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20 Best Remote Working Locations Around the World for Digital Nomads
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Want to work from anywhere in the world? Check out these 20 remote working locations around the world that are perfect for the digital nomad lifestyle!
Topics: digital, working, average, coworking, city, cost, cheap, night, month, locations, best, remote, food, world, plenty, nomads, temperatures. -
6 investors and founders forecast hockey-stick growth for Edinburgh’s startup scene
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Scotland's capital Edinburgh boasts a beautiful, hilly landscape, a robust education system and good access to grant funding, public and private investment.
Topics: think, forecast, hockeystick, scene, techcrunch, companies, startup, city, founders, investors, strong, edinburghs, edinburgh, tech, growth, ecosystem. -
7 of the Best Cities for Minority Entrepreneurs
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Welcome to Breaking the Blueprint — a blog series that dives into the unique business challenges and opportunities of underrepresented business owners and entrepreneurs. Learn how they’ve grown or scaled their businesses, explored entrepreneurial ventures within their companies, or created side hustles, and how their stories can inspire and inform your own success.
Topics: support, best, business, economic, entrepreneurs, organizations, city, cities, minority, owners, opportunities, diverse. -
99 minutos, Mexico’s last mile delivery startup, raises a $40M Series B
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In 2014 Alexis Patjane was at a local hookah bar in Mexico City with some friends and the bar ran out of tobacco. They thought maybe they could buy some online and have it delivered to the bar in real-time, but it turns out that service didn’t exist. At the time, Patjane was running a […]
Topics: ecommerce, business, mexicos, patjane, techcrunch, raises, city, series, minutos, b, latin, delivery, mexico, startup, mile, company. -
A worker at Amazon’s New York City fulfillment center is dead from COVID-19
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Earlier this week, Amazon informed staff members at its Staten Island fulfillment center that a worker had died from COVID-19. The news was first noted by The Verge. The employee began to exhibit symptoms in early April, before being placed on quarantine April 11. He never returned to the site. “We are deeply saddened by […]
Topics: workers, covid19, employee, virus, tested, york, fulfillment, dead, center, amazons, worker, island, amazon, facility, positive, techcrunch, company, staten, city. -
Amazon confirms NYC and Arlington, VA as the site of its new dual HQ
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After months of deliberations, data dumps, short lists and wish-lists, Amazon has finally announced the location of its second headquarters, HQ2, and as it has been widely reported, “2” is the important detail here: Amazon has named not one, but two different cities, New York (specifically, Long Island City in Queens) and Arlington, Virginia, as the […]
Topics: jobs, locations, arlington, amazon, company, site, hq, confirms, headquarters, washington, dual, city, location, nyc, york, va, huge. -
Amazon drops plans for New York HQ2
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In a surprise turn, Amazon has announced that it’s pulling out on plans to open one of two HQ2 locations in New York City. The move follows much criticism from local government and citizens, who have pushed back on the company’s proposed Long Island City location, citing tax breaks and Amazon’s longstanding anti-unionization policies. Amazon […]
Topics: hq2, amazon, plans, york, build, city, local, location, blasio, island, long, drops. -
Amazon may be rethinking its New York City headquarters
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Amazon’s decision to open HQ2 in New York City has been a controversial decision since day one. The company has been championing the estimated 25,000 jobs the move could bring to the metropolitan area, while citizens and local government officials have balked at promised tax breaks and the added strain on housing and an aging infrastructure. […]
Topics: local, headquarters, city, plans, jobs, york, politicians, amazon, virginia, decision, rethinking, pushback. -
Barcelona to tax logistics companies
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Barcelona’s City Council aims for 40 percent of online purchases to be delivered to pick-up points instead of at home in 2023. To achieve this, Barcelona introduced an annual tax for logistics companies that offer home delivery. The Spanish city council made a proposal in December. It is waiting for…
Topics: businesses, ecommerce, logistics, city, vans, proposal, companies, delivery, tax, barcelona. -
Blue Apron gets a much-needed boost with Jet.com partnership
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The enemy of my enemy is my friend. That explains a coming-together between two startups today after Jet.com announced it will give beleaguered Blue Apron a leg-up by introducing its meal kits for customers in New York. The deal will an initially rotating selection of four meal kits from Blue Apron made available as part of Jet’s […]
Topics: partnership, gets, company, city, jet, selection, share, jetcom, boost, muchneeded, blue, kits, oz, servings, apron. -
Cities & States That Will Pay You to Move There
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Choosing a new place to live can be tricky. Whether you're a new college graduate, buying your first house, or just short on cash, affordability is crucial when considering a location.
