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Retail Pulse: Amazon Grows 4-Star Footprint; Forever 21 Files For Bankruptcy

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Online retailers are expanding their brick-and-mortar footprints – and using feedback from eCommerce customers to inform the selections in their new stores. A data team from the eCommerce retailer determines what is sold at the locations, Amazon Physical Stores Director Drew Sheriff told MetroWest Daily News.

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Forever 21 Files For Bankruptcy; Plans To Exit Asia, Europe

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The filing will allow the retailer to continue operating while it attempts to reorganize the business and return to profitability. is expected to reach $64 billion by 2028, according to the retail analytics firm GlobalData , CNBC reported. Fast-fashion chain Forever 21 has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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Providing Rideshare Drivers, Tour Guides With Innovative Payments

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50 percent: Share of the American workforce that will be made up of gig workers by 2028. And platforms that don’t innovate to support the gig economy’s payment needs will soon find themselves obsolete. All this, Today in Data. Data: $443B: Projected value of the gig economy by 2023. 1.4T: Total value of payments made by U.S.

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FinTech Innovation Eases B2C Sellers’ Entrance Into The B2B World

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When Home Depot announced last month its plans to acquire HD Supply Holdings , it wasn’t just a sign of expansion for the home improvement retailer. According to Goldman Sachs, the B2B payments space will see volumes topping nearly $200 trillion by 2028, more than five times the volume of B2C payment flows.

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Matching Digital Security To Digital Services

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40 percent: Share of all packages ordered online expected to be delivered within two hours by 2028. There are technological solutions to protect that data, but — no matter which expert one asks — the consensus is that constant vigilance needs to be combined with all of them.

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How kimkim Uses Faster Payments To Win Gig Worker Loyalty

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Gig workers will make up a full half of the American workforce by 2028, responsible for creating online content, designing webpages and conducting local food or historical tours, as well as ferrying passengers for rideshares or renting out their homes on homesharing platforms. This growing segment of workers took home $1.4

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Here’s How to Become More Than the Branch Next Door

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Here are a few striking initiatives that caught my attention in the last couple of months: Issue biodegradable debit cards While Mastercard will require banks to use sustainable materials in issuing new payment cards by 2028, Bank of New Hampshire has been issuing biodegradable debit cards since last August. Ditto for retail customers.

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