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Florida Retail Reopening Fails To Draw Consumers

Florida Retail Reopening Fails To Draw Consumers
Florida Retail Reopening Fails To Draw Consumers
May 05, 2020  |  Retail

Retail reopening events continued to draw light foot traffic on Monday, as Florida joined Texas in allowing non-essential stores to reopen. Meanwhile the digital shift...

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Returns Come Back To Haunt eCommerce Amid Pandemic
Returns Come Back To Haunt eCommerce Amid Pandemic
May 05, 2020  |  Retail

In the best of times, returns are the bane of eCommerce existence. In these worst of times, they’re even more complicated as return policies are...

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Pop Up Grocer Checks All The Pandemic Retail Boxes
Pop Up Grocer Checks All The Pandemic Retail Boxes
May 05, 2020  |  Retail

As retailers contend with the continuing COVID-19 crisis and the inevitable resettling of the business, one of the most popular pieces of advice has been...

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COVID-19’s Impact On Retail’s Reopening And The Healthcare System 
COVID-19’s Impact On Retail’s Reopening And The Healthcare System 
May 05, 2020  |  Today In Data

Policymakers, economists and epidemiologists have been modeling the cost/benefit of reopening the economy, and consumers have been making their own calculations. In retail, Macy’s and Simon Property Group are heading up the...

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Digital Lending Marketplace Offers $3M In Financing To Amazon Sellers
Digital Lending Marketplace Offers $3M In Financing To Amazon Sellers
May 05, 2020  |  Retail

Digital lending marketplace BitX Funding, which matches business owners and non-bank lenders, is aiming to help Amazon third-party (3P) sellers grow. The company has brought...

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WeWork’s Ex-CEO Sues SoftBank Over Aborted $3B Deal
WeWork’s Ex-CEO Sues SoftBank Over Aborted $3B Deal
May 05, 2020  |  Legal & Regulation

WeWork Co-founder Adam Neumann has launched a legal battle with his company’s biggest investor, SoftBank Group Corp., charging that it has wrongfully reneged on a...

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JCPenney Seeks Court Order To Keep Sephora In Stores
JCPenney Seeks Court Order To Keep Sephora In Stores
May 05, 2020  |  Retail

JCPenney has filed a temporary restraining order against beauty firm Sephora to stop it from departing Penney’s stores that are currently closed but in the...

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Revolut Eyes Consolidation, Looks To Buy Distressed Rivals
Revolut Eyes Consolidation, Looks To Buy Distressed Rivals
May 05, 2020  |  Banking

London-based FinTech Revolut is planning to tap the $500 million it got from investors to acquire competing technology firms suffering from the impact of the...

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