Tag: retail
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Bestsellers may be harder to come by as book sellers struggle with supply chain disruptions
Browsing at The Strand. Mary Altaffer/AP Photo Supply chain disruptions are impacting the production of books across the US. A paper shortage combined with an increased demand for lumber is making it difficult to print bestsellers. There has been an 18.7% increase in book sales so far in 2021 compared to 2020. See more stories…
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Amazon’s first electric delivery vans are now making deliveries – see how they were designed
AP Amazon first revealed its electric delivery van in 2020, and they’re making deliveries.The e-commerce giant has purchased 100,000 custom electrical delivery vehicles from electrical car maker Rivian.The transfer to electrical vehicles is a portion of Amazon’s Climate Pledge, intending to have zero net carbon dioxide by 2040. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for additional stories.…
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Retail partners unveiled for UK’s first electric forecourt
Ahead of November opening for trail-blazing EV charging station, Gridserve confirms leading retail chains are all put to open outlets in the new electrical forecourt in Essex Drivers of electric vehicles (EVs) will be able to get a Costa Coffee, pick up a newspaper at WHSmith, also do a quick grocery store at high end…
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Jeff Bezos is now worth more than $200 billion, making him the richest person in the world by nearly $90 billion
Jeff Bezos. David Ryder/Getty Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is now worth more than $200 billion, according to Forbes along with Bloomberg.That leaves him worth nearly $90 billion over the second-richest person on the planet: Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates, with a chance of roughly $116 billion, according to Bloomberg.Bezos has more wealth than anyone else’s ever…
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Mukesh Ambani climbs billionaire rankings; fourth richest in the world now
Mukesh Ambani surpassed LVMH Chairman (and Europe's wealthiest man) Bernard Arnault to become the fourth-richest man in the world. The Reliance Chairman has a net worth of $80.2 billion, and trails only Jeff Bezos ($187 billion), Bill Gates ($121 billion), and Mark Zuckerberg ($102 billion) on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Incidentally, Zuckerberg entered the coveted…
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This man went from building next-gen products at PayPal to driving financial inclusion with his startup
Akshay Krishnaiah’s career in the Bay Area has been dotted with many milestones. The MIT and Stanford alumnus served as the Global Product Head – Research Labs at PayPal for three years, and Entrepreneur in Residence – Retail Labs at PayPal for two years before that. He also had a stint at eBay prior to…
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Tekion unveils new SaaS product for automotive dealer management
Tekion, a US-based startup focussed on the automotive space founded by an Indian-origin and former CIO of Tesla, Jay Vijayan, has launched its flagship product – automotive retail cloud, a cloud-native retail platform which includes all functionalities of a dealer management system (DMS). The product, automotive retail cloud, modernises the end-to-end automotive retail experience and…