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Massachusetts Reopens Its Dining Rooms

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Restaurant dining rooms in Massachusetts reopened on Monday (June 22), after being shuttered for three months. We are making the progress we’re making because of the actions that people here in Massachusetts are taking every day,” Baker said at his daily press conference on Friday (June 19).

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Walmart Officially Sorry It Can’t Tell Massachusetts From Maryland

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In Walmart’s defense, it was specifically selling the promotion of the University of Maryland’s mascot , not the school itself … where one could presumably learn the basics of U.S. We understand the pride Marylanders feel for the Terps and apologize for the mistake.”

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Retail Foot Traffic Dips As COVID Cases Rise

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Up until then, retail levels were improving somewhat since the all-time low in April while the country was on lockdown. But customers have begun retreating from retail for the second time due to the increase in cases. The spikes in cases have been particularly noteworthy in Florida and Texas. The other 37, plus Washington D.C.,

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Robinhood May Sell Shares Directly To Users If It IPOs

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Bloomberg notes that such an offering would be unusual, as retail investors generally do not get an opportunity to participate in an IPO at the offering price. Having retail investors buy shares ahead of the opening could also limit the size of the rally of the stock on its first day of trading.

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NCR Buys StopLift To Prevent Retail Fraud

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6) that it has acquired StopLift Checkout Vision Systems, an intelligent computer vision system, to combat theft in the retail business. In addition to creating new value for our retail customers around the world, StopLift’s fraud detection technology will be a key enabler of our frictionless commerce product strategy.”.

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Retailers Prep For More Reopenings

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The world of physical retail is slowly beginning its grand reopening. In the Southeastern United States, where social distancing rules have been relaxing over the last several weeks, retail stores are already open for business, albeit under new restrictions. percent, down from its April 11 peak of 69.5 percent and 65.2

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Daylight Losing Time: How Changing The Clocks Hurts Retail

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However, the stakes can be much higher for retailers, as the length of a day can have a dramatic impact on how much (or how little) foot traffic they get. Massachusetts’ findings are consistent with a 2016 study by the JPMorgan Chase & Co. percent, while retail stores overall suffered a 4.8 The Case Against DST.

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