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The Finanser’s Week: 5th March 2017 – 11th March 2018

Chris Skinner

The main blog headlines are … Making a hash of it I’m having lots of discussions about tokenisation and cryptocurrencies, and it often boils down to hashing the data. Hashing data is taking the source information which may be your account details or card information and shortening it into a … The post The Finanser’s Week: 5th March 2017 – 11th March 2018 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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Daylight Losing Time: How Changing The Clocks Hurts Retail

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When Daylight Saving Time (DST) starts and ends, most Americans lose or gain an hour of sleep — and while this can lead to some cranky mornings, people soon adjust and go on with their lives, nothing lost or gained. However, the stakes can be much higher for retailers, as the length of a day can have a dramatic impact on how much (or how little) foot traffic they get.

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