Tag: Amazon
Amazon effect works in reverse as CVS investors get over fears
NEW YORK - CVS Health Corp., along with rival drugstores and drug distributors, rallied after a report that Amazon.com Inc. had shelved plans to...
R.I. releases most details of Amazon HQ2 pitch
PROVIDENCE -The R.I. Commerce Corp. released its Amazon HQ2 Request For Proposals response Friday on its website, Rhode Island for Amazon.
Commerce RI redacted the amount...
Cities need more workers, not jobs
A funny thing happened after Amazon invited cities to compete for its second North American headquarters. Somehow other corporations got the idea that they...
Five Questions With: Scott Peterson
Scott Peterson, the vice president of U.S. tax policy and government relations for tax automation software company Avalara, based in Seattle, discusses a recent...
How low will retail go?
It’s hard to find anyone optimistic about the future of conventional retail as internet giants such as Amazon continue to accumulate customers. But where’s...
Marketing and sales: 5 ways to make 2018 your best year...
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In their “Habits Across the Lifespan” study, Duke University researchers found nearly half of human behaviors are habit-based, regardless of age....
Surviving the retail apocalypse
Retail dies when based solely on the concept of visiting a store for a commodity item. To thrive in today’s market and emerge from...
R.I. Commerce Corp. says it will not release Amazon application
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has pitched several locations within the state for the North American headquarters for Amazon, but will not publicly identify specific...
Learning from Whole Foods
Whole Foods is providing the world with a very interesting economics lesson. Immediately after Amazon bought the upscale grocery store chain, it cut prices...
Who can accommodate Amazon?
Which cities will lead the economy of tomorrow? And who will decide? Often, it’s an amorphous mass of companies and people over time, drifting...
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