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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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Apple To Shutter 30 More US Stores Again Amid Pandemic

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The tech company, which has 271 retail shops in the United States, has recently closed 47 stores again, CNBC reported. Locations in California, Alabama, Idaho, Georgia, Oklahoma, Nevada and Louisiana are set to shutter on Thursday, while shops in Mississippi, Texas, Florida and Utah were shuttered as of Wednesday (July 1).

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Extra Federal Benefits Ease Layoff Decisions For Employers

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A check of government benefits by PYMNTS found that while the weekly unemployment rate varies dramatically by state, from $235 in Mississippi to $823 in Massachusetts, they will all be paid more with federal dollars, at least through July. The minimum wage in Mississippi is $7.25 per hour for a weekly paycheck of $290.

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Internal Memo: Simon To Reopen 49 Malls In May

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The properties in Texas, Indiana, Alaska, Missouri, Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Arkansas and Tennessee will not be limited to curbside-pickup reopening like the ones happening in Texas, the report said. Simon is also encouraging retailers to use technology, such as Apple Pay, for contactless transactions.

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PSCU’s Lumin Enables Digital Payments For TN Credit Union

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First South will use Lumin Digital’s cloud-based platform as the digital solution for its 25,000 active retail and business banking and bill pay users. Originally founded in 1957 to serve personnel on the naval base in Millington, Tennessee, First South Financial has expanded its financial services offerings across Tennessee and Mississippi.

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Caesars To Resume Gaming, Hospitality Operations In Vegas

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The news comes as casinos in Louisiana and Mississippi are slowly starting to reopen , and visitors are traveling far distances and waiting in lines to enter the facilities. The gaming firm noted that its other Las Vegas properties and dining establishments are forecasted to open again “based on customer demand.”.

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Epic Games And Google Are Turning Dying Malls Into Corporate Campuses 

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Cinderella City was the largest mall west of the Mississippi River when it opened in 1968, with some 250 stores and restaurants and a 600-seat movie theater. But the mall began to falter in the 1980s, and its last tenant – a Montgomery Ward – closed in 1997.