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July Retail Sales Rise 1.2 Pct From June

July Retail Sales Rise 1.2 Pct From June
July Retail Sales Rise 1.2 Pct From June
August 14, 2020  |  Retail

The U.S. Census Bureau reported estimated advanced U.S. retail and food services sales for July of $536 billion, marking a rise of 1.2 percent (±...

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Amazon Launches Online Pharmacy In Bengaluru, India
Amazon Launches Online Pharmacy In Bengaluru, India
August 14, 2020  |  Amazon Commerce

Amazon India has added an online pharmacy to its offerings in Bengaluru, one of the nation’s largest cities with a population of nearly 12 million....

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Mastercard Partners With Pollinate To Help Banks Serving SMBs
Mastercard Partners With Pollinate To Help Banks Serving SMBs
August 14, 2020  |  Mastercard

To provide banks serving small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) throughout the globe with the newest technology and insights, Mastercard and Pollinate have agreed to a...

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Fed Analysts Say Authenticating Digital Cash Can Be Difficult
Fed Analysts Say Authenticating Digital Cash Can Be Difficult
August 13, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

A post from Liberty Street Economics, a research blog of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, posited that the usual distinction between “token-based” and...

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Impossible Foods Closes $200M Funding Round
Impossible Foods Closes $200M Funding Round
August 13, 2020  |  Investments

Impossible Foods, which specializes in non-meat-based alternative foods, has closed a funding round and come away with $200 million, according to a press release. Get...

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Brinker CEO Sees Permanent Shifts In QSRs, Fast-Casual
Brinker CEO Sees Permanent Shifts In QSRs, Fast-Casual
August 13, 2020  |  ResTech

Saying “I don’t think we’ll ever go back to the mix we ran prior,” Brinker International CEO Wyman Roberts this week indicated his belief that the months-long season of mobile...

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Apple, Google Boot Fortnite From App Stores Over In-App Payments
Apple, Google Boot Fortnite From App Stores Over In-App Payments
August 13, 2020  |  Mobile Payments

After Epic Games provided gamers with a discounted way to purchase digital items directly via the company, Apple took the Fortnite app off of its...

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Google Introduces Travel Trend Percentages For Hotels, Flights
Google Introduces Travel Trend Percentages For Hotels, Flights
August 13, 2020  |  Google

A new Google update will display travel trends on the search engine when one searches for a hotel or flight, according to a press release....

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Move Over, FedEx: Amazon Vaults Ahead In Delivery Race
Move Over, FedEx: Amazon Vaults Ahead In Delivery Race
August 13, 2020  |  Delivery

Amazon’s epic push to deliver its own packages and cut out third parties like FedEx is picking up speed during the pandemic, with a dramatic...

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