Today In Retail: Casey’s General Stores In-Store Sales Climb; Attentive Plans To Buy Tone
Today In Retail: Casey’s General Stores In-Store Sales Climb; Attentive Plans To Buy Tone
June 09, 2021  |  Retail

In today’s top retail news, Casey’s General Stores reported rising same-store sales, while text messaging upstart Attentive is purchasing Massachusetts-based Tone. Plus, video-streaming network Shopflix...

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Facebook Plans Smartwatch With Detachable Dual Cameras
Facebook Plans Smartwatch With Detachable Dual Cameras
June 09, 2021  |  Wearables

Facebook is planning to launch its first smartwatch, possibly in the summer of 2022, that will have a dual-camera display that can be detached for...

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Uber, Lyft Mull Unions To Cement Gig Workers As Contractors
Uber, Lyft Mull Unions To Cement Gig Workers As Contractors
June 09, 2021  |  Gig Economy

Gig economy firms like Uber and Lyft are supporting state laws that would definitively define their workers as independent contractors, even if that means creating...

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Mastercard Launches Program For Minority FinTech Founders
Mastercard Launches Program For Minority FinTech Founders
June 09, 2021  |  Financial Inclusion

On Wednesday (June 9), Mastercard announced the launch of a new Start Path track, a program designed to support “traditionally underrepresented FinTech founders.” The company...

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Banks Seek To Temper Deposits From Corporates
Banks Seek To Temper Deposits From Corporates
June 09, 2021  |  Banking

Banks have hit a ceiling on the amount of deposits they want to carry from companies — so much so that banks don’t know what...

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Fastly Implements Fix For Software Bug That Caused Outage
Fastly Implements Fix For Software Bug That Caused Outage
June 09, 2021  |  Safety and Security

Fastly Inc., which operates a content delivery network, announced that it quickly detected a software bug that caused an outage on Tuesday (June 8), and...

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UNFI Looks To eCommerce, Private Label To Drive Future Growth
UNFI Looks To eCommerce, Private Label To Drive Future Growth
June 09, 2021  |  Earnings

Food wholesale giant United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) is going digital. Though the company may have seen year-over-year sales declines in the third quarter, UNFI...

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Visa: 59 Pct. Of Consumers Spending More Than In 2020
Visa: 59 Pct. Of Consumers Spending More Than In 2020
June 09, 2021  |  Consumer Finance

Visa released the findings from its U.S. Spending Momentum Index (SMI) on Wednesday (June 9), a report that shows that “the U.S. consumer recovery remains...

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SEC Chair Gensler Looking Into How Stock Trading Incentives Are Structured
SEC Chair Gensler Looking Into How Stock Trading Incentives Are Structured
June 09, 2021  |  Regulation

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler is looking for an audit into the laws regulating the U.S. stock market, including best execution...

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