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Mall Parking Lots Now Revenue Streams For Owners

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As the pandemic upends their entire business model, malls are turning to their own parking lots as new sources of revenue for events like outdoor concerts or drive-in movies, CNBC reports. The move, on the part of many event organizers, is intended to replace how they would normally rent out space in a mall or other venue.

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Hurricane Florence’s Retail Punch

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And while the weather is not usually our beat here at PYMNTS, weather this big and this forecasted to be a festival of destruction is more than a meteorological event — it’s also an event in commerce. A bad one — bad enough, in fact, to be this week’s biggest fizzle. According to Planalytics, roughly $2.75

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CVS Health Unveils Atlanta HealthHUBs; Target’s Digital Sales Rise Despite Slow Growth

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Retailers are aiming to help consumers manage chronic diseases as well as their overall health and wellness through new brick-and-mortar experiences. Through HealthHUBs, consumers are at the center of an unmatched retail health experience. CVS Health, however, is not the only retailer to bolster its health offerings.

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Kanye West: Retail Visionary And Mobile Payments Leader?

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As we reported, just prior to his MTV appearance, Kanye retail was suddenly everywhere — through a giant simultaneous launch of pop-up stores. He might just possibly be giving the world a preview of the future of retail and payments. No, we aren’t kidding. The Kanye Shop . This is one mobile, tied-in group. But other U.S.

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Path To World Series Brings Changes To Online Gambling

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Baseball, as a whole, is not nearly as popular with wagerers as is football, and the World Series doesn’t even crack top-five lists of the most popular sporting events as measured by gambling. million on the Houston Astros to win the 2019 World Series. Payments Innovation. has added to that pressure.

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NFL Unveils 2020 Schedule But Questions Persist

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10 as the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs host the Houston Texans in a rematch of the American Football Conference Divisional playoffs, according to the NFL. Are you ready for some football? The National Football League’s 101st season begins in prime time on Sept. Or will it? “In

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Float Hybrid And Building A Better Bridge Between Music And Beer

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There is little worse at a concert or music festival event that the realization one has to leave their seat or standing area — and venture forth to go buy a beer. And for the Free Press Summer Festival in Houston , the branded digital experience they needed was, well, beer. Mobile beer ordering, specifically.

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