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Google Joins Big Tech Peers With First Brick-and-Mortar Retail Location
Google Joins Big Tech Peers With First Brick-and-Mortar Retail Location
May 20, 2021  |  Retail

Another Big Tech player has unveiled plans to join the physical retail party, as Google has announced it will open its first-ever physical retail location...

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Tencent Ups Spending To Compete With Alibaba
Tencent Ups Spending To Compete With Alibaba
May 20, 2021  |  International

China’s Tencent Holdings said on Thursday (May 20) that it wants to put a greater portion of this year’s incremental profits  into sectors that include...

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Grocery Roundup: Goodbye, Amazon Go Grocery
Grocery Roundup: Goodbye, Amazon Go Grocery
May 20, 2021  |  Retail

Amazon Go Grocery is Amazon going, going, gone. The format, which launched in early 2020 as a grocery offshoot of the Amazon Go convenience store...

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Goldman Sachs Courting Investors For Startups
Goldman Sachs Courting Investors For Startups
May 20, 2021  |  Investments

GS Growth, a unit of Goldman Sachs that buys stakes in startup firms, has spent the past few months wooing outside investors, The Wall Street Journal...

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From Beds To Bird Feeders: Expanding Home Improvement Category Extends Nesting Trend
From Beds To Bird Feeders: Expanding Home Improvement Category Extends Nesting Trend
May 20, 2021  |  Retail

A spate of solid earnings reports in the home improvement and furnishings space this week has allayed fears that the red-hot nesting trend spawned by...

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Today In Retail: Petco’s Sales Surge Amid Growth In Pet Ownership; Ralph Lauren’s Global Digital Revenue Accelerates
Today In Retail: Petco’s Sales Surge Amid Growth In Pet Ownership; Ralph Lauren’s Global Digital...
May 20, 2021  |  Retail

In today’s top retail news, Petco’s revenues surged amid growth in pet ownership, while Ralph Lauren’s worldwide digital revenue accelerated throughout owned and wholesale digital...

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Revolut Business Introduces FX Forwards In The UK
Revolut Business Introduces FX Forwards In The UK
May 20, 2021  |  Digital Banking

Revolut Business, the business account from the FinTech super app Revolut, has rolled out currency forward contracts (FX forwards) in Great Britain, according to a...

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JetBlue To Air NBA Games On International Flights Through Viasat
JetBlue To Air NBA Games On International Flights Through Viasat
May 20, 2021  |  International

Communications company Viasat has struck a multi-year deal with the National Basketball Association to deliver live NBA games to JetBlue passengers on the airline’s international...

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Indonesian Antitrust Watchdog To Probe Gojek-Tokopedia Deal
Indonesian Antitrust Watchdog To Probe Gojek-Tokopedia Deal
May 20, 2021  |  ANTITRUST

Indonesia’s antitrust agency said it wants to take a look at the history-making merger between two of the country’s startups to guard against monopolistic practices....

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