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NJ Legislators Propose Tighter Data Privacy Regulations

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Andrew Zwicker (D-Hunterdon), chairman of the Assembly’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee and lead sponsor of the legislation. On March 21, retailers doing business in New York State will be faced with a new law regarding data security. Retailers of all sizes will be forced to prepare for new, stricter regulations.

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Retail Pulse: Zola Opens NYC Store; Kleinfeld Shop ‘Pops Up’ In NJ

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Digitally native retailers are opening stores to bring their virtual experiences into the real world, and Zola is one of the latest merchants to test out the brick-and-mortar waters. The wedding retailer opened a store in New York City’s Flatiron District that is billed as a “one-stop-shop for wedding planning.”.

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Stock Dips At Vaccine News; Crypto Licensing Bill Proposed In NJ; TradeStars Launches New Fantasy Sports Stocks Token

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Good news for restaurants, physical retail — and consumers — but bad news for delivery apps, quick-service restaurants (QSRs), streaming services, and apparently bitcoin, although many expect this dip to be temporary, reported CoinDesk. Meanwhile, New Jersey Sen.

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Walmart Overhauls Jet.com, President Out In August

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As Walmart works to integrate Jet.com into its business, the retailer is eliminating Simon Belsham’s role as Jet president. “We’re now merging the rest of our Jet teams, including retail, marketing, technology, analytics, product and several others within Walmart. . in a blog post. in a blog post. and online.

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Stub Hub Pushes Closer To Primary Ticketing Platform Status With The Acquisition of Ticket Utils

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That technology will now be folded into StubHub – though StubHub was already integrated into the system. ” Ticket Utils is a relatively new firm – the Saddle Brook NJ point-of-sale system for tickets first launched in 2010. Its acquisition supports two goals. The terms of the new deal have not been disclosed.

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 The Amazon/Walmart Whole Paycheck Tracker: Rethinking And Realigning

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The news follows big next-day delivery announcements from both Walmart and Amazon — in a week where both retailers had a lot of news about repositioning themselves in the market and reporting some pretty major changes. retail sales. That’s still an option, but now if a customer wants a one-day a la carte delivery, that is an option.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

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In the late 90s, low interest rates made speculative equity investments more attractive than bonds, and at the same time, innovative internet companies grew in popularity among retail investors, professional traders, venture capitalists, and the like (familiar?). We thought our customers would stay with our bank, no matter what.

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