Topics: city, loans, states, program, student, workers, cities, college, moredetails, hiring, open, jobs, pay. -
City of Lüneburg launches online marketplace
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Another city in Europe has decided to launch its own online marketplace. This time it’s the city of Lüneberg, a town in the German state of Lower Saxony, that started the ecommerce initiative. Customers can browse through the offer of local retailers and get the goods delivered to their homes Continue reading
Topics: shop, lüneburg, website, started, project, local, stores, online, city, launches, service, marketplace, retailers. -
Cubbo aims to be Latin America’s next e-commerce fulfillment leader
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Cubbo touts itself as the only company that can take an order up to 5 p.m and get it out in Mexico City the same day.
Topics: mexico, techcrunch, day, cubbo, americas, ecommerce, york, funding, fulfillment, city, company, brands, ceo, latin, directtoconsumer, leader, aims. -
DPD Germany expands bike deliveries to more cities
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DPD Germany is ‘highly satisfied’ with the results of its pilot project to use electrically assisted transport bikes to deliver parcels to consumers. It started with the test in the northern Bavarian city of Nuremberg one year ago and now wants to launch further deliveries by transport bike in Germany. Continue reading
Topics: conventional, expands, parcels, germany, city, bike, dpd, possible, deliveries, transport, cities, bikes. -
DPD will deliver parcels by e-cargo bike this summer
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Parcel delivery group DPD has partners with Electric Assisted Vehicles (EAV) to develop a lightweight four-wheel e-cargo bike. With these bikes, DPD will start delivering parcels to consumers in July later this year. The news was revealed at the eBike Summit in Ofxord last week. Three bikes are currently being… Continue reading
Topics: parcels, ecargo, city, bikes, carbon, dpd, parcel, delivery, summer, deliver, bike, guide, footprint. -
Despite COVID-19, 5 Chicago VCs say region is poised for success
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Chicago has a long history of creating industry-leading companies and it doesn’t seem COVID-19 is slowing down the city. TechCrunch surveyed Chicago venture capitalists who remain optimistic despite the current crisis. COVID-19 could be good for Chicago, they told TechCrunch throughout their survey responses. It’s clear from the responses below investors in Chicago are interested […]
Topics: techcrunch, vcs, tech, founders, city, success, companies, talent, expect, local, region, poised, despite, startup, say, remote, covid19, chicago. -
Did New York lose anything with Amazon’s rejection? It’s complicated.
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Now that Amazon has said that it’s taking its ball and going home rather than deal with mean, pushy New Yorkers, outside observers are giving off the sense that the city (and its local politicians) are losing out for their recalcitrance. They’re wrong. New York City is running at about a 4.3 percent unemployment rate […]
Topics: amazon, york, complicated, city, lose, local, cities, companies, technology, rejection, queens, amazons, tech, jobs. -
DoorDash opens a shared kitchen in Redwood City
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DoorDash is opening its first shared commissary kitchen in Redwood City, Calif., bringing new delivery and pickup options to customers in Peninsula towns, including Atherton, Menlo Park and Palo Alto. This is part of a broader trend of companies like Deliveroo opening shared kitchens that allow restaurant partners to expand their delivery footprint without dealing […]
Topics: partners, kitchen, redwood, rice, shared, opening, slocombe, restaurants, opens, rooster, techcrunch, delivery, doordash, city. -
Feasibility study checks underground parcel transport in Hamburg
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Last year, project planning company Smart City Loop entered the market to revolutionize transport on the ‘last mile’. And now real estate developer Four Parx has commissioned Smart City Loop to carry out a feasibility study in Hamburg, to see if parcels could be delivered underground in the near future.… Continue reading
Topics: feasibility, transport, hamburg, parx, smart, loop, parcel, tubes, system, checks, study, city, underground. -
France wants tax on ecommerce to protect city centers
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The Senate in France wants to introduce a tax on ecommerce. More specific, on deliveries from ecommerce companies to online consumers. The upper house of the French parliament wants to do this to protect city centers and smaller businesses across the country. The initial idea was for the tax to Continue reading
Topics: deliveries, ecommerce, protect, retailers, local, proposed, centers, france, city, wants, companies, tax. -
HQ2 fight continues as New York City and Seattle officials hold anti-Amazon summit
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The heated debate around Amazon’s recently announced Long Island City “HQ2” is showing no signs of cooling down. On Monday morning, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) hosted a briefing in which labor officials, economic development analysts, Amazon employees and elected New York State and City representatives further underlined concerns around the HQ2 […]
Topics: seattle, york, workers, council, process, continues, hq2, hold, antiamazon, summit, officials, amazon, economic, promised, state, city, amazons, fight. -
How 5G will power the future of movement via the Internet of Vehicles (IoV)
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5G and the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) has the potential to transform the way we move people and things from one place to another. In a city setting, IoV and 5G will act as city planners and logistics managers rolled into one. Data and automation will optimize traffic light coordination and send garbage trucks on automated routes. The city of the future? Anything engineers can imagine.
