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Retailers Wary Of Opening As Some States Restart Economies

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are some of the large national chains noting they will not partake in the early phase of reopening in places like South Carolina and Georgia per The Wall Street Journal. The governor of South Carolina let retail stores start operations again this week at one-fifth of usual capacity or five people for each 1,000 square feet.

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Apple To Shutter 30 More US Stores Again Amid Pandemic

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As instances of the coronavirus quickly increase in a number of regions across the nation, Apple plans to shutter 30 more stores in the United States on Thursday (July 2) at the latest. Their reclosures reportedly are a negative barometer of the ease with which retail operations are able to resume throughout the country.

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Marriott Sees ‘Improving Trends’ In Greater China As Region’s Travel Begins Recovery

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As some beaches reopened last weekend, Sorenson noted that the Ritz-Carlton Bacara in Santa Barbara and the company’s hotels in Hilton Head, South Carolina were expected to attain roughly 50 percent of occupancy based on reservations on the books. The outbreak, for its part, is crippling the $1.7

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How Clandestina (Literally) Snuck Into The US Market

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And while those numbers aren’t likely to keep Amazon or H&M up at night, for a small Cuban eCommerce startup operating out of nation where internet access is patchy and from which the company can’t ship goods directly to U.S. as relations between the two nations began to improve in 2014. eCommerce operation.

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A ‘Diaper’ By Any Other Tax Code: The Complexities Of Selling Across State Tax Laws

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Out-of-state retailers that sold into California, Louisiana and South Carolina are being asked to retroactively comply with remote seller laws, and pay taxes on sales conducted in the years before the laws were in place. National Retailers On Staying Compliant When Tax Exemptions Are Only Statewid e.

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US Liquor Sales Rise, But Not Enough To Offset COVID-Related Global Revenue Decline

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billion write-down related to its African operations, and Heineken took a 550 million ($654.3 alcohol sales shot up 55 percent in late March, just as stay-at home orders were going into effect across the nation. Are people in other nations less likely to try to drown their pandemic-related sorrows in booze?

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36 State Attorneys General settle with CarMax over non-disclosure of open safety recalls

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Joe Wilson, Chief Operating Officer, stated: CarMax led the industry in recall transparency by sharing vehicle specific recall information in-store and online to ensure our customers know about open recalls prior to purchase.