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How Do Customers — And Retailers — React To Tax Returns?

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For all the johnny-come-latelies who spend the hours before midnight on April 17 scrambling to submit their tax forms, there are millions more Americans who are sitting pretty with their tax refunds already in hand. It’s a peculiar part of tax season. While a National Retail Federation survey found that 65.5

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What ‘The Simpsons,’ Art And Millennials Have In Common

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Because the millennial art buyers are arriving – and what they buy, how they buy it and how they relate to it is very different than prior generations. The Simpsons,” Dolls, Shoes – The Eclectic World of Millennials’ Collections. It wasn’t the only big sale for a KAWS piece that day – a millennial Chinese buyer dropped $2.6

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Zillow: Getting Millennials Into The Real Estate Game

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Millennials are never, ever going to buy homes. Why millennials are never going to buy homes is more of a jump ball. According to the National Federation of Retailers, 81 percent of millennials report at least aspiring to homeowners as hip, even if they aren’t there yet.

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Sprint And T-Mobile Merger, Spend Management And State Tax Top This Week’s News

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We have a deep dive into spend management in addition to news involving the Sprint and T-Mobile merger, as well as data on state tax laws. . A ‘Diaper’ By Any Other Tax Code: The Complexities Of Selling Across State Tax Laws. Gov’t Fights States’ Bid To Block Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Saying Move Would Slow 5G.

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Top News In Payments: Sensory, OEMS Team For Independence From The Cloud; PBOC Says Stablecoins Threaten Yuan

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Amid the common themes that emerged: Change will come to the point of sale, spurred by the continued shift to contactless ways to pay and more buying power for the mighty millennial. A ‘Diaper’ by Any Other Tax Code: The Complexities of Selling Across State Tax Laws.

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The Old Guard Vs. The New Wave In Retail

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Last week, Sears CEO Edward Lampert got personal as he went into detail about the retailer’s continuing woes and the challenges it (and many other “old-line” retailers like it) face in a rapidly changing industry. According to a new projection from National Retail Federation, retail sales are estimated to grow just 3.1

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Amazon Pay’s Gauthier: No One Can Predict Retail’s Future, So Innovate Around What Won’t Change

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Should I leverage the online capabilities?’ — taxes that budget,” Gauthier said. He said retailers and service providers need to address such anxieties as they sketch out their digital and omnicommerce strategies and think about what new tech to put in place. Should I send my kids to school or not? Gauthier said.