has launched voice ordering with 7Voice, which allows customers to place orders through Google Home and Amazon Echo systems, the company said in a press release on Wednesday (Nov. The voice activation works in conjunction with the company’s 7NOW app , delivering purchased items in about 30 minutes or less.

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MAY 27, 2020

The retailer said it filed voluntary petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas – Dallas Division to pursue the reorganization. Tuesday Morning foresees shuttering roughly 230 of 687 retail locations, with the store closure process set to occur during the summer.

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MAY 29, 2020

Following a pilot program in Australia, Africa, Europe and the Middle East, this new feature is aimed at helping Americans with essential trips during the COVID-19 pandemic, the San Francisco-based company said. a new way to ride without having to re-request a trip at each location you visit,” he added.

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MAY 22, 2020

A separate survey, which Adam Blandin and Alexander Bick held in cooperation with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, had found that unemployment reached almost 25 percent in the week of May 10 to May 16. As a result, they would join the ranks of the unemployed in the country up to the point they locate a position.

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APRIL 16, 2020

A new service from Lyft will allow for on-demand delivery of groceries and other essential products, the ridesharing company said. Payment will come from the company itself, but also partnering organizations and Mastercard, which is working with Lyft on this initiative.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

It has also directly developed over 600,000 employment positions domestically throughout operations locations and company offices. “We The six targeted cities – Detroit, Dallas, New York, Denver, San Diego and Phoenix – were to be part of an investment of over $1.4 and Canada this year.

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JULY 12, 2020

Cuebiq , a private company contracted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to track general movement in the country, gets the data when people opt into location tracking from various mobile apps. There are 15 million phones around the U.S. that Cuebiq has access to, CNN reported.

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MARCH 3, 2020

Amazon has established smaller warehouses around Dallas, Phoenix, Philadelphia and Orlando to make its same-day deliveries faster. . The tech giant also said that having facilities located closer to customers will help it reduce its carbon footprint. Deliveries by plane will also be reduced and more delivery jobs will be created.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

The company is apparently making a bet that the future of retail, and retail payments, will involve consumers’ hands. In fact, back in September, reports emerged that Amazon had started to experiment with hand recognition-based payments at its Whole Foods locations.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Sam’s Club is partnering with Humana and other companies to offer members in Michigan, Pennsylvania and North Carolina discounts on healthcare services, including primary care and dental services, The Associated Press reported on Thursday (Sept. Primary care, counseling, dental, X-rays, audiology and labs are among other offerings. .

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MAY 4, 2020

The company revealed it has a deal to remove $1.65 J Crew’s filing raises questions about whether bankruptcy is a good option for retailers with brick-and-mortar locations — and whether pre-crisis weakness guarantee post-crisis financial peril. The retailer made its filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Richmond, Va.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Tide, the laundry brand owned by CPG Detergent, is introducing a service called Tide Cleaners, an on-demand dry cleaning and laundry service, at 1,000 locations in cities across the country, according to reports. The company’s goal is to have Tide Cleaners at more than 2,000 spots across the United States by the latter part of 2020.

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JANUARY 11, 2019

The social media company invited some journalists along for a tour of the facilities, giving them a rare inside look at one of the world’s biggest companies and how it treats employees. The space, located in Cambridge, is a 130,000-square-foot area on three floors, according to a reporter for Fortune who took the tour.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

The report, citing court proceedings in Dallas, reported that AriseBank Founder Jared Rice and Co-founder Stanley Ford took around $4.25 million worth of cryptocurrency but was not able to locate the rest of the money raised. The funds that couldn’t be located are perceived to have been used, noted The WSJ.

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APRIL 16, 2020

Online meal delivery orders were down in March across the sector, prompting companies to look into new ways to generate revenue. Stores wanting to sign on with Uber Eats doubled in March as grocery markets and convenience stores searched for new ways to serve customers duirng the lockdown.

