AMZN vs WMT Weekly: The War On Drugs Heats Up Over Prices

AMZN vs WMT Weekly: The War On Drugs Heats Up Over Prices
AMZN vs WMT Weekly: The War On Drugs Heats Up Over Prices
June 11, 2021  |  Retail

Within hours of each other this week, the low-cost leader and the online giant were both making news for their growing efforts to lower prices...

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Signet Jewelers Revenues Nearly Double As Same-Store Sales Surge
Signet Jewelers Revenues Nearly Double As Same-Store Sales Surge
June 11, 2021  |  Retail

Signet Jewelers, which runs about 2,800 retail locations under names like Jared, Zales and Kay Jewelers, reported as part of its Q1 fiscal year 2022 results that...

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IPO/SPAC Listing Activity Picks Up As Marqeta Debuts
IPO/SPAC Listing Activity Picks Up As Marqeta Debuts
June 11, 2021  |  IPO

The pace of SPAC/IPO listings picked up a bit this past week, capped, one might say, by Marqeta’s debut on the NASDAQ exchange on Wednesday...

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SIGNA Sports United To Go Public By Merging With A SPAC
SIGNA Sports United To Go Public By Merging With A SPAC
June 11, 2021  |  Retail

SIGNA Sports United (SSU), the sports eCommerce retailer and technology company, has struck a deal to combine with publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Yucaipa...

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Chewy Focused On Growing US Wallet Share Before Global Expansion
Chewy Focused On Growing US Wallet Share Before Global Expansion
June 11, 2021  |  Retail

Despite a labor shortage at its fulfillment centers and an increase in out-of-stock items, the online pet supply retailer Chewy said on Thursday (June 10)...

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Helping Community Banks Reclaim Commercial Card Control
Helping Community Banks Reclaim Commercial Card Control
June 11, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Commercial card technology remains an important component of B2B payments digitization — and as more financial institutions (FIs) seek to help their business customers embrace...

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As FinTech Business Models Shift, Asset-Based Funding Evolves, Too
As FinTech Business Models Shift, Asset-Based Funding Evolves, Too
June 11, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Not every form of financing is right for every business, but for many high-growth technology companies, the options for funding that fits their expansion trajectories...

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B2B FinTech Investors Target SMB Banking, Business Payments To Talent
B2B FinTech Investors Target SMB Banking, Business Payments To Talent
June 11, 2021  |  B2B Payments

B2B FinTech caught a venture capital windfall this week with more than $906 million in fresh funding. Payroll and freelancer payment technologies caught the attention...

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China’s eCurrency Can Be Stored In Digital Or Physical Wallets
China’s eCurrency Can Be Stored In Digital Or Physical Wallets
June 11, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Speaking at the 13th annual Lujiazui Forum in Shanghai, Mu Changchun said that the state-backed digital yuan can be stored in a variety of wallets...

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