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Houston-based Baker Katz has redeveloped and fully leased a retail site in Beaumont, Texas.
 
Baker Katz principal Kenneth Katz made the announcement.
 
Baker Katz completely redeveloped the site, beginning with demolishing the previous building with an end plan to create five new spaces for retail tenants. Starbucks, Mattress One and Wingstop will occupy the 6,100-sq.-ft. building. T-Mobile and Access Dental will each have 2,800-sq.-ft. in the second building. There is a new H-E-B located immediately east of the property.
 

Merchant Commerce Exchange (MCX), the retailer consortium that formed to create a rival mobile payment service to Apple Pay, is pulling the plug on pilot tests of its CurrentC app. MCX also announced layoffs in May 2016 and despite public claims to the contrary, appears to be shelving CurrentC permanently.

According to Jason Del Rey of Re/Code, this outcome was never in doubt.
 

Tracy Borchardt has been promoted from senior project manager to associate VP of architecture firm CMA.
 
Borchardt joined CMA in 2003 as a project coordinator. In 2006, he was promoted to senior project manager. As of June 2016, he is now the associate VP of CMA.
 

Bob Dylan sang “The Times They Are A Changin’” more than 50 years ago, but the sentiment is very current in the world of digital commerce.

Bob Dylan sang “The Times They Are A Changin’” more than 50 years ago, but the sentiment is very current in the world of digital commerce.

CVS Health on Tuesday announced that the first CVS Pharmacy locations in Target stores are now open in Washington. 

When it comes to customer experience, not all grocery chains are created equal.
 
According to the new Customer Quotient (CQ) survey from global customer intelligence agency C Space, Trader Joe’s is the most customer-centric grocer. Conversely, Shaw’s scored the lowest of 27 options.
 

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