GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Colleen Rouse, along with many other Grand Valley Power (GVP) customers, received higher-than-normal bills for the month of February. Rouse, and wholesale power customer GVP, are asking questions about decisions taken by Xcel Energy.
According to, Tom Walch, Grand Valley Power CEO, the company had to pass the higher cost of power in February to its customers. Walch explained that GVP, as a co-op that operates on slim margins, had little room to absorb the higher bill it received from Xcel Energy, GVP's provider. Walch also said that GVP was blindsided by Xcel in regards to the higher February costs. "We didn't receive any notice about this from Xcel. They incurred these charges in the middle of February.
Will Best Buy's customers love its new service and savings plan? – RetailWire
Best Buy is testing a new membership program — Best Buy Beta — that will deliver benefits including unlimited technical support from the retailer's Geek Squad, exclusive pricing, free standard shipping of online orders, extended 60-day return windows and installation of most appliances and consumer electronics purchases at no extra charge.
Best Buy is currently running the pilot program for Beta at select stores in Iowa, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. It will expand to other locations in Minnesota, North Carolina and Tennessee later this month. About 60 stores in total will be involved in the test.
Customers don't want to leave restaurants.
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The latest problem New York City restaurants are facing: Restaurants in the city can open at 50 percent capacity, and some customers don't want to leave as reunion dinners and drinks drag on. Now, some owners and managers are experiencing the unexpected challenge of slower turnover times. "People used to be busy. Now they like to hang out," said Simon Kim, owner of Cote, the Michelin-starred Korean steakhouse.
SIERA.AI Secures Major New Customers with Industry-Leading Safety Technology on Forklift Trucks |
AUSTIN, Texas, April 8, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — SIERA.AI a leading innovator of safety solutions for preventing industrial forklift accidents announced today that the Company has secured six (6) significant new contracts in multiple industry verticals. The six new contracts include third-party logistics, retail, food manufacturing, food service, and manufacturing.
New customers selected the SIERA.AI Safety System, S3 to prevent forklift accidents, injuries to workers and damages to the facility and forklift fleet. Customers expressed an interest to reduce facility operating costs, prevent accidents and improve all around safety in their facility. The new customers will also be able to track safety and performance for all assets regardless of location with the SIERA.AI Dashboard.
Crypto trading on Robinhood spiked to 9.5M customers in first quarter – TechCrunch
It's been a big year for crypto, and Robinhood shared some stats today providing more evidence that the crypto boom is more than just hype — at least for now.
In a blog , Christine Brown, Robinhood's head of crypto operations, revealed that in the first quarter of 2021, 9.5 million of its customers traded crypto via the company's platform. That's up big time from the 1.7 million customers who traded crypto in the 2020 fourth quarter. The company first launched its Crypto unit in January of 2018 but hasn’t provided numbers in previous quarters.
Omaha roofing company folds, leaving some customers out thousands of dollars
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A rainy day is not the best time to hear a roofing company has shut down. But 6 News has learned that a major Omaha contractor suddenly stopped working, and many customers may not know that yet.
The online business motto for Xcel Roofing is "love our roof," but customers with work to be done don't like how one local company left them after suddenly closing.
Ikea France is accused of surveilling unions, employees and customers. - The New York Times
Prosecutors are accusing the French arm of Ikea, the Swedish home furnishings giant, and some of its former executives of engineering a "system of espionage" from 2009 to 2012, in a criminal trial that has riveted public attention in France.
The alleged snooping was used to investigate employees and union organizers, check up on workers on medical leave and size up customers seeking refunds for botched orders, Liz Alderman reports for The New York Times . A former military operative was hired to execute some of the more clandestine operations.
Can a business legally ask to see a customer's vaccine card?
As more Americans get vaccinated against COVID-19, you may be wondering if it’s safe to return to work and whether you can freely cater to customers in person. One way to ease this return is to require that both your customers and employees get vaccinated. But tread lightly, as requiring a vaccine—or even proof of one—can be a minefield for businesses, Inc. reports .
In most states, there’s legally nothing stopping you from requesting to see a customer’s vaccine card, says Carrie Hoffman, a partner and employment lawyer at the Dallas-based law firm Foley & Lardner.
Tesla refunds customers for duplicate charges, offers $200 merchandise
Tesla has refunded customers it charged twice for new vehicle purchases made at the end of the first quarter, CNBC has learned.
The refunds followed CNBC's reporting on the duplicate charges and a video review by " Everyday Chris ," Christopher T. Lee, on YouTube, urging other Tesla buyers to use a cashier's check if they could, instead of allowing Tesla to debit their bank account directly.
Six customers in California and North Carolina who spoke with and shared records with CNBC found that their refunds took about a week to come through after they initially complained to Elon Musk's electric car company.
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