Retailers have been rethinking discounting merchandise for Black Friday, mostly because of the deep discounting that became a necessity in March when COVID-19 first took hold. In eCommerce, analysts have differing views on the outcome of Amazon Prime Day, with some saying the tea leaves point to another record haul and others saying there’s room for an argument that Prime Day might not have matched previous years. And, in banking, mobile-based services are picking up momentum at credit unions throughout the country amid the pandemic. All this, Today in Data.