Customers stand socially distanced as they queue to enter Amazon’s new Amazon Fresh store in Ealing, west London. Amazon, last week, opened the first of its Amazon Fresh grocery stores in Europe, where customers will be able to buy goods without the need to queue at a checkout. Customers will scan a QR code on their way into the store, with cameras and technology identifying the items shoppers take from the shelves. AFP
A security challenge worthy of a Bond movie
Firms are using armed guards and trucks with panic buttons and kill switches to protect vaccine shipments that present a challenge worthy of a James Bond film. With that cargo worth tens of billions of dollars and some individual shipments valued as high as $70m it is nearly certain that crooks will try to steal some of it. Interpol in December issued an orange alert notice warning that it expects a dramatic increase in armed robberies of vaccine shipments as well as vandalism by anti-vaccine militants. On the dark w
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Bloomberg on February 25 under the title, “Sneakerheads Have Turned Jordans and Yeezys Into a Bona Fide Asset Class”, Joe Hebert revealed that he was actually “West Coast Joe”, the person behind West Coast Streetwear (WCS), a popular name in the reseller business. Continue reading below ↓
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Bloomberg article, Hebert only revealed that he was Ann Hebert’s son after its author, Joshua Hunt, uncovered the connection in the course of researching for the profile. However, he demurred that his mother had any effect on his business beyond inspiring his entrepreneurial bent.
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