China’s Retail Sales Of Consumer Goods Drop 1.1 Pct YOY
China’s Retail Sales Of Consumer Goods Drop 1.1 Pct YOY
August 14, 2020  |  International

July retail sales of consumer goods dropped 1.1 percent year on year to arrive at 3,220.3 billion yuan, the National Bureau of Statistics of China...

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Coinbase Offers Bitcoin Cash Loans Of Up To $20K In 17 US States
Coinbase Offers Bitcoin Cash Loans Of Up To $20K In 17 US States
August 14, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Coinbase, the digital currency exchange, will offer bitcoin-backed cash loans to select customers as early as next month, the San Francisco-based company announced on its...

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Goldman Sachs, General Motors And The Race To Capture Connected Car Commerce
Goldman Sachs, General Motors And The Race To Capture Connected Car Commerce
August 14, 2020  |  Digital Payments

It looks like a race is shaping up to determine the future management of General Motors’ credit card business. This week, The Wall Street Journal...

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Walmart’s Flipkart Adds Alcohol Delivery In Two Indian States
Walmart’s Flipkart Adds Alcohol Delivery In Two Indian States
August 14, 2020  |  Delivery

Flipkart, Walmart’s eCommerce website in India, has partnered with one of the country’s largest alcohol companies to deliver liquor in two Indian states, Reuters reported....

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China’s P2P Lending Crackdown Leaves $115B In Losses
China’s P2P Lending Crackdown Leaves $115B In Losses
August 14, 2020  |  Loans

China’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lending sector, once 6,000 businesses strong, has been reduced to fewer than three dozen as the government tightened regulations, leaving billions in loans...

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Luxury Market Heads For Recovery
Luxury Market Heads For Recovery
August 14, 2020  |  Retail

The luxury goods and apparel business looks to be poised for a comeback, driven in part by the consumer shift to Digital 3.0. The evidence...

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Advancing Retail And Education With Digital Technology 
Advancing Retail And Education With Digital Technology 
August 14, 2020  |  Today In Data

The use of digital direct-to-consumer (D2C) channels to buy consumer-packaged goods (CPG) has grown since the pandemic began, as consumers may be more willing to go the...

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Whole Paycheck Tracker: New Blows Against The Amazon Empire
Whole Paycheck Tracker: New Blows Against The Amazon Empire
August 14, 2020  |  Walmart Amazon whole paycheck

Success breeds imitators, especially when the U.S. consumer’s whole paycheck is at stake. This week saw two major shots across the bow in the battle...

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Dillard’s Drops For Q2; Report Shows Foot Traffic Falling In Sector
Dillard’s Drops For Q2; Report Shows Foot Traffic Falling In Sector
August 14, 2020  |  Retail

The department store segment had mixed news this week, as Dillard’s showed signs of recovery but a new report showed a reversal of some of...

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