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West Virginia University On Transitioning New Student Onboarding To An Online Future

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Faculty and staff members are attempting to control COVID-19’s spread to keep everyone safe and maintain smooth operations while also managing higher online portal volumes and other troubles related to education environments’ new realities. We had to transition all of that new student orientation programming online.”.

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Sears Offers Online ‘LEASE IT’ Financing Program

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Sears Holdings has announced that it has expanded its leasing program so that customers can easily finance a variety of products, both in-store and online. There is also an online estimator tool to help members estimate their payment with different payment schedules and lease amounts.

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USDA?s SNAP Benefits Can Used In 25 States, DC To Buy Groceries From Amazon

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As of this week, customers with SNAP in the states of Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin can now use their cards to buy groceries from the website’s services and have them delivered to the customers’ doors.

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Curating Greeting Cards In A Digital World

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When Jesse moved to California and Ross went to the University of Virginia, they were connected in the sense that they posted on one another’s Facebook walls or liked each other’s photos. The two brothers ended up co-founding Scribe , an eCommerce website that sells paper greeting cards.

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Why US Credit Card Fraud Complaints Are On The Rise

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Credit card fraud complaints in the U.S. ValuePenguin analyzed data collected by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and found that there were approximately 70,000 credit card fraud complaints submitted in 2015. At the state level, the number of credit card fraud complaints were much more pronounced. Across the U.S.,

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Online Food Delivery Is Having A Bright Moment — But Clouds Are Gathering

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India-based online food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy has reportedly spent about $7.3 million to buy Scootsy , another Indian firm that offers online food delivery services. That said, online food delivery is having its moment. China, too, provides evidence that online food delivery remains a hot proposition.

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Why 7-Eleven Is Betting On Voice Commerce To Keep Customers Loyal

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It announced this week that it is piloting Fuel Loyalty at participating 7-Eleven stores in North and South Orlando, Florida; North Texas; and Woodbridge, Virginia. While many consumers believe that buying things online is faster and more convenient, they also find it safer than going to a physical store and risking COVID-19 exposure.

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