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Fashion Retailer rue21 Strikes Deal To Retire Debt

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Fashion retailer rue21 (r21 Holdings, Inc.) The retailer modified its asset-based credit facility to bolster availability to $155 million due 2025 headed up by Bank of America, N.A. The modification comes with a rise to the FILO Loan via a collaborative effort between Tiger Finance and Bank of America. million members.

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Autonomous Retail Startup AiFi Secures $30M Total Funding

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Silicon Valley checkout-free, autonomous retail startup AiFi has secured a new round of funding, bringing its total raised to $30 million, the company said in a press release on Monday (Oct. He added that Qualcomm is “very impressed” with AiFi's edge-computing solutions.

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MercadoLibre: The ‘Amazon Of Latin America’ Spreads Its Wings

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In Latin America, such a company exists in the form of MercadoLibre , a triple-threat regional financial powerhouse based in Argentina. It now operates in 18 countries in Latin America. According to eMarketer, eCommerce made up about 4 percent of the total spent last year in Latin America, due mostly to its cash-heavy economy.

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Bank of America, Capital One, Wells Fargo file automation-related patents

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Bank of America has topped its own record by filing 722 patent applications during 2020, with automation-related patents spanning company divisions. billion Capital One and the $1.9 In 2020, the U.S. Patent Office granted the bank 444 patents. Other banks that filed automation-related patents last year include the $421.6

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Merchants And The Big Retail Reset

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Iain McNicoll , VP of Americas/SMB for payments platform Payoneer , recently told PYMNTS that eCommerce’s market share has risen to 27 percent from just 16 percent when the pandemic began. McNicoll said the quick gains aren’t surprising, as physical retail stores essentially closed down worldwide for months.

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Retailers Consider Store Closures Amid The Digital Shift

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The pandemic’s harsh impacts on retail continue to show themselves as brands report plummeting quarterly earnings and eye additional store closings. And one retail expert says what is taking place is more an interaction revolution than a post-pandemic eCommerce revolution. . 1 to April 30 due to the pandemic. €1B

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Citcon: Payments Can Be The 'Digital Guide' For Retailers

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Chuck Huang, founder and CEO of Citcon , explores how the pandemic has prompted retailers to capitalize on the surge in demand for contactless, digital payments. "As Progressive retailers have paved the way for this with email collection at registers, enabling them to connect their customers’ behavior in-store with them online.

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