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European Mall Operator Citycon Works On BOPIS Service

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To enable customers to shop from the complete selection of multiple mall offerings and retrieve their purchases from one place, European mall operator Citycon is creating a buy-online-pick-up-in-store (BOPIS) service. Ball said he doesn’t think that online shopping will “ever replace bricks and mortar.”. “At

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Odds Are That Online Sportsbook Wins Big Post-COVID

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Online sportsbooks have been beneficiaries of that dictum ever since COVID-19 eradicated most live sports, leaving millions of fans and a great many bettors potentially mired in boredom. DraftKings already has similar arrangements with three NBA franchises: the Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers. billion by 2025.

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Will eSports And Other Online Businesses Spike Digital Taxes?

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The latest issue involves eSports – one of the rising trends in digital commerce , and one of the ways through which some mall and brick-and-mortar operators hope to revive those retail properties. The realm of eSports is not the only place in the greater online world where taxes are a new and sometimes confusing issue in 2020.

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Philly Mall Owner Sets The Tone For Digital 3.0

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A Philadelphia-based mall owner is taking a proactive approach to the digital shift and back-to-school shopping. PREIT (Philadelphia Real Estate Investment Trust) is curating its first eCommerce offering in what it says is a unique avenue to engage consumers from a multi-retail perspective. In a trade publication. “We

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Today In Digital-First Banking: MercadoLibre Gets License From Brazil, Alacriti Collaborates With Glia On Customer Service

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The new license from the nation’s central bank will let it have independence in making and directly operating financial services there, along with accessing new kinds of financing. MercadoLibre will work on growing its collection of credit offerings after gaining a license to run as a financial institution in Brazil.

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US Companies Pivot From Resilency To Reinvention

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Despite trimming jobs and minimizing operations as COVID-19 spread earlier this year, large U.S. New York magazine publisher and operator of several news websites, Vox Media , plans to lay off 6 percent of its workforce. companies now say that’s not enough. Now, Christou said, it could last years.

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Pandemic Primer: How SMBs Can Embrace The Digital Shift

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How to compete for those online customers and digital dollars? If a boutique specializes in prom dresses, for example, it can try to add more value to the experience online. Online, they did the same thing: They started home delivery, launched book clubs and made the book selection part of the overall experience.

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