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Summer 2020’s New Winning Accessory

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The history of American fashion trends is bedecked with some strange entries. The summer of love in 1969 saw hippies storm Bethel, New York bedecked in bell-bottoms, shag fringed vests and beaded headbands. But in the last few weeks, the U.S. may have seen the most unexpected trend in its fashion history, if not the strangest.

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How COVID-19 Has Impacted How Consumers Spend Their Money

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Stores are shut down, restaurants are restricted to carryout and delivery only, professional sports are on hold, most flights are grounded and the fate of summer vacation in 2020 remains a coin toss. The only thing that can be definitively said about the new normal is that it is rather abnormal. So what happens now?

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What Will It Take To Get Back To A Pre-COVID-19 Economy? A Vaccine

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Any number of interviews at PYMNTS begin with an observation of how far away a year ago seems, and how five years feels like ancient history. But even for people accustomed to a world that moves fast, the “before” and “after” of March 2020 is truly a whiplash-inducing series of changes.

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Amazon Walmart Whole Paycheck Tracker: Staying Secure, Gaining New Ground And Getting Competitive

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But shopping will likely see much of the great digitization wave that’s swept over it in recent weeks stay in place because shoppers like the speed and convenience, as PYMNTS consumer surveys indicate. This week saw a lot of expansion efforts out of Walmart, while Amazon has been playing defense on several fronts.

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What Payments Players Had To Say About Innovating Payments In A Pandemic

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Take a look (and have a listen) at our 10 favorite podcasts from 2020. Is 2020 Healthcare’s Year To #KillTheCheck? Just a few weeks after the U.S. We are living in history-making times, and the groundswell of chargebacks is just beginning,” Gerber noted. "If How ‘Contact Us’ And The Kardashians Ignited Afterpay In The US.

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How ‘Baseball In A Bubble’ Is Changing America’s Pastime

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Okay, maybe the new song needs some fine-tuning, but it does point to the fact that the 2020 baseball season will be quite a bit different than any that has preceded it. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the MLB’s changes for 2020. Postmates is bringing me Cracker Jack. I’m not sure if I’ll ever go back.”.

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Digital Is The New Black: Rewriting Retail’s Rule Book For The Recovery And Beyond

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The world of retail as summer 2020 approaches is a very different place than it was when spring started, flipping nearly entirely to digital over the eight short weeks that the coronavirus has prompted store closures. The Progression To Digital Was Happening Anyway.

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