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Economic Nexus Laws’ Unexpected Impacts On Restricted Substance Retailers

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eCommerce sales tax laws are having unintended consequences in the tobacco industry. These laws were meant to make online sellers face sales tax requirements similar to those for retailers with on-the-ground locations, putting both types of businesses on equal footing. in 2017 had a 52.75

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Thoughts Of Holiday Retail Cheer Tempered By Memories Of Failure

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It’s the big stage for retailers, the holiday shopping season – when all the consumer world is watching (and, merchants and payments providers hope, buying more than they did last year). And let these bad memories of holidays past guide you in the coming weeks to ensure that your retail and payments machine is running in top condition.

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Steal This 5-Step Banking Innovation Playbook from Gentle Monster

South State Correspondent

Leveraging social media, Gentle Monster started to get traction. The tactic worked – in 2013, Gentle Monster’s oversized glasses were used to portray the main character of a huge Korean drama show. These striking designs paid for themselves in media exposure.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Bitcoin Busts, Payments Get Faster And The Eyes Have It

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Visa also announced that it had extended the real-time, ubiquitous capability to other disbursement types as well including insurance claims, contractor payments, tax refunds and even merchant account real-time funds settlement. We said this in December 2013 when Target was hacked and every other time every other POS was hacked too.

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Soda Wars Summer

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The Ad Age story notes that it will also be supported by TV advertising, social media efforts and a summer-long “experiential” tour. The app will also allow users to record a 15-second “digital lip-sync video” that can be shared on social media using the hashtag #ShareaCoke, the brand told Ad Age.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

In 2013, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer saw an opportunity in Nokia, a Finnish phone company that was losing ground to competitors. Date: May 20, 2013. On the eve of Yahoo’s acquisition of social networking platform Tumblr, then Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wrote a Tumblr post promising “not to screw it up.” Yahoo and Tumblr.

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11 Lessons From Startup Chapter 11s

CB Insights

Declared Bankruptcy: 2013. Coda Automotive sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections in May 2013, and announced it was restructuring its business as a battery technology company. Founded by Jane Park in Seattle in 2007, beauty brand Julep quickly grew from a scrappy startup to a major omnichannel retail operation. Founded: 2009.

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