PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

One of the more long-grumbled complaints in retail is that Amazon and other eCommerce players are able to exploit a loophole that allowed them to mostly avoid charging sales tax. Would collecting sales tax 100 percent of the time take a bit out of Amazon’s bottom line? Recent data suggests — probably not.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2017

Commerce Department posted the lowest growth in retail sales seen in the past six months on Wednesday (March 15). percent in the second month of 2017, while only four of the 13 major retail categories included in the department’s numbers saw growth during the month of February. from nonstore retailers ) rose considerably, up 1.2

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South State Correspondent

MAY 1, 2024

Gentle Monster Background Founded in 2011 by Kim, Gentle Monster initially struggled to break through against large brands like Luxottica which controls an estimated 30% of the US market, and is behind almost every single designer eyeglass brand you can think of, including Ray-Ban, Oakley, Armani, Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Prada and many more.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Small retailers continued to improve sales, but their sales increases were flat to slightly lower than in previous years. Separately, ADP’s recent National Employment Report showed positive hiring trends among small companies, too. million small businesses in 2011, and they made up all but 0.3 percent sales growth in 2014).

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The Bank, Old Second National Bank, lost a whopping $156 million in 2009 and 2010. That got regulator's attention in the form of a May 2011 Consent Order (CO). Independent Bank Corporation (Nasdaq: IBCP) Independent Bank dates back to 1864 as the First National Bank of Iona. How did they lose it? Its size today, at $2.8

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2018

Here at PYMNTS, we see it all, often in the form of press releases – most of which claim to be the next big thing in retail, commerce and financial services. For example, according to Petplan, an insurance company for pets, pet parents dropped $62 million in 2011 on plastic surgery for their pets. One such popular cosmetic procedure?

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Tomorrow's Transactions

APRIL 5, 2016

The European Central Bank has published a detailed analysis of the costs of retail payments instruments (Occasional Paper no. 137, September 2012) with the participation of 13 national central banks in the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). People who choose to exist in a cash economy to avoid taxes (e.g.,

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