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Luxury Fashion Brand Valentino Tries To End Manhattan Lease

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The advent of online shopping for high-end items, however, has made it more difficult for fashion houses as well as other merchants to support expensive rents at a times when sales have dropped at the Fifth Avenue spot for a number of luxury fashion labels.

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Today In Data: Digital’s Growing New Frontiers

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It might not have been a great week in the stock market for tech or retail firms, but by the numbers, there’s also been an awful lot of demonstrated growing consumer affection for all things digital when it comes to commerce. Amazon saw strong gains and sales results in Q3, even if Q4 predictions failed to inspire. billion: Value of the U.K.

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Q1 2019: US credit card issuer snapshot

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American Express renewed the Delta program through 2029; Synchrony renewed Payment Solutions relationships with P.C. Richard & Son, Rheem, and Suzuki; Synchrony moved the Walmart portfolio into held-for-sale; Affirm launched its partnership with Walmart in stores (February 2019), and online (April 2019)?. Partnership developments.

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