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New Swiftly Grocery App Enables Fast Checkout
New Swiftly Grocery App Enables Fast Checkout
September 10, 2019  |  Investments

A Seattle-based grocery startup named Swiftly has raised $15.6 million in a seed funding round to help smaller grocers compete with behemoths like Amazon and...

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Amazon HQ2 Posts First Jobs
Amazon HQ2 Posts First Jobs
January 16, 2019  |  Amazon

Amazon posted two job openings mentioning its HQ2 office in New York City. Both positions — posted within the last few days — are for engineering jobs for...

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Seattle Warns NY About Amazon Effect Of HQ2
Seattle Warns NY About Amazon Effect Of HQ2
January 07, 2019  |  Amazon

Two politicians traveled to New York to warn the city about the troubles Amazon’s headquarters brought to Seattle, according to a report in Bloomberg. Lisa...

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Amazon Go Aims For 3K Locations By 2021
Amazon Go Aims For 3K Locations By 2021
September 20, 2018  |  Retail

A new report says that Amazon might open 3,000 Amazon Go locations by 2021. The company should have about 10 new cashierless stores by the...

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Amazon Go Will Open A Second Location in Seattle
Amazon Go Will Open A Second Location in Seattle
July 05, 2018  |  Amazon

Another Amazon Go store reportedly will soon open, representing another step toward a future when consumers will pay for their groceries without having to stand...

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Deliveroo Expands Its Shared Kitchen Program
Deliveroo Expands Its Shared Kitchen Program
July 05, 2018  |  Business

Cooking is often about community. That ancient idea has found new — and revenue-enhancing — life this week in the news that Deliveroo, an on-demand...

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Starbucks Exec Chairman Schultz Steps Down
Starbucks Exec Chairman Schultz Steps Down
June 05, 2018  |  Retail

After growing Starbucks from a humble 11 stores to a worldwide operation with 28,000 locations in 77 countries, Howard Schultz is stepping down as executive chairman and...

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Data Dive: The Uncertain Future Edition, MoviePass, Credit Cards And Seattle Taxes
Data Dive: The Uncertain Future Edition, MoviePass, Credit Cards And Seattle Taxes
May 21, 2018  |  Data Dive

Summer is here, the heat is on and what’s on the menu for the next three months is more or less a known commodity. But...

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Seattle Approves Next Tax For Big Companies Like Amazon
Seattle Approves Next Tax For Big Companies Like Amazon
May 16, 2018  |  Amazon

Seattle’s city council has approved a new tax for the city’s biggest companies, including Amazon, to combat a housing crisis impacting the city’s working class....

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