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Mall Vacancy Rate Reaches 20-Year High Of 9.7 Pct.

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percent with the 2001 recession and hit 9.4 As traditional mall merchants go under, however, some online brands are expanding into brick-and-mortar locations. An April, a UBS report showed that online shopping by the average U.S. An April, a UBS report showed that online shopping by the average U.S. 24 were up 3.4

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Ping Identity Plans To Raise $100M With Public Listing

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The Colorado-based online ID management company Ping Identity is going public and is trying to raise up to $100 million in an IPO on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker “Ping,” reports said on Friday (Aug. Founded in 2001, Ping is said to be looking at a valuation of $2-$3 billion. It surveyed more than 3,000 people in the U.S.,

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PayPal’s Xoom Makes Remittance Deal With Euronet’s Ria

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Customers using Xoom can now go online or use mobile devices to send money to 70 percent of countries around the world via this deal. Xoom launched in 2001 and was purchased by PayPal in 2015 for $890 million in an all-cash deal. Ria’s network includes approximately 355,000 global agents. billion in receivables from PayPal.

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Newegg Masters The Art Of The Pivot

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After coming out of the post-internet bubble economy of 2001 as a force in the consumer electronics category, it eventually supplemented that business with computer parts and accessories, catering to the DIY tech crowd. It’s hard to find a major eCommerce retailer that has evolved more than Newegg.

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Can Sports And Entertainment Really Spark Mall Revivals?

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percent with the 2001 recession and hit 9.4 Online Brands. As traditional mall merchants go under, however, some online brands are expanding into brick-and-mortar locations. In April, a UBS report showed that online shopping by the average U.S. Reis pegged the mall vacancy rate at an all-time high of 9.7

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Warehouse Space Going For Premium Rates

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Brick-and-mortar merchants are far from being free from the problems that plague their particular brand of retail, but even they have to look at online retail rising rents for warehouse space with a little bit of mirth. percent — the lowest such figure since 2001. As of Q2 2016, industrial warehouse space declined by 8.8

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How (And Why) Major Retailers Are Embracing Print Catalogs Again

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And while smaller DTC brands have been rapidly embracing them in recent years – because in many cases, they tend to be about as effective as advertising on Facebook or Instagram while also being quite a bit cheaper, according to reports – the biggest moves in catalogs in the last 18-24 months have come from some very well-established players.

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