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Casino Reopenings Draw In Gamblers Despite Online Gaming Surges

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One person cited in the report drove from Houston to Louisiana with her family for the reopening of casinos on Monday. And while gamers flock to the casinos in some states, in others they are swarming online gambling sites. million from online gaming since the summer of last year. million in March of this year from $67.5

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Uber Eats Sees 59 Pct Spike In European Grocery Delivery

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“Everything that we are doing on grocery and convenience is driven by the fact that we are seeing strong consumer appetites from new consumption trends, people who are confined and cannot go out,” European General Manager Stephane Ficaja told Reuters in a Thursday (April 16) report.

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Can Healthcare Services Revitalize Retail For CVS?

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Same-store sales have been falling, particularly as some staples that were once common drugstore sales have departed solidly online. And so the CVS store is changing, reports noted , starting with three new concept locations in the greater Houston area, which have been recreated as miniature healthcare clinics.

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Branching Out: Physical Locations Boost CUs' Digital Plans

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The new cloud-based system can help FIs manage loans from origination and review to renewal and modification. Houston-based First Service Credit Union has selected a third-party provider’s digital banking suite to enhance its members’ online access to financial services.

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What’s The Future For NBA-Related Retail In China?

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Basketball is one of the most popular sports – if not the most popular sport – in China, but there’s a little less NBA available today for online shoppers in that country, according to reports. That’s because China eCommerce giant Alibaba apparently has removed any products related to the Houston Rockets from its search results.

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Kicking The ‘Virtual’ Tires To Spur Car Sales As COVID-19 Hits Automakers

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In one example, TrueCar.com , an online auto marketplace, has forecast that March sales will be down by around 37 percent, and April sales might be down between 50 percent and 60 percent. Power managing director, consumer lending and automotive finance.

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Walgreens Accelerates Digitalization In Q1

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The company also had record online sales over Black Friday in the U.S. In addition, during the quarter we were very satisfied with the progress made in our Transformational Cost Management Program and with the strong cash flow we delivered.”. billion and adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.37 as well as the U.K.,

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