Topics: vehicles, 5g, drivers, world, power, iov, future, way, movement, city, video, potential, internet. -
How Unique Packaging and NYC Nostalgia Sets This Company Apart
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Literie Candles doesn’t just sell scents, it sells memories. In this episode, Literie Candles founder Erica Werber explains how she created candles based on New Yorkers’ favorite pastimes and why the packaging has made her scents sell.More
Topics: sets, packaging, erica, candles, labels, experiences, city, unique, company, apart, literie, nostalgia, candle, york, brand, nyc. -
IKEA launches its online store in Mexico
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The ecommerce platform has 16 categories and deliveries only in Mexico City and the metropolitan area.
Topics: metropolitan, deliveries, pesos, launches, situation, ikea, store, mexico, online, city, categories, shipments. -
MagentoLive 2019 Guide to Amsterdam
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With its rich history as an international trade hub, Amsterdam is the perfect place for our eCommerce event, MagentoLive Europe 2019, and there’s also a wealth of museums, restaurants, and nightspots to enjoy. Here are a few suggestions from our local community of partners, Magento developers, and employees.
Topics: bar, town, van, place, magentolive, guide, info, city, amsterdam, sure, best, europe. -
New York politicians slam Amazon as it drops HQ2 plan
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Like the initial HQ2 plan, today’s news that Amazon will no longer be setting up shop in Queens has been met with a flood of mixed reactions. Business advocacy and real estate are decrying the retail giant’s decision to pack up and leave. I know I’ve been flooded with responses from various corners all afternoon. […]
Topics: hq2, amazon, yorkers, best, york, statement, city, politicians, slam, mayor, tax, working, drops, business, plan. -
Oxxo launches home delivery service to compete with Walmart
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The convenience store has put functions in Mi Oxxo, an online sales platform.
Topics: compete, oxxo, store, city, service, products, walmart, mexico, thousand, launches, selected, neighborhoods, delivery. -
Picnic opens second fulfillment center in Germany
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Online-only supermarket Picnic has opened its second fulfillment center in Germany. The site, which is 15,000 square meters big, has opened its doors in Herne, in the Ruhr area. Picnic says it has been working hard in the past few weeks to adapt its logistics to the increased demand, now… Continue reading
Topics: germany, picnic, demand, created, fulfillment, herne, jobs, second, city, opens, center. -
Pop-up Shop-up with Mare Weiss
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For brands and retailers, there are a plethora of reasons to try out the pop-up concept. Overall the short-term commitment allows for risk-adverse retailers to start testing new products and if there is a need or want in the market. Pop-ups are temporary, unexpected and allow for great storytelling.
Topics: halloween, store, shopup, weiss, retailers, city, storefront, popup, brand, brands, popups, mare, payless. -
Q&A: Anastasia Zhuk, Ukraine Agency Owner
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The Whidegroup is an ecommerce agency in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, near Crimea. Its co-owner, Anastasia Zhuk, describes in this interview the war's impact on her business, family, and life.
Topics: zhuk, agency, owner, ecommerce, war, western, anastasia, russian, whidegroup, city, magento, zaporizhzhia, husband, ukraine, qa. -
Refurbishing the Rust Belt: Founder Stories from Detroit
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Detroit has undeniably prevailed through the most catastrophic blows to its economy. Once, hundreds of thousands of people worked in the city’s auto industry until the largest car manufacturer closed and kicked off a decades-long decline. But though automakers left the rust belt in their dust, the manufacturing heart of the city beat on, and instead of cars, that workforce is using its skills to make everything from denim and bikes to jewelry and coffee. More
Topics: city, rust, skills, company, detroit, manufacturing, detroits, refurbishing, rebel, inspiration, women, amy, business, founder, belt. -
Report: NYC and Arlington, VA win the contest for Amazon’s split East Coast headquarters
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New York City and Arlington, Virginia have reportedly won Amazon’s lengthy and highly publicized pageant for the locations of its new headquarters, beating out 238 other contestants. According to The Wall Street Journal, which broke the news, an official announcement may come as early as Tuesday. The offices will be located in Long Island City, […]
Topics: neighborhood, potential, arlington, amazon, amazons, virginia, coast, headquarters, offices, win, contest, residents, city, split, report, nyc, york, va, east. -
Seattle gets its first staffed Amazon pickup delivery hub
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You’d think Seattle would be first in line for all things Amazon, but apparently the online retailer’s home city didn’t yet have a dedicated brick and mortar Amazon pickup location. The locations function as little centralized Amazon shipping hubs for normal pickups and returns, but they also enable one-day pickup for a large selection of […]
Topics: members, locations, staffed, items, pickup, delivery, shipping, gets, city, convenience, hub, amazon, seattle, location. -
Six Toronto VCs discuss COVID-19 and the post-pandemic era
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As North America’s fourth-largest city, Toronto is one of the world’s top startup ecosystems. After spawning companies like Eventbrite and Crowdmark, Ontario’s capital has attracted international talent that complements its homegrown population of entrepreneurs and technical talent. Six investors we surveyed who work and live in the area said they believe Toronto will continue to […]
Topics: fintech, shah, toronto, local, postpandemic, founding, torontos, city, startup, discuss, era, ventures, techcrunch, vcs, covid19, teams. -
Starship Technologies picks up €50M from the EU’s investment arm to expand its fleet of autonomous delivery robots
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Starship Technologies, one of the bigger names in the world of autonomous delivery robots — those little caboose-like, boxy delivery vehicles that self-drive around cities — has been on a roll during COVID-19, providing extra (unmanned) horsepower to distribute food and other goods between stores or restaurants and consumers, at a time when consumers were […]
Topics: million, technologies, robots, eus, picks, westgarth, grocery, starships, city, funding, fleet, starship, expand, delivery, investment, deliveries, techcrunch. -
Suntec City to host Singapore’s first-ever mall live-streaming shopping festival
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Suntec City will host Suntec Shopfest next week, a first-of-its-kind, live-streaming shopping festival in Singapore.
