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Restaurants Find Recipe For Success
April 23, 2020

Let them eat cheesecake. Or chicken parmesan. Or better yet, let them make cheesecake or chicken parmesan. 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...

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Educational-Toy Company Learning Resources Pivots Into Content
April 23, 2020

For the past 25 years, parents have known Learning Resources as the company that makes those toy cash registers. And in today’s work-at-home world, parents may know it as one of the companies helping to keep the family sane. But Learning Resources says that above...

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Retail Reopening: Business And Consumer Timelines Do Not Match
April 23, 2020

As talk turns to reopening retail it’s becoming painfully clear that the business timeline and the consumer timeline don’t match. And that could be devastating news for the retail sector most in need of a grand reopening: malls. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Gap Halts Rent Payments On Temporarily Closed Stores
April 23, 2020

As its retail locations are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gap cautioned on Thursday (April 23) that it might not have enough cash to adequately fund its operations. The clothing retailer said it has to take additional steps to come across liquidity over the...

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Texan Merchants Gear Up For Retail-To-Go
April 23, 2020

With Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s plan to open the state again, shops will start running on a retail-to-go basis Friday (April 24). Owners of business are aiming to operate with the new changes — from a children’s retail shop to a music store, according to...

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Shift To Digital Could Force 100,000 Retailers To Shutter By 2025
April 22, 2020

A study by analysts at UBS found that 100,000 U.S. retail stores could close by 2025, a number the coronavirus pandemic has sped along, according to a report by USA Today. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Latest Consumer Survey Doesn’t Show Good News For Shopping Malls
April 22, 2020

COVID-19 social distancing restrictions have shuttered most U.S. malls at a time when they were already hurting, but it’s not clear that merely lifting bans on “nonessential” businesses will help. Our latest PYMNTS COVID-19 Tracker – a survey of thousands of U.S. consumers – found that customers...

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Victoria’s Secret Buy Invalid After Staff Furloughs, Lawsuit Says
April 22, 2020

Sycamore Partners, the private equity firm seeking to buy out Victoria’s Secret, is now looking at backing out of the deal after the retailer closed its U.S. locations and let go most of its staff in response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report...

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Auto Marketing Will Support The Digital Shift
April 22, 2020

In a time period dominated by retail sales declines, the hardest hit has been the automotive industry. While March retail sales dropped 8 percent overall, new cars dropped as much as 36.9 percent for some brands as dealerships were shut down due to concerns over...