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What ‘The Simpsons,’ Art And Millennials Have In Common

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Because the millennial art buyers are arriving – and what they buy, how they buy it and how they relate to it is very different than prior generations. The Simpsons,” Dolls, Shoes – The Eclectic World of Millennials’ Collections. It wasn’t the only big sale for a KAWS piece that day – a millennial Chinese buyer dropped $2.6

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Walmart Hits With Grocery, Misses Online

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That was on top of news that Walmart’s increased profit-margin pressure was pushing an annual revenue estimate for 2018 that missed investor expectations. That mild miss, Walmart noted, came as the firm pulled forward some investments for tax purposes. Walmart reported earnings of $1.33 percent to 2 percent. Beyond the Numbers.

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Today In Payments: Chinese Tech Investments In US Plummet; Ransomware Attacks Up 41 Pct In 2019

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billion, and have dropped 84 percent since 2018, down to less than $560 million. In the fourth quarter of 2019, companies paid on average $84,116 to get their files back from online thieves. Reynolds CEO: Recreating Grocery’s Home Goods Aisle For The Millennial. Amazon (And Others) Brace For India’s New eCommerce Tax.

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Deep Dive: Safeguarding B2B eCommerce And The Corporate Customer Experience

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Forty-four percent of 200 millennials surveyed last year stated they were wholly responsible for making purchasing decisions at the B2B companies at which they worked, and an additional 33 percent played some role in this process. The Sizable Online Fraud Threat. Vendors do not always find the transition to online selling to be easy.

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AltFin’s Bumpy Ride Into An Uncertain 2019

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Charles Dickens’ famous starter to A Tale of Two Cities , as it turns out, is a pretty good way to sum up the year 2018 from the view of the alternative financial services segment. However, as 2018 wore on, headwinds started to blow back on the segment, most especially in the form of rising interest rates.

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The Beauty Of Being Brandless

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Millennials, on average, are less brand-loyal than their parents or older siblings. They tend to like quality, have a strong preference for shopping online and enjoy a good bargain – but when it comes to buying from a specific brand? Not so much. The site will be expanding its inventory by year-end, up to 400 products.

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Deep Dive: Why State And Local Agencies In The US Still Struggle With Instant Payments

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Government disbursements can range from child support payments and annual tax returns to pension and retirement fund payouts. The IRS has accepted digitally filed tax documents and issued digital refunds for years, and it received approximately 29 million electronic returns via direct deposit between February 2018 and February 2019.

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