Topics: products, shopping, mall, festival, live, firstever, shoppers, stream, shopfest, host, stores, livestreaming, city, singapores, worth, suntec. -
Supermarket Mercadona rolls out online service to Barcelona
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Mercadona, a Spanish supermarket chain from Valencia, has expanded its new online shopping service to customers in Barcelona. The launch of the online store follows after opening a new distribution center in the Catalan city. For now, the online shopping service of Mercadona is only available to four postal codes… Continue reading
Topics: online, valencia, supermarket, shopping, rolls, store, barcelona, service, city, website, mercadona. -
Toll Group Singapore logistics hub opens
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Transport and logistics provider Toll Group has opened a US$167 million logistics hub spanning over 1 million square feet.
Topics: chain, toll, logistics, million, city, supply, road, sitadel, group, opens, singapore, hub, technologies. -
Unriddled: Amazon Officially Selects HQ2, an Unsend Feature Coming to Messenger, and More Tech News You Need
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"Unriddled" is HubSpot's weekly digest of the tech headlines you need to know. We give you the top tech stories in a quick, scannable way and break it all down. It's tech news: explained.
Topics: read, ai, feature, users, messenger, coming, technology, tech, unsend, week, selects, need, amazon, city, officially, voice, google, hq2, unriddled. -
Walmart launches in-home grocery delivery in three cities: Kansas City, Pittsburgh & Vero Beach
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Walmart will bring your groceries to you and put them away in the fridge, with the launch of its new service, InHome. The retailer is today debuting its new in-home grocery delivery service in three cities: Kansas City, (Missouri and Kansas); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Vero Beach, Florida. Customers in these markets can subscribe to InHome […]
Topics: today, vero, grocery, walmart, customers, kansas, groceries, service, city, inhome, month, door, launches, techcrunch, delivery, pittsburgh. -
What Wuhan looks like today: pandemic-hit city returns to business
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Chinese e-commerce platform JD has provided a touching testament to the progressive recovery of Wuhan, the first city to be hit by the coronavirus outbreak.
Topics: images, released, pandemichit, couriers, city, returns, today, recovery, looks, local, pandemic, taken, jds, work, wuhan, business. -
Why the New York Logo Update Was A Rebranding Flop
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Welcome to HubSpot Marketing News! Tap in for campaign deep dives, the latest marketing industry news, and tried-and-true insights from HubSpot’s media team.
Topics: nyc, york, update, latest, city, think, marketing, logo, rebrand, ny, heart, flop, rebranding. -
Winning WooCommerce Enterprise Clients from Zagreb to New York City: Meet Neuralab
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WooCommerce is one of a number of eCommerce platforms you could choose to build a store. Why WooCommerce? Our verified WooExperts will tell you it’s for the customizability, flexibility, and love of open source. Neuralab are one of our WooExperts. I chatted with Neuralab CEO Krešimir Končić about building WooCommerce enterprise sites from Zagreb to New […]
Topics: ecommerce, meet, clients, york, woocommerce, city, wordpress, custom, content, winning, neuralab, web, work, hosting, enterprise, zagreb. -
‘Europe’s first autonomous delivery fleet’ operating in Vilnius
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Clevon, a startup from Estonia, claims a European first in the field of autonomous delivery. Several driverless carriers from the company are navigating public roads, delivering groceries in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius.These driverless carriers, known as Autonomous Robot Carriers (ARCs), are serving IKI, a major supermarket chain in Lithuania. They…
Topics: fleet, operating, robots, orders, iki, carriers, driverless, customers, europes, city, autonomous, delivery, center, vilnius.