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Apple To Shutter 30 More US Stores Again Amid Pandemic

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As instances of the coronavirus quickly increase in a number of regions across the nation, Apple plans to shutter 30 more stores in the United States on Thursday (July 2) at the latest. The tech company, which has 271 retail shops in the United States, has recently closed 47 stores again, CNBC reported.

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A ‘Diaper’ By Any Other Tax Code: The Complexities Of Selling Across State Tax Laws

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Even the ways retailers package their items can make a difference in their taxes. This month’s Next-Gen Sales Tax Tracker examines these compliance complexities and their impact, as well as ongoing efforts to streamline how retailers can fulfill their obligations. Easing tax compliance helps governments and retailers alike.

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When One State’s Tax-Exempt Necessity Is Another’s High-Tax Discretionary Purchase

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Louisiana exempts most food purchased outside restaurants, for example, while Missouri exempts clay pigeons and targets used in skeet shooting. This policy change has refocused legislative action advocates and retailers to address the impact of sales taxes on individuals struggling to afford necessities. Sales taxes’ price tags.

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The Strange Spending Trends Around Sales Tax Holidays

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According to the National Retail Federation , as of last year parents entered August with about 45 percent of their back-to-school shopping done. Retailers have reason to want to tap into it because back-to-school shopping is an incredibly valuable run of commerce activity. That spend is big spend. In 2017, Americans spent $83.6

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Why The Louisiana Purchase Was The Greatest Fourth Of July Sale Ever

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Not all Americans celebrate the Fourth of July by doing something special, but about 86 percent do, and will spend several billion dollars celebrating the nation’s 243rd birthday. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), that would be food, mostly — Americans will spend about $6.7 So, what will be we buying up?

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15 Minutes With … Jimmy Rasmussen

Independent Banker

Rasmussen: Yes, it is an honor to serve the Group 3 Banks in Texas, southern New Mexico and northern Louisiana for three more years. We also financed several hotels, restaurants, cruise parking lot owners and other retailers that depend heavily on our tourism trade. I do my best to be their voice at our Dallas meetings.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

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But Facebook got the jump on the news cycle this week with the big news that it was opening up Facebook Canvas for retailers and other marketers on the site, as opposed to just advertis e rs. So, providing retailers with a new storefront in an ecosystem of 1.5 billion people a month who visit it.

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