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APRIL 9, 2019

Located in Dallas, the 7-Eleven lab store is designed so that customers can test and purchase the newest innovations from the retailer. The location, which stocks products ranging from craft beers to handmade tortillas – has technology that lets shoppers use their phones for payments. stores with the innovation.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

They then check in at the location, enter the space, shop and leave, at which time a detailed receipt shows up in the app. According to the company, a proprietary mixture of algorithms and predictive technology enables the store to separate each shopper and their purchases from others in the location.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The two decided to build a company that provides that kind of offering from their driveway. Consumers start by visiting the company’s website and selecting tires based on the year, make or model of their vehicle or based on tire size. When it comes to service, the company brings the new tires to the consumer’s home or work location.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

According to the FTC , the company violated the settlement struck in 2012 that stemmed from charges that the company had aided and abetted wire fraud. During that time, MoneyGram failed to block individuals that the company knew, or should have known, were using its service for fraud or to obtain fraud-induced money transfers.”.

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DECEMBER 10, 2019

are now adding this new technology and by the end of 2019 roughly a quarter of locations nationwide will have it in place,” the company said. “A Uber has introduced a group ordering option, the company said in a blog post. In other Uber Eats news, the company recently launched a pickup feature nationwide.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Amazon might be choosing two locations for its second headquarters rather than picking just one city. It was reported over the weekend that the eCommerce giant was in late-stage discussions with a handful of communities, including Crystal City in northern Virginia, Dallas and New York City.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

9) that Pfizer’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine has delivered a preliminary 90 percent success rate sent consumers’ hopes soaring, fueling a rally in stocks of dine-in restaurants and other companies linked to how we used to live. That caps a six-month, 135 percent bounce for the 45-year-old Dallas-based chain. News on Monday (Nov.

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AUGUST 10, 2017

Retailing giant Walmart is expanding the use of its Scan & Go mobile app, which is already being tested in around 12 stores in Arkansas, Florida, Texas and Georgia, to include ten more brick-and-mortar locations. Sam’s Club rolled out similar technology in its brick-and-mortar locations last fall, noted the report.

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DECEMBER 17, 2018

That company works with major brick-and-mortar and eCommerce retailers alike to combine returns into pallets and boxes that are sold at a deep discount. Items come into warehouses — like Liquidation.com’s Texas location — by the truckload. According to the Dallas News report, most products are, in fact, returns.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The goal behind the company is not to have merchants pay significant amounts of money for next-day or two-day shipping. The company aims to have them use ground shipping pricing. As a result, the company is able to distribute the inventory closer to the end customer, presumably taking advantage of ground shipping.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

That focus has to come from somewhere, though, and the company has announced it is closing 10 of its Last Call off-price stores. Dallas-based brick-and-mortar retailer Neiman Marcus is the parent company of Last Call. With fewer Last Call stores, the company said, it will truly be able to differentiate its off-price offerings.

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JANUARY 22, 2018

The company had been working with Uber Eats as a delivery partner, in addition to other delivery services and its own staff, since launching in May 2016. For example, delivery from McDonald’s on the Uber Eats app is available from more than 2,000 locations around the country, with 1,000 new stores added in 2017. Starting Jan.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

CVS Health , for instance, debuted its HealthHUB store design in 16 CVS Pharmacy locations to serve the Greater Atlanta area with a format that offers a wider array of health care services, more products and services focused on health as well as wellness, and advice in addition to personalized care per an announcement.

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MAY 28, 2019

The company’s timing is good, as Jack Ma, a Chinese billionaire, predicts a billion deliveries a day within a decade in the country, as well as the continued commercialization of autonomous vehicle tech. Ford, the motor company, has proposed a solution with a small robot that moves on legs, to carry a package to a person’s doorstep.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Those vending machines, however, are only a temporary home — the goal by early 2020 is to begin rolling out the handprint scanners in Whole Foods locations nationwide so that grocery shoppers can essentially wave and go to pay. Using the Amazon app, customers can choose what they want to return, select a Go location and drop the item off.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Alto , for instance, serves customers in the Dallas area who pay a monthly membership fee to receive a differentiated travel offering to take them from, say, uptown to the airport. For starters, the company has a dedicated fleet of cars that it supplies, and doesn’t ask drivers to bring their own vehicles. The Passenger Experience.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Given, many companies operate best in their local areas. According to Kennedy in her editor’s letter for the Dallas Market Center magazine, the “small business momentum” keeps customers returning to their favorite local businesses (2012). In today’s digital age, we have the ability to connect with people all over the world.

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JANUARY 20, 2020

The company recently rolled out a nationwide loyalty program — powered by customer engagement solutions provider Paytronix — after a promising pilot. Dallas-based chicken chain Wingstop recently launched a service that allows gaming fans to place food orders directly from Amazon ’s live-streaming platform Twitch.

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