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Square Offers Beauty Sector Online Booking, POS Tool

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The app-based tool gives salon customers the ability to book their appointments online and also issues reminders. Square just teamed up with DoorDash to give online merchants the ability to fulfill orders with on-demand deliveries.

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Online Holiday Spending Already A Record-Breaker

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Christmas is just around the corner, and online holiday shoppers have been busier and spending more than ever, according to a new report. Online sales reached $80.3 It’s the largest online shopping period ever, beating out last year’s total of $67.7 Shoppers didn’t just use their computers to purchase items online.

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Amazon To Build More Whole Foods Locations

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One person familiar with the plans told the Wall Street Journal that in the Rocky Mountain region Whole Foods employees have visited retail spaces in Idaho, the southern part of Utah and Wyoming, areas where Whole Foods doesn’t have a presence. Prior to the acquisition, Whole Foods was in layoff mode as store growth was slowing.

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Kroger Expands Home Chef Meal Kit Offerings To New Stores

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“Last October, Kroger introduced Home Chef retail meal kits, and we’re now expanding to add the easy-to-prepare recipes to hundreds of new locations, providing convenient access to the meal solution at more than 700 stores. .”

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GAO: FinTech Firms, FIs Seek Alternative Data Clarity In Lending

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Closer to home, in Wyoming, a bill has debuted in the state legislature to create a FinTech sandbox. “We are examining whether any changes in laws are required in terms of its dispensation, which may be needed when you try to have a sandbox and allow an activity which otherwise needs registration that the Act may not provide.”.

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Amazon Effect Hits Central Bank Monetary Policy

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When thinking about the “Amazon Effect,” one may think invariably about retail, and the impact the eCommerce giant has on the sector — changing the very nature of how everything from books to clothes are bought and brought to end customers. Might there be another “Amazon Effect” worthy of illumination? months from 6.5

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Retail’s Ups And Downs: Rate Hikes, Dollar Stores And EpiPens

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Just ask NBA superstar James Harden , who has been the subject of intense online ridicule this past week or so after images of his first-ever, Adidas-designed sneaker leaked online. 26) in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, she indicated that the Fed is eyeing raising interest rates again, possibly as early as September.

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