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Pop-Up Retail Gets A Pop Of Fresh Energy

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But we want to take a few minutes to talk about pop-up shops, and how those temporary but often lucrative retail efforts are shaping commerce — and being shaped by payments — and what could be coming next. Even so, the company has certainly not given up on physical retail. Riding Retail Trends.

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Techy Turkey Day: How Technology Has Changed America’s Trademark Holiday

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National Geographic says that the first Thanksgiving was not a thanksgiving at all, but simply a celebration of the pilgrims’ first successful harvest. It was not until the Civil War that President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday. Making It a Holiday at All.