Coronavirus Crisis May Cost Airline Industry Over $113B
Coronavirus Crisis May Cost Airline Industry Over $113B
March 05, 2020  |  International

The drop in travel due to coronavirus fears could end up costing the airline industry more than $113 billion in revenue this year, which is...

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Japan Orders Two-Week Quarantine Of Chinese, South Korean Travelers
Japan Orders Two-Week Quarantine Of Chinese, South Korean Travelers
March 05, 2020  |  International

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is mandating that visitors from China and South Korea be quarantined for two weeks due to the expanding Coronavirus outbreak,...

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Equifax Partners With CreditLadder On Rent Data Inclusion
Equifax Partners With CreditLadder On Rent Data Inclusion
March 05, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Credit reporting agency Equifax is partnering with U.K. rent reporting platform CreditLadder in a move to include rental payment data in Equifax credit assessments, IBS...

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Alibaba To Fund Online Shopping Festival With $144M In Subsidies  
Alibaba To Fund Online Shopping Festival With $144M In Subsidies  
March 05, 2020  |  Retail

As a means of stimulating depressed eCommerce volume, China’s Alibaba Group is launching an online shopping festival with 1 billion yuan ($144 million) in spending...

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Dollar Tree Plans Renovations Amid Strong Q4 Results
Dollar Tree Plans Renovations Amid Strong Q4 Results
March 05, 2020  |  Retail

Dollar Tree’s fourth-quarter earnings were better than expected, as the company continues its upgrades to the Family Dollar portfolio and launches new initiatives, per reports....

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Lacoste Apparel Firm Looks To Expand Its Brand Family
Lacoste Apparel Firm Looks To Expand Its Brand Family
March 05, 2020  |  Retail

After experiencing a stretch of formidable growth, the Swiss family behind Lacoste, the apparel firm, is looking for acquisitions to bolster its “affordable luxury” and...

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Applying The Marketplace Approach To Moving
Applying The Marketplace Approach To Moving
March 05, 2020  |  Retail

It’s 2006. “The Departed” is the top movie. The iPhone is a year away. People use beepers for urgent communications. Bush the younger is president....

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Closing The Expectation-Execution Gap
Closing The Expectation-Execution Gap
March 05, 2020  |  Today In Data

While there is no shortage of praise for the various improvements that digitization promises to bring to consumers, institutions and businesses, there is often a...

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Panera Move Spurs New Look At In-Store Loyalty Programs
Panera Move Spurs New Look At In-Store Loyalty Programs
March 05, 2020  |  Retail

In the wake of Panera Bread’s $8.99 per month “all the coffee you can drink” loyalty program that debuted this week, it’s worth taking a...

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