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Music Crafts New Melodies For Retail Innovation

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But no matter the case, music is a big part of the retail world, and is helping to create new harmonies of innovation and disruption. Apple isn’t the only band on the radio when it comes to changes in music retail in early 2020. Others don’t. New Partnerships and Services.

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Connecticut AG Launches Antitrust Probe Into Amazon’s eBook Business

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Our office continues to aggressively monitor this market to protect fair competition for consumers, authors, and other eBook retailers,” Mr. Tong said in a statement, per WSJ. A spokeswoman for Tong’s office told the Journal that Amazon is cooperating with the subpoena. The tech giant is also being probed by China.

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Groceries Juggle Bottom Line, Food Delivery Costs

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Iowa-based grocer Hy-Vee , with its chain of more than 245 supermarkets located in the Midwest, said it plans to expand pickup, which can be cheaper than delivery. Mid-Atlantic food retailer Weis Markets has 198 stores and as online sales rise, it will buy more refrigerated lockers, delivery trucks and technology, its CEO told WSJ.

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Today In Payments: Study Shows Americans’ Savings Drying Up; State AGs To Press Own Case Against Google

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The states leading the probe include Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee and Utah. Retail Sales, Card Data Point To Continued Consumer Spending Rebound. The latest reading of retail sales, released by the Commerce Department on Friday (Oct. Third-party sellers generated over $3.5

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Transactions: TS Banking Group selects Temenos Banking Cloud

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Iowa-based TS Banking Group has selected Temenos Banking Services delivered on the Temenos Banking Cloud for “a complete digital transformation.” TS Banking Group will migrate “the entirety of its banking operations” to Temenos’ platform, the bank holding company said in a release.

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Fiserv: What The 2019 Holiday Shopping Data Says About 2020 Spend

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Data from Fiserv supports that point: Brick-and-mortar retail growth during the 2019 holiday season stood at 1.4 Total retail growth was 3.8 However, Fodor didn’t meet with PYMNTS to simply give a tired account of how eCommerce is outpacing physical retail. percent, trailing the 8.1 percent growth rate for eCommerce.

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Casey’s Considers $2B Kroger Convenience Store Acquisition

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JCP recently asked the Iowa-based convenience store operator to explore strategic alternatives such as a potential sale. The news comes as convenience store chain 7-Eleven’s holding company, Seven & I, acquired 1,108 Sunoco-operated gas stations and retail convenience stores in 18 states in 2017. and Canada. as well.

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