Stories from around the Web

Quick news from around the Web...

Online wholesale club Boxed receives $25M in series B funding

New coalition of companies and retailers unite to combat patent trolls

Price Chopper supermarkets get into the specialty pharmacy space

TGI Fridays tests tablet-based ordering and payment processing in Minneapolis area

Court begins for 30 of the 44 lawsuits against Home Depot in regards to 2014 data breach

And finally...Man not happy with customer service's response when he complains about a sad looking bouquet of flowers he had delivered to his grandma by 1-800-Flowers. Story

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