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Why China’s Consumer Rebound Might Not Boost Luxury Retail

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To that end, in China, retail data showed consumers snapped a seven-month streak decline. Retail sales posted their first gain amid the pandemic. All told, though, even with the positive reading last month, in China year to date, retail sales are down 8.6 Jobs, of course, pay the wages that underpin consumer spending.

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Fed Bets Trillions In SMB Lending That Consumers Will Return

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Federal Reserve said that it had launched a multi-trillion dollar lending program that targets smaller businesses, and in a broadened salvo, targets local governments, too. The Fed package, of course, comes on the heels of the $2.2 The Fed program is focused on lending. It’s all meant to shore up the U.S.

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Trust And Speed Light A New Path To Omnichannel Retail

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For retailers, nothing really ever comes easy — and things aren’t getting any easier, at least when it involves gaining and retaining customers. Indeed, as the recently completed National Retail Federation (NRF) retail show in New York City demonstrated, commerce keeps moving to what Webster called in the webinar a “customer-centric approach.”

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Retail Crisis In U.S., U.K. A Fizzle For 2020?

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Looking past the cheerful numbers tied to holiday shopping and the tens of billions of dollars spent on Black Friday, Cyber Monday and into Christmas, the decline of retail, at least the traditional retail model, continues into the new year, and across oceans. The retail sector is among the largest employers in the U.K.,

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Lending Club Keeps Pushing Its Comeback

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The last 12 months have undoubtedly been a difficult period for marketplace lending pioneer Lending Club. But the silver lining is that banks appear to be coming back to the Lending Club platform as investors in loan packages. Will it be enough to get Lending Club back on course?

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Ally Financial grows lending business, Citizens hints at acquisitions down the line

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Following its decision to acquire HSBC’s East Coast retail branches, Citizens may be eyeing more acquisition activity down the line. “I I feel good that there'll be some announcements over the course of the second half of the year,” CEO Bruce Van Saun, said in an investor conference call today. billion bank reported net […].

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CFO Lending Told To Pay Back More Than 97,000 Customers Due To Unfair Practices

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CFO Lending , a U.K. We discovered that CFO Lending was treating its customers unfairly, and we made sure that they immediately stopped their unfair practices,” said Jonathan Davidson, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) director of retail and authorizations supervision, in a statement that was covered by Bloomberg.

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