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Bitcoin Daily: Argentina's Crypto Exchanges See Record Growth In 2020; JD.com Sees 20,000 Digital Yuan Transactions In 24 Hours

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I’ve been with the exchange pretty much from the beginning, and I’ve never seen this kind of growth," said Chief Brand Officer Juan Mendez , according to CoinDesk. This is bigger than the 2017 spike on operations and on demand.". has surpassed 5,000 locations.

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Build-A-Bear Workshop Plans New Locations, Pop-Up Shops

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Build-A-Bear Workshop Chief Operations Officer Chris Hurt said in the announcement, “Build-A-Bear is working with some of the best family-focused venues in the country this holiday season and beyond to bring our unforgettable Make-Your-Own experience to even more places people go for fun and entertainment.

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Retail Pulse: goop Finds Stickiness In New York, Opens ‘Lab’; Nordstrom To Offer Early-Bird Pickup

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Digitally native brands often test the retail waters with pop-up shops, and, after some offline success, they may expand their concepts with permanent locations. It will also offer a larger jewelry selection and exclusive brands like Sidney Garber, who has bracelets that sell for $8,600 and up. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

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Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. Goes to Larry Mazza and the crew at MVB Bank in West Virginia. Acronym of the Year.

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Macy’s Looks To Expand Pop-Ups After Weak Holiday Sales

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Gennette, in his call with analysts, said a fire at a distribution center in West Virginia impacted Macy’s fulfillment capabilities during Cyber Monday. He also noted that a holiday promotion open to all customers in 2017 was limited to rewards customers in 2018, and that this limitation may have had a negative effect on sales.

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Retailers Explore Tentative Reopening Plans

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Those states – New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho, Alaska, North Dakota, Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio – will likely become test cases for reopening retail. However, it “will do so with modified operations and best-in-class safety measures,” with the goal to allow healthy staff members to return to work, according to QSR.

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Retailers Explore Tentative Re-opening Plans

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Those states – New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho, Alaska, North Dakota, Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio – will likely become test cases for re-opening retail. However, it “will do so with modified operations and best-in-class safety measures,” with the goal to allow healthy staff members to return to work, according to QSR.

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