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The Finanser’s Week: 28th May 2018 – 3rd June 2018

Chris Skinner

The main blog headlines are … So you think Alipay is just for the Chinese? I’ve got caught in a few discussions recently with people who tell me Ant Financial are Chinese. They’re not. Neither is Alibaba and, if you think they’re just Chinese, you’re going to miss a huge … The post The Finanser’s Week: 28th May 2018 – 3rd June 2018 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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Q12018’s Big Retail Chill

PYMNTS

“Blame It On the Rain” is more than the song that ended the musical career of early 90s sensation Milli Vanilli. The phrase is also a familiar refrain in retail — sung by retailers when disappointing results come at the same time as a streak of unusual and unseasonable (aka lousy) weather. It doesn’t have to be rain, of course — maybe the extreme cold, extreme heat, extreme snow, hurricanes or whatever weather that keeps shoppers from getting to the stores.

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