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Is It Time For Apple To Allow Others Access To The iPhone NFC Chip?

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And you can see it in the hustle by retailers and brands large and small to pivot their businesses and business models — and the disclaimers on just about every retail site starting a week or more ago that orders placed online might not make it in time for Christmas. One hundred and ten (110) million U.S. consumers — 47.2 percent of the U.S.

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The Big Bucks Behind Sleep (Or Lack Thereof)

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According to NIH studies , those who report poor sleep in middle age often experience symptoms of dementia or Alzheimer’s later in life. But somehow, we are a nation of chronically under-rested people. Brennan, CVS Health’s chief medical officer, because it came backed by rigorous published studies. But does it really work?

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Ouai Prepares For Ulta Beauty Store Rollout; Reliance Industries Launches Retail Service

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Online brands are growing their presence in the physical world by bringing their products into brick-and-mortar stores. The beauty brand has also launched pop-up shops in cities like Miami, Austin, London, and Boston. retailers as online shopping powers a forecast 26 percent year-over-year volume surge on National Returns Day.

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Baby Boomers Vs. Millennials: Eerily Similar?

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Interestingly enough, recent Pew Research Center research shows these two groups are slowly becoming more similar to one another in terms of finance, living situations and their online presence. This may be due to the fact that major cities throughout the country, like Boston and New York City, are seeing significant rental price surges.

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The Rise Of Card-on-File Commerce

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One of the best things that happened last week was the reopening of hair salons in Boston. It doesn’t appear that this experience is exclusive to fancy hair salons in Boston. That’s likely why in PYMNTS’ national study of 14,000 consumers, more than half (58.6 This latest study of a national sample of U.S.

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Can SMBs Avoid Being Left Behind In The Great Digital Shift?

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The digital transformation of the commerce ecosystem, which had been underway long before COVID-19 reared its ugly head, flipped into overdrive overnight, as consumers were forced to change their habits and shift almost everything they once did in real life to an online substitute. between March 1 and Sept. The Power of Persistence.

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The Uber Of Fitness Trainers: Handstand

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Currently offered in a session subscription payment method, Handstand is available in Los Angeles and Orange County; the plan is to roll it out to Boston, New York, San Francisco and Chicago. TOH: I was always an athlete, and I went to college at USC where I studied business. We’re launching New York and Boston soon.