Who wouldn’t want to trade some dirty diapers for $500 million? Well, almost — Jersey City-based Diapers.com and Soap.com, websites that deliver necessities to your doorstep, was acquired by Amazon on Monday. According to the Star-Ledger, (Marc) Lore and his childhood best friend from Tinton Falls, Vinit Bharara, founded the company five years ago after Lore,…
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New Jersey businesses embrace QR codes
We’re used to barcodes; we’ve seen them for years. We’ve watched super market check out attendants scan our groceries, and even scanned them ourselves. But what about QR codes? Newer to the scene, and perhaps more important to your business than you imagined when you first saw the video game jumble of dots and squares,…
Advertising in schools: Good idea, bad idea?
We’ve definitely all heard the stories about how schools across the board are struggling to find — and keep — funding. The New Jersey school system is no exception. Enter: advertising on yellow buses. New Jersey is the latest state to draft a bill supporting this type of advertising as they cope with a recent…
In New Jersey, craft beer means big business
Just in time for Oktoberfest, craft beer is coming on strong across New Jersey. So much so, the independent breweries that produce it are giving big brands – like Newark’s Budweiser – a run for their money. Hops are happening in the state and according to an article in NJ.com, craft beer is the fastest…