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The Infatuation’s EEEEEATSCON Presented by Chase Sapphire® Set For Summer Return to Los Angeles

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Entertainment, Retail, Restaurant, Bar, Wine & Spirits, Celebrity, Events, Concerts, Food, Beverage, Eating, Tax, Television, Santa Monica Airport, Sale, Infatuation, DoorDash, La Croix, JPMorgan Chase, Chase Bank, City, Multimedia, Nightclub

Today, The Infatuation announced its signature food festival, EEEEEATSCON Los Angeles, presented by Chase Sapphire, will return to Santa Monica’s The Barker Hangar on Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9.

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  • Today, The Infatuation announced its signature food festival, EEEEEATSCON Los Angeles, presented by Chase Sapphire, will return to Santa Monica’s The Barker Hangar on Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9.
  • Pre-sale tickets will grant Chase Sapphire cardmembers access to EEEEEATSCON at 11 a.m. local time, one hour earlier than general admission tickets.
  • At the event, Chase Sapphire Reserve cardmembers will have special access to the Chase Sapphire Reserve Lounge.
  • Chase Sapphire Reserve cardmembers will also have access to purchase tickets for an exclusive cocktail class through Chase Ultimate Rewards.

Hims & Hers Appoints Christopher Payne, Seasoned Tech Industry Executive, as Newest Board Member

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
Online Retail, Health, General Health, Women, Pharmaceutical, Men, Health Technology, Retail, Fitness & Nutrition, Consumer, Telemedicine, Virtual Medicine, Microsoft, EBay, Positronic brain, Mental health, History, Software, Life, Senior, Dermatology, Multimedia, Hers, DoorDash, Medicine, Management

Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (“Hims & Hers”, NYSE: HIMS), the leading health and wellness platform, today announced the appointment of Christopher Payne to the company’s Board of Directors.

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  • Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (“Hims & Hers”, NYSE: HIMS), the leading health and wellness platform, today announced the appointment of Christopher Payne to the company’s Board of Directors.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240403772620/en/
    Payne joins Hims & Hers board of directors to help the company further build on its leadership position within the personalized health and wellness space.
  • “He has a history of innovating across industries, building trusted brands globally, and evolving businesses to meet shifting customer needs.
  • Mr. Payne has also held leadership positions at Microsoft and Amazon, and currently serves on the board of directors of Gogo.

DoorDash Announces Portable Benefits Savings Program For Dashers in Pennsylvania

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Retail, Technology, Human Resources, Finance, Apps, Applications, Professional Services, Online Retail, Other Transport, Other Retail, Restaurant, Bar, Transport, Personal Finance, Software, Food, Beverage, Internet, Health, Employment, Keystone, FDIC, Bank, Safety, Retirement, Dasher, Administration, DoorDash, Life insurance

Today we’re proud to announce a first-of-its-kind initiative to establish a portable benefits savings program for Dashers through a six-month pilot in Pennsylvania.

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  • Today we’re proud to announce a first-of-its-kind initiative to establish a portable benefits savings program for Dashers through a six-month pilot in Pennsylvania.
  • A promising approach is the concept of “portable benefits,” which would allow independent contractors like Dashers to receive extra savings for these benefits — traditionally only available through employment — with support from companies like DoorDash.
  • “DoorDash’s new pilot program for Pennsylvania Dashers is a positive step forward, as it can give Pennsylvania workers greater access to benefits,” said Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania.
  • “I'm proud to partner with Governor Shapiro to bring portable benefits to Pennsylvania Dashers.

DoorDash Adds Lowe’s as First Home Improvement Retail Partner

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Monday, April 1, 2024
Online Retail, Technology, Specialty, Electronic Commerce, Delivery Services, Apps, Applications, Retail, Software, Internet, Home Goods, Mobile, Wireless, Lowe's, Partnership, Gardening, DIY, Food, Restaurant, Multimedia, DoorDash, Digital, Flower, Food delivery

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240401987976/en/

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240401987976/en/
    DoorDash partners with Lowe's (Graphic: Business Wire)
    “We’re excited to welcome Lowe’s to DoorDash as our first national home improvement retailer,” said Fuad Hannon, VP of New Verticals, at DoorDash.
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    On DoorDash, consumers can stock up on everything in their neighborhood, including groceries, retail, flowers, food, and more, whenever, and however, is best for them.
  • DoorDash now has more than 150,000 non-restaurant stores across our Marketplaces and Platform Services, globally.
  • For more information on DoorDash and Lowe’s, please visit DoorDash.com and Lowes.com.

Vertically Integrated Home Services Provider PipeDreams Announces $25.5M Series A Led by Canvas Ventures and Plural

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Technology, Manufacturing, Construction & Property, IOT (Internet of Things), Professional Services, Small Business, Building Systems, HVAC, Software, Artificial Intelligence, Other Construction & Property, Automation, OpenTable, Software as a service, Growth, CPO, General partnership, Citysearch, Small business, Engineering, Quality of life, Woman, San Francisco Bay Area, DoorDash, Music

PipeDreams , a tech-enabled home services provider, today announced $25.5M in Series A funding led by Canvas Ventures and Plural, bringing its total equity funding to $39M.

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  • PipeDreams , a tech-enabled home services provider, today announced $25.5M in Series A funding led by Canvas Ventures and Plural, bringing its total equity funding to $39M.
  • PipeDreams’s mission is to become the most reputable home service provider in every market nationwide.
  • Yet with aging housing stock, demand for plumbing and HVAC services continues to grow at a 5.8% compound annual growth rate.
  • PipeDreams companies operate in the San Francisco Bay Area; the California Central Coast; Southern California; Tucson, Arizona; Denver, Colorado; and McAllen, Texas.

