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Luxury Retail Finds New Avenues As Brick-And-Mortar Fades

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Luxury retail is being revised — and in some cases, reinvented — and those trends are worth attention as the 2019 holiday shopping season approaches. Not only that, but the luxury online consignment retailer opened a brick-and-mortar store on New York City’s famed Madison Avenue. Indeed, in its recent U.S. has notched $300 million.

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If Cash Won’t Die, Why Not Manage It Better Digitally?

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Cash is easily stolen, lost, laundered, hidden from the tax man, and rendered unhip by P2P and other rising mobile payment methods. Better Cash Management? Woe to any retailer or service provider that turns its back to such a potential consumer base — or pool of labor. Earlier in the month, Philadelphia — home of the first U.S.

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New Carro Hire Shows How Vehicle Subscriptions Are Growing

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Those two retail trends have recently collided in Southeast Asia, where Carro, an automotive marketplace and financing provider, reportedly has bought Jualo, an online marketplace for used goods from some 300 product categories. With the pilot, Mercedes-Benz is launching three tiers: Signature, Reserve and Premier. Toyota’s Move.

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Guest Post: 2013 Economic Year in Review and Outlook by Banker Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

He was just in Philadelphia on January 3rd delivering his last public speech and he nostalgically proclaimed that “the recovery remains incomplete,” which will qualify his comment for the understatement of the year award. No wonder retailers were slashing prices for the Christmas holiday spending season. Real GDP grew by 4.1%

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

I along with countless other managers and investors were finally happy. The economy is slowing, as seen in the auto, housing, manufacturing, and retail sectors. The impact of the tax cuts has faded. Chairman Jerome Powell listened and stopped raising short-term rates. Who said anything about rate cuts?

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

They must not see falling oil prices, weak GDP growth, falling gold prices, a narrowing Treasury-TIPS spread, rising debt levels, lower consumer spending, a low labor force participation rate, low productivity, and consumer prices so weak that major retail companies are closing stores at a record pace. Rising debt levels will not stop them.

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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2017 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Today, NPL/total loans is a manageable 0.94%, and the Bank ROA/ROE year-to-date is 1.22% and 11.61% respectively. Actually, the Bank had a one-time after tax litigation settlement (from a 2002-04 event) of $6.2 billion in assets commercially focused community bank based in southern New Jersey, serving Philadelphia and its suburbs.