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COVID Retail Update: Mall Group Asks For Bailout

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For most retailers, this virus thing is starting to hurt. Retailers are now in full-on battle mode,” said Jefferies Analyst Randal Konik , who foresees a 90 percent to 100 percent drop in mall traffic. For retailers, this is now about near-term survival.”. “For For retailers, this is now about near-term survival.”.

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Fundation Pulls Community Bank Into FinTech Collaboration

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Large financial institutions (FIs) are increasingly turning to FinTech firms and alternative lenders to augment their small business (SMB) offerings, but community banks are beginning to get on board with the partnership strategy , too. According to the publication, the partnership is not only noteworthy for the FI’s work with a FinTech.

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Retail Pulse: Walmart Provides Health Career Path; Inspire Brands To Buy Jimmy John’s

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Brick-and-mortar retailers are expanding their efforts to provide customers with health and wellness services while taking steps to train their employees for healthcare roles. said in the announcement about the offering, “Walmart aims to be the market leader in providing retail workers a path to careers in growing fields like healthcare.

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Chrome Credit Union Looks to the Future with Nymbus Core

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A small credit union in western Pennsylvania is making an investment that would strike fear into the hearts to bankers everywhere: core replacement. based Chrome Federal Credit Union — formerly Washington Community Federal Credit Union — is replacing its Jack Henry Symitar system with a core from Nymbus, the splashy Read More.

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Instacart Collaborates With ALDI To Debut EBT SNAP Payments

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The initiative starts in the weeks to come throughout ALDI’s over 60 Georgia stores, while it will grow to over 570 retail locations throughout California, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Florida in the months to come. percent of the population in Georgia and disproportionately impacts communities of color.

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Retail Pulse: Nike Opens Atlanta SNKRS Pop-Up; FAO Schwarz Plans London Store

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Beyond the pop-up shop, the retailer is opening a “Studio of Dreams” Super Bowl Content Studio on the same block. Between its flagship and pop-up shop, brands like Nike are incorporating mobile payments along with experiences into their new retail spaces as they head into a digital future. It makes that purchasing much easier.”

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Grocery Roundup: New Amazon Fresh Store, SpartanNash Puts Incentives In ‘Fast Lane,' Walmart On Autonomous Delivery

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The news comes as the first Amazon Fresh opened , with the eCommerce retailer providing access to the general public to the Los Angeles store in September. Giant Eagle , the Pennsylvania-based supermarket chain, has debuted its myPerks multi-tiered loyalty program in a community in Ohio.