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Retail Ecommerce Ventures Calculates Its Next Moves

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When speaking with Tai Lopez , the executive chairman of one of the more disruptive retail companies in the pandemic period, it could be expected that the conversation would center around one topic: retailing. But that hasn’t stopped the whisper machine surrounding the retail industry from doubting his methods or business model.

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Grasshopper Bank advances inclusion, stamps out ‘pattern matching’

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New York City-based Grasshopper Bank is geared toward startups, with a focus on pain points for founders. Grasshopper opened in May 2019 after securing FDIC and OCC approval, a rare distinction for a digital-only bank.

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COVID Retail Update: Mall Group Asks For Bailout

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For most retailers, this virus thing is starting to hurt. Retailers are now in full-on battle mode,” said Jefferies Analyst Randal Konik , who foresees a 90 percent to 100 percent drop in mall traffic. For retailers, this is now about near-term survival.”. “For For retailers, this is now about near-term survival.”.

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Upscale Retailers Embrace ‘Clienteling’ To Stay Connected

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New York City fashion boutique Nili Lotan has a client list that reads like the front row at Fashion Week (back when such events were still held). Dispatching one of New York’s elite styling teams exemplifies the new face of “ clienteling ,” the retail practice of assigning sales associates to individual, high-value customers.

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The Three Big Legal Issues Retailers Face From The Coronavirus

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With the current health emergency retailers face unprecedented issues. Closing stores, limiting hours, changing order patterns, remote work — all of these issues have joined basic survival as retailers contend with sudden and unpredictable challenges during the coronavirus pandemic. 1: Employees. Read the fine print in the lease.

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Retailers In Some States May Be Forced To Accept Cash

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With a move toward cashless societies growing around the world, new legislation in the U.S. could force retailers and restaurants in a number of states to accept cash as a payment method. Meanwhile, the paper reported New York City, Washington, San Francisco and Chicago are looking at similar legislation.

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Retail Pulse: Toys R Us Returns With Small Retail Stores

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Iconic brick-and-mortar retailers are sometimes reinvented, and return to the world of retail with smaller-format concepts. Tru Kids has entered into a joint venture with the software-powered experiential retailer b8ta to offer a new store experience with curated toys in “highly immersive, smaller-format spaces.”.

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