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Malls Debate Turns To Community Planning

PYMNTS

More bankruptcies both announced ( Lucky Brand ) and rumored continue to shake the format. More importantly, the outlook for the future has improved: Due partially to the 2017 tax reform bill, GDP is forecasted to grow around 3 percent in 2018, according to the Conference Board.

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Wild Cards? Gambling, Payroll, Other Models Provide Fresh Fuel For Prepaid

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The real trick is to tie engaging consumer experiences to those cards, which is critical, as prepaid and reloadable cards continue to evolve — moving from plastic cards to mobile accounts that can adapt to an expanding portfolio of use cases, including payroll, online gambling or even consumer and business lending. Step back a bit first.

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What Overcoming Inertia Tells Us About The Future of Physical Retail

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That month, the Commerce Department reported that January sales at clothing stores had declined the most since 2009. Sales at brick-and-mortar stores for clothes, health and beauty items, sporting goods and other retail products were soft, as online commerce sales grew. That’s not to say that physical retail doesn’t have its place.

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Credit Karma Launches Free Tax Filing Service

Fintech Labs Insights

The San Francisco-based company launched a new (and free) tax return preparation offering this week to complement its flagship, free credit score monitoring, as well as its loan and credit card comparison technology. New and existing users will have access to free tax filing in January 2017, just in time for tax season.

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How The Rise Of Private Labels Is Transforming The CPG Industry

CB Insights

Around the middle of the twentieth century, there was what The Atlantic called a “Cambrian explosion” of brands. Tide, Crest, Band-Aid, Lipton, and other branded packaged goods — and the conglomerates that manufactured them — reigned. Store brands from retailers were seen as down-budget choices. Table of Contents.

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The Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: The Delivery Edition 

PYMNTS

The clock is ticking — holiday shipping deadlines are approaching and the last of the holiday shopping procrastinators are either rushing to order online or resigning themselves to a last-minute trip to a crowded mall or shopping center to tough it out in line with all the other procrastinators.

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11 Lessons From Startup Chapter 11s

CB Insights

Notably, Solyndra’s rise coincided with the passing of 2009’s American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, which contained various subsidies and promises of investment for sustainable US energy initiatives. In March 2009, the US government announced it planned to award Solyndra a guaranteed loan of $535M as part of that initiative.

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