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Square Expands To Offer Retail Online Store, Improved POS App

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Square has two new offerings: the revamped Square Online Store and Square For Retail, introduced