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Top News In Payments: Apple Shares Hit Record High; CA Denies Lending License For Sezzle

Top News In Payments: Apple Shares Hit Record High; CA Denies Lending License For Sezzle
Top News In Payments: Apple Shares Hit Record High; CA Denies Lending License For Sezzle
January 03, 2020  |  News

In today’s top payments news, Apple’s share price hit a record high above $300 on Thursday, “buy now, pay later” company Sezzle was denied a...

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Bitmain Co-founder Files Summons Regain Voting Rights
Bitmain Co-founder Files Summons Regain Voting Rights
January 03, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

The co-founder of Bitmain Technologies, Micree Zhan, has filed a summons in the Cayman Islands to try and wrest back control of his company after...

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Can Booze Help Build Better Retail Experiences?
Can Booze Help Build Better Retail Experiences?
January 03, 2020  |  Retail

That great wit Homer Simpson, one the most influential court jesters of the past 30 years, had this to say about the habit of drinking...

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Employees Claim OYO Uses Corrupt Practices To Boost Growth
Employees Claim OYO Uses Corrupt Practices To Boost Growth
January 03, 2020  |  International

The New York Times is reporting that OYO, a quickly growing hotel startup that aims to be the largest hotel chain in the world by...

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Digitizing The Personal Trainer
Digitizing The Personal Trainer
January 03, 2020  |  Retail

It happens like clockwork at the beginning of every year: Consumers feeling bad about the previous eight weeks of overeating and indolence repent and join...

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POS Financing Could Play A Bigger Role In Retail In 2020
POS Financing Could Play A Bigger Role In Retail In 2020
January 03, 2020  |  Retail

Financing has long been part of retail, and it’s changing thanks to new technology and changing consumer desires. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Making Vitamins A Consistent Consumer Habit With Subscriptions
Making Vitamins A Consistent Consumer Habit With Subscriptions
January 03, 2020  |  Today In Data

The share of younger adults taking vitamins has consistently climbed, especially in the last five years. Ritual, a vitamin-on-subscription service, is riding the wave of the...

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Ouai Prepares For Ulta Beauty Store Rollout; Reliance Industries Launches Retail Service
Ouai Prepares For Ulta Beauty Store Rollout; Reliance Industries Launches Retail Service
January 03, 2020  |  Retail

Online brands are growing their presence in the physical world by bringing their products into brick-and-mortar stores. Ouai, a hair and body care brand founded by...

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Retail Sales Plunge In Hong Kong
Retail Sales Plunge In Hong Kong
January 03, 2020  |  Retail

With visitor arrivals to Hong Kong dramatically falling, the financial center’s retail sales registered a double-digit drop in November. Retail sales by value retreated 23.6...

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