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Amazon Plans Whole Foods Expansions In Closed Sears Stores

PYMNTS

The recent woes of Sears and other struggling retailers are seen as an opportunity for the online retail giant. Right now, Whole Foods has about 470 stores around the nation – which isn’t much considering the proliferation of Walmart and Kroger stores, but it now has the capital to expand into previously unreachable areas, like Montana.

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Going Truly Over The Top For Christmas

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The National Retail Federation ( NRF ) reports that, based on early predictions, the average American spent a little more than $1,050 on gifts given to others this holiday season, with higher income earners (north of $100,00 a year) spending twice that. In a last-ditch effort,” she said, “we driove 200 miles one way to Milwaukee.

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Ripple Effects: Mobile Payments Are Just The Beginning

PYMNTS

Cohen owns a national distribution network and deals with some of the nation’s biggest retailers. The ripple effects of this new model are less activity at ports, lower revenues for the trucking industry and a prediction by the National Retail Federation that this trend of low imports will persist. In 2016, 5 percent of U.S.

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CFPB Holds a Field Hearing on Student Loan Servicing Issues

CFPB Monitor

On May 14th, the same day that the CFPB launched a public inquiry into student loan servicing loan practices (the “Request for Information”), the CFPB held a public field hearing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to address issues with the student loan servicing industry. The guest panelists were: Jennifer Wang, Policy Director, Young Invincibles.

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Bright Paths Students Demonstrate New Skills with Incredible Variety of Apps

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Emily Merline, originally from Milwaukee, WI, attended Arizona State University on a National Merit Scholarship. Kioshi created a site that allows users to search and save online coupons. Prior education in computer science, specifically coding include completing online courses via Coursera and Udacity.

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Community Bank CEO Outlook 2022: Your priorities for the new year

Independent Banker

To counter such competition, the $186 million-asset community bank plans to hire another lender to seek deals across the state, sticking to smaller towns and avoiding the saturated Milwaukee and Madison, Wis., Ponce Bank, a $1.5 billion-asset community development financial institution (CDFI) in Bronx, N.Y., Badger Bank in Fort Atkinson, Wis.,