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Path To World Series Brings Changes To Online Gambling

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It’s not exactly high time for legal online gambling yet – that comes in early 2020, with the Super Bowl and then the NCAA college basketball tournament – but the betting season is certainly heating up on more ways than one. And that new fuel comes as the legal online and mobile gambling industry in the U.S. Payments Innovation.

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eCommerce Shift Helps Fuel Strong Sales At Pier 1 Imports, Dressbarn

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Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV) , the incubator that relaunched Pier 1 Imports and Dressbarn in 2020, noted that the migration to eCommerce in addition to trends such as the “quest for comfort at home” fueled formidable sales at the two brands, according to an announcement. And like Jeff Bezos did, they start with low-risk items.

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Branching Out: Physical Locations Boost CUs' Digital Plans

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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. For more on these and other stories, check out the Trackers News & Trends section. It will allow the institu tions to use one solution for the entire process.

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Texas Halts Reopening Plans As COVID Cases Spike

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The hardest-hit counties in the state were Bexar, Dallas, Harris and Travis, which include the state’s most populated cities, including Houston, San Antonio, Dallas and Austin. CEO Gene Lee said Darden has seen “no change in our business trends,” although he noted that the company was concerned about the spikes.

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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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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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Reuters reported on Monday (March 30) that as consumer confidence declines and dealerships have been forced to close in an effort to help thwart the pandemic, new vehicle sales likely had a disastrous showing for the month of March, a trend that will continue into April. Power managing director, consumer lending and automotive finance.

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