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Pret A Manger’s New Management
Pret A Manger’s New Management
May 29, 2018  |  Retail

British coffee and sandwich chain Pret A Manger has found a new majority stakeholder: JAB Holding Company is expanding its already considerable reach within the coffee...

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Kraft Heinz Plans To Ramp Up Investments
Kraft Heinz Plans To Ramp Up Investments
May 29, 2018  |  Retail

Three years after Kraft Food Group and H.J. Heinz merged, the combined company may be hungry for acquisitions. After cutting $1.7 billion from spending, executives...

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Making It Work — Wherever, Whenever
Making It Work — Wherever, Whenever
May 29, 2018  |  Today In Data

More than half of all drivers think they are better than average at driving — a fact that mathematical possibility cannot approve. Some of those...

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US Faces Shortage Of 50,000 Truck Drivers
US Faces Shortage Of 50,000 Truck Drivers
May 29, 2018  |  Retail

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) said that the U.S. is facing a shortage of 50,000 truck drivers, impacting both retailers and consumers. The U.S. will need...

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American Brands Are Bullish On Retail Expansion In China
American Brands Are Bullish On Retail Expansion In China
May 29, 2018  |  Retail

American retailers are heading east: They’re opening the doors to brick-and-mortar stores in China, while listing on China’s dueling marketplaces — Tencent and JD.com. Walmart,...

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Why The World Needs Artisanal Marshmallows
Why The World Needs Artisanal Marshmallows
May 29, 2018  |  Startups

If one were trying to come up with the most millennial-sounding product imaginable, it would be hard to do much better than an artisanal marshmallow....

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One-Third Of Employers Use Decade-Old Payroll Technology
One-Third Of Employers Use Decade-Old Payroll Technology
May 29, 2018  |  B2B Payments

A new survey has found that one-third of employers are using payroll technology that is at least 10 years old. The “Evolution of Payroll Technology Survey,”...

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Fidelity Bank Offers New Products To SMEs In Ghana
Fidelity Bank Offers New Products To SMEs In Ghana
May 29, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Fidelity Bank Ghana announced it is boosting its support of the country’s Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) through new products, specialized services, as well as...

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 The Hill Looks At Speeding DoD Vendor Payments
 The Hill Looks At Speeding DoD Vendor Payments
May 29, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The Hill has taken up legislation that eyes late payments, indicating that not everything is Carillion, all the time, when it comes to vendor payments....

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