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Can we combat the Lonely Paradox with our high streets?

Inside Retail

The frequency of social contact has also been declining for decades, with data from the Hilda survey showing a relative decline of 11 per cent since 2001. The Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo pioneered ‘chat checkout’ to slow things down and encourage interaction, saying: “ We are at the heart of society.

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Paritzki & Liani Architects mixes architecture and geology in Grifo210 boutique

Dezeen

Located off the coast of Naples, Ischia sits over an ancient volcanic crater, which gives it an abundant landscape of verdant greenery, thermal spas and natural springs. Paola Liani and partner Itai Paritzki founded their studio in 2001. The shop references the island of Ischia in terms of both architecture and geology. "The

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GIANT launches ‘Healing the Planet’ grants

Mass Relators

Eligible projects must be located in GIANT’s operating areas within Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia or West Virginia. Customers can recycle plastic bags at any GIANT or MARTIN’S location. Since 2001, more than 1,800 benches have been donated to local fire departments, churches, schools, townships, parks, and playgrounds.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 314 – Lovesac Founder and CEO Shawn Nelson

Retail Geek

10, 20, 50, 100, 250 locations now. The mall is dead, headline from 2001. 5:42] Drives are innovation we think is a really cool secret sauce called design for life but. We came public in 2018 on about 100 million in sales.

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Big brands pledge big funds for the British Heart Foundation’s 60th Birthday

A1 Retail

PPGF are supporting the BHF throughout the month of July by spotlighting the BHF as one of PayPal’s checkout featured charities which could raise over £50,000 – enough to fund a heart attack research project for six months. . As a long-term partner of the BHF, since 2001 they have raised over £400k for the charity. Coinstar .

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 292 – Q1 2022 Recap (Live)

Retail Geek

lifestyle so next line so started spiffy in 2014 and today we’re in 27 locations about a 50 million run rate doubling, we have 250 Vans across the United States and about 500 technicians so that’s a little bit of background on me. Any other questions before they kick us off the stage.

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 270 – Microservice based commerce platforms with Kelly Goetsch

Retail Geek

And then behind the scenes were actually seven vertical teams so we have a team focused on checkout we have a team focused on product catalog. Kelly: [20:20] They were actually invented in 2001 so there’s a guy named Royal Roy was his name Roy Fielding.