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How Connected Consumers Shop During The Commute

PYMNTS

With the help of connected car technology, the morning and evening commutes are no longer just a time for consumers to drive to and from work: These periods of the day between home and work life are also becoming a time where retailers can engage shoppers in contextual commerce experiences. About one in 10 commuters — or 13.3

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Store Front Business Index: Main Street USA, A-OK?

PYMNTS

According to data from the latest Store Front Business Index TM (SFBI), a collaboration between CAN Capital and PYMNTS.com, these small businesses are growing faster than the U.S. We’ve talked to more than 100 Store Front businesses in New Hampshire and South Carolina , and conversations are underway with those in Super Tuesday states.

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Vermont: Daring To Be Different, To The Surprise Of No One

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Despite being nearly geographically identical to its neighbor to the east , New Hampshire, Vermont is very much its own place. As anyone who has ever ventured to Vermont can affirm, it’s a very particular place for some very particular people.

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The eCommerce Bachelor: Which City Will Get The Rose?

PYMNTS

only Arkansas, Hawaii, Montana, New Hampshire, Wyoming and the Dakotas did not apply. Of course, when it comes to bouncing back, a $5 billion investment and 50,000 new jobs wouldn’t hurt, especially when so many residents have left to seek better living conditions elsewhere, and no one is sure when (or if) they’ll return.

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The Election That Misplaced Small Businesses

PYMNTS

Small business owners don’t expect to be the star of the show, but wherever we went — and we went to Vermont , New Hampshire , Massachusetts , Virginia , South Carolina and Georgia — we heard the same two things over and over again. Can someone please make capital available?

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Amazon Walmart Whole Paycheck Tracker: Better Delivery By Any (And Every) Means

PYMNTS

This week was one of the latter, as Walmart hosted its investor meeting in Arkansas and Amazon decided this week’s menu of technological innovations in retail would be an all-you-can-eat buffet. And just when you thought there couldn’t possibly be any more tech upgrade news this week, one more snuck out over the finish line.

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24 Lessons From Warren Buffett’s Annual Letters To Shareholders

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Brown, instead of managers getting stock options or guaranteed bonuses, every manager got paid $7,800 a year (the equivalent of about $14,500 today), plus “a designated percentage of the profits of the company after these are reduced by a charge for capital employed.”. The result of this type of plan was to make each manager at H.

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