DoorDash Launches New AI-powered Feature to Help Combat Chat Abuse and Harassment

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Software, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Apps, Applications, Electronic Commerce, Mobile, Wireless, Retail, Delivery Services, Intelligence, Location, Multimedia, Privacy, Dasher, DoorDash, Verbal abuse, Safety, Mobile phone

The vast majority of Dashers, customers, and merchants do the right thing and treat others with respect.

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  • The vast majority of Dashers, customers, and merchants do the right thing and treat others with respect.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240312776446/en/
    SafeChat+, a new DoorDash feature that leverages the power of artificial intelligence to help make our platform even safer and provide a better experience for everyone.
  • With SafeChat+, we’re utilizing AI to review in-app conversations to detect and prevent verbal abuse or harassment.
  • If the order is already completed, the feature will automatically end any further chat to help prevent the situation from escalating.

One-Hop Shopping! BJ’s Wholesale Club Delivers Fresh Savings for Easter Celebrations

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Online Retail, Retail, Discount, Variety, Department Stores, Supermarket, Food, Beverage, Propane, Tax, DoorDash, Online shopping

BJ’s also offers convenient shopping options like contactless curbside pickup , in-club pickup , same-day delivery and ship-to-home from BJs.com .

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  • BJ’s also offers convenient shopping options like contactless curbside pickup , in-club pickup , same-day delivery and ship-to-home from BJs.com .
  • Members can skip the line in-club and use BJ’s ExpressPay to scan their items as they shop, and pay in the BJ’s mobile app for a quicker checkout.
  • Even more savings can be found on the BJ’s mobile app , where members can easily clip coupons.
  • Most BJ’s clubs will be open on Easter, Sunday, March 31, 2024.

Stride Launches First-Ever Independent Worker Contributions Program for Portable Benefits

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Workforce, APY, Insurance, Health, SAN, Administration, DoorDash, Sick leave, W2, Safety

SAN FRANCISCO, April 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Stride, the pioneer in portable benefits technology, announced the launch of its Stride Contributions program alongside the program's first client DoorDash. The first-of-its-kind program enables companies with independent workers to make contributions into an individual's portable benefits savings account, which the worker can then apply to health or other insurance coverage as well as financial benefits like emergency savings, time-off, sick leave, or long-term savings. Stride's platform now solves for the top three benefit needs of independent workers: health coverage, tax support and savings — with the added support of contributions from companies.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, April 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Stride , the pioneer in portable benefits technology, announced the launch of its Stride Contributions program alongside the program's first client DoorDash.
  • The first-of-its-kind program enables companies with independent workers to make contributions into an individual's portable benefits savings account, which the worker can then apply to health or other insurance coverage as well as financial benefits like emergency savings, time-off, sick leave, or long-term savings.
  • Fully Managed Benefits Program: Full toolkit, service & support to manage direct financial contributions to individual benefits accounts.
  • If you're a company who is interested in providing portable benefits contributions to your independent contractors or employees, please visit https://www.stridehealth.com/partners to sign up and learn more.

Lowe's is Helping Homeowners Save Money on Their Spring Home Improvement Projects

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Thursday, March 21, 2024
Reward, Lowe's, Vegetable, Gardening, Craftsman, DIY, Kobalt, Condition, EGO, Edible, Senior, SKIL, Marketing, Timemaster, Term limit, DoorDash, Husqvarna, Weather, Management

MOORESVILLE, N.C., March 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As spring arrives, homeowners typically want help with how to tackle all their outdoor projects and find the best deals. Lowe's has both.

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  • MOORESVILLE, N.C., March 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As spring arrives, homeowners typically want help with how to tackle all their outdoor projects and find the best deals.
  • For the first time, Lowe's will also have exclusive SpringFest Doorbusters helping customers to save more.
  • Lowe's new loyalty program for homeowners, MyLowe's Rewards, is now available nationwide, just in time for their spring home improvement projects.
  • Additionally, partnering with online marketplaces like DoorDash, Instacart and Shipt, Lowe's helps customers swiftly tackle their spring projects with ease‡.

TEAMSTERS CALL ON MASSACHUSETTS LAWMAKERS TO OPPOSE WORKER MISCLASSIFICATION REFERENDUMS

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Theft, Employment, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Public policy, Classification, Legislation, Uber, DoorDash, Senate, Hearing, Commonwealth, Delaware Supreme Court

BOSTON, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Teamsters testified at a hearing before the Massachusetts Senate Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions against potential 2024 ballot referendums that would dramatically expand misclassification of workers throughout the Commonwealth. The committee is considering six separate initiative petitions concerning the employment classification of drivers for Uber, Lyft, and other "gig" companies.

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  • BOSTON, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Teamsters testified at a hearing before the Massachusetts Senate Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions against potential 2024 ballot referendums that would dramatically expand misclassification of workers throughout the Commonwealth.
  • The committee is considering six separate initiative petitions concerning the employment classification of drivers for Uber, Lyft, and other "gig" companies.
  • We should be punishing such companies for building business models that rely on worker misclassification and wage theft to succeed.
  • The proposed initiative petitions incentivize worker misclassification and could empower bad actors by giving "gig" companies an unfair market advantage.