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Retail Pulse: goop Finds Stickiness In New York, Opens ‘Lab’; Nordstrom To Offer Early-Bird Pickup

PYMNTS

Digitally native brands often test the retail waters with pop-up shops, and, after some offline success, they may expand their concepts with permanent locations. It will also offer a larger jewelry selection and exclusive brands like Sidney Garber, who has bracelets that sell for $8,600 and up. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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Should Unstaffed Stores Be Shelved?

PYMNTS

Automation promises many benefits in retail, including the potential to reduce costs and improve the customer experience. The July Automated Retail Tracker examines the latest cashierless efforts in retail and finds which are experiencing uptake and which may fall flat. Isn’t Only for Big Brands. In the U.S.,

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Here Are 35 Casualties Of The Retail Apocalypse And Why They Failed

CB Insights

Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then.

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Why Libraries Are Giving Up On Late Fees

PYMNTS

Paul, Minnesota; Dallas, Texas; and Oakland, California – in what has become known of late as the library fee amnesty movement that has been quietly (they are libraries after, all) picking up steam in 2019. Paul, Minnesota killed overdue fines, some branches have seen a double-digit percentage increase in circulation.

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The case for end-to-end digital lending

Independent Banker

Winks, president, lending and retail banking at Northpointe Bank, which is an active mortgage lender in all 50 states. Online applications help to improve the customer experience by offering convenience, secure communications and the ability to easily track the progress of loan applications.

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2020 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Credit Union Merger of the Year Minnesota-based Firefly and TruStone credit unions come to terms on a solid combination in the Twin Cities area. Whether this turns out great or a bubble that pops, Chime has jolted the staid banking industry into thinking about who will acquire future retail customers and where value creation may emerge.

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Bright Paths Students Demonstrate New Skills with Incredible Variety of Apps

Perficient

In her first semester at Southwest Minnesota State University, she majored in Computer Science and learned quite a lot about terminals, using Jedit, and also learned about gates and machine languages operating off binary numbers. Joy brings experience from everything from international relations to economics to software.

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