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by Thom Forbes
When the deal closes, Inspire will be the fourth largest restaurant company in the U.S., with $14 billion in annual sales from 11,200+ restaurants in 16 countries. Read the whole story
AUTOMOTIVE
by Tanya Gazdik
GM will also be able to create custom Alexa skills relevant to a customer's vehicle. Read the whole story
SPIRITS
by P.J. Bednarski
To market Caribbean Smooth, Dewar's invented "Scotibbean," which attempts to combine Caribbean and Scottish slang into its own kind of language. Read the whole story
AUTOMOTIVE
by Tanya Gazdik
Lincoln Pickup and Delivery, which has completed more than 250,000 rides since its inception in 2016, will expand globally. Read the whole story
HOLIDAY
by Sarah Mahoney
Among adults planning to dress up, 8.9% say they'll be witches, 3.6% vampires, 3.1 % superheroes, and 2.7%, the perennially popular pirate. Read the whole story
RESTAURANTS
by Steve Ellwanger
The event came 18 months after the restaurant chain simplified its My Chili's Rewards loyalty program. Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Bill Duggan
One difference between fads and trends: Topics "trending" on social media generally fall into a fad category. Read the whole story
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by Larissa Faw
Ads follow a young man who is tasked with making sure the Coach's pants don't wrinkle throughout the season. Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Chuck Martin, Staff Writer
The autonomous vehicle testing will be done in collaboration with Argo AI and will start with the mapping of roads. Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Sean Hargrave, Staff Writer
It has won a two-month extension in London, but will drivers and customers remain loyal to a damaged brand? Read the whole story
by Wayne Friedman
Recently, major TV network groups including CBS, Viacom and WarnerMedia began rejecting Juul advertising. Juul has spent $31.2 million on national/ regional TV advertising … Read the whole story
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by Ray Schultz
Consumers are willing to share data, but women are less likely than men to provide location data or allow tracking, FigLeaf reports. Read the whole story