Avalara

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Avalara | May 17, 2021

Avalara, Inc., a leading cloud-based tax compliance automation provider for companies of all sizes, today announced the release of Avalara Content Generation for POS, a new solution for businesses with physical locations that provide up-to-date tax content for point-of-sale (POS) systems to handle complicated tax scenarios. This service enables companies in the United States to make more precise tax calculations at the point of sale, taking into account sales tax holidays, different places, thre...

trtworld | January 13, 2020

Lindsey Vonn was among the luminaries on hand last month to christen "Big Snow," North America's first indoor ski facility, part of a new $5 billion mega-mall in New Jersey. For about $30, consumers can ski for two hours on a 300-metre hill of man-made snow, the glare of the sun replaced by a metal ceiling in a venue that will be kept below freezing even in the dog days of August. Big Snow is a flagship experience at the partially opened "American Dream," an ambitious, lo...

supplychaindive | January 13, 2020

Fabric, the robotic micro-fulfillment technology company formerly known as Commonsense Robotics, will open at least two new fulfillment centers in Manhattan in 2020, the company's Chief Commercial Officer Steve Hornyak told Supply Chain Dive at the National Retail Federation's Big Show in New York City on Sunday. Both facilities will serve multiple, yet-undisclosed, non-grocery clients. The first micro-fulfillment center will be located in Brooklyn, New York and open in the first quarter...

retaildive | January 13, 2020

A rollercoaster year in athletics retail was capped off this fall with the departures of Nike CEO Mark Parker and Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank. Paired with another executive change at Adidas as Eric Liedtke, head of global brands, stepped down, the moves amount to “seismic changes” in the category, according to NPD Vice President and Senior Industry Advisor of Sports Matt Powell. All three announced their departures over a two-day span in October. The announcements were defining mome...