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Some Salons Open Under New Rules
May 12, 2020

It’s been seven weeks since Scottie Etheridge, 48, of Key West, Florida has had a haircut. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...

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Mom And Pop Pharmacies Dwindle Amid Competition
May 12, 2020

Long before the coronavirus pandemic struck, the health of independent pharmacies was suffering. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

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Stay-At-Home Orders Great News For Home Goods Sellers Like Wayfair
May 12, 2020

Roman philosopher Gaius Plinius Secundus, better known as Pliny the Elder, famously said “Home is where the heart is” somewhere around the year 45 AD — thus coining an aphorism that has had stunning staying power for the last 2,000 or so years. While the...

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Genesis Motor America Unveils Concierge Car Buying Experience
May 12, 2020

To provide a customized guest experience for its clients, Genesis Motor America unveiled its Genesis Concierge service. The luxury car brand said the national “white glove” offering provides customers with a concierge to function as a host and help them through the process of shopping...

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MLB Baseball Shortened Season For TV Only
May 12, 2020

If Major League Baseball (MLB) gets its way, the words “play ball” will echo in empty parks nationwide starting in July. MLB owners are pitching a proposal to play about half the number of games, 82, for the 2020 season, without fans, according to ESPN....

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Tim Hortons Coffee Chain Notches Funding From China’s Tencent
May 12, 2020

To bolster its growth in China as it looks to reach coffee drinkers in the country, Tim Hortons has reportedly found a partner in Tencent. The Canadian quick-service coffee chain said on a social media account that it has notched funding from the Chinese technology company,...

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No Fitting Rooms? There’s An App For That
May 12, 2020

Post-pandemic fashion retail is starting to take shape. It’s just going to be a little tougher to try things on. Most of the differences consumers will notice involve fitting rooms – or the lack thereof. The National Retail Federation (NRF) guidelines allow individual retailers to...

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Test And Measure: How To Capture The Retail Digital Shift
May 12, 2020

The digital shift, to paraphrase Gil Scott-Heron, will not be televised – but it will be measured. Retailers and direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands that are now seeing their eCommerce sales take flight would be remiss to ignore the data being generated by the digital shift and...

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Pandemic Leads D2C Pet Brands To Navigate Digital Shift
May 12, 2020

Three out of four Americans own a pet. It is a $75 billion industry dominated by millennials and ripe with opportunity for direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands. Several of them are navigating changes in the market brought on by the pandemic-led digital shift. Get the Full Story...