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Alternative Proteins Take New Shapes Amid Growing VC, Consumer Interest
Alternative Proteins Take New Shapes Amid Growing VC, Consumer Interest
July 20, 2021  |  Retail

Gone are the days when the only protein on a restaurant’s menu guaranteed to be animal cruelty-free was the sad, flavorless black bean patty. Independents...

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Delivery Startup Jokr Raises $170M In Series A
Delivery Startup Jokr Raises $170M In Series A
July 20, 2021  |  Investments

Global instant grocery and retail delivery startup Jokr raised $170 million in a Series A funding round led by GGV Capital, Balderton Capital and Tiger Global Management,...

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LVMH Looks To Expand Reach Of Luxury Retail Via Stake In Off-White Brand
LVMH Looks To Expand Reach Of Luxury Retail Via Stake In Off-White Brand
July 20, 2021  |  Retail

LVMH said Tuesday (July 20) it was taking a 60 percent stake in Off-White LLC, the fashion brand founded by 40-year-old rapper and designer Virgil...

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Emerging Developments In Retail And BNPL
Emerging Developments In Retail And BNPL
July 20, 2021  |  Today In Data

AutoNation continued riding increased demand from consumers for new and used vehicles in its latest quarter. In rural retail, Tractor Supply Co. experienced another quarter of higher sales, as do-it-yourself trends...

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Digitized B2B Payments Will Likely Continue To Grow Post-Pandemic
Digitized B2B Payments Will Likely Continue To Grow Post-Pandemic
July 20, 2021  |  B2B Payments

In A Decade of Digital Transformation in 12 Months, 46 C-suite executives spoke with PYMNTS for its Q2 eBook on what the world will look...

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Snapchat, Verishop Partnership Aims To Boost Lagging US Social Commerce Sales
Snapchat, Verishop Partnership Aims To Boost Lagging US Social Commerce Sales
July 20, 2021  |  Retail

Verishop is partnering with Snapchat to launch a social commerce experience within the popular image-sharing app, in a move that marks an escalation of an...

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Macy’s Courts Millennials With New Private Brand
Macy’s Courts Millennials With New Private Brand
July 20, 2021  |  Retail

A new private brand from Macy’s Inc. launching this week follows the company’s pre-pandemic plans for reinvention, as the brand that defined “department store” transitions...

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Space Traveling Billionaires Have Down-To-Earth Uses For Their Lofty Ambitions
Space Traveling Billionaires Have Down-To-Earth Uses For Their Lofty Ambitions
July 20, 2021  |  Innovation

For manufacturing, for supply chains, it’s the last mile indeed that bears the hallmarks of innovation — and perhaps, before too long, the last 100,000...

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BigCommerce, Mercado Libre Team As LatAm’s eComm Sector Grows
BigCommerce, Mercado Libre Team As LatAm’s eComm Sector Grows
July 20, 2021  |  Retail

Amid a growing eCommerce market in Latin America, eCommerce software platform BigCommerce has teamed with Mercado Libre to let BigCommerce merchants sell in Latin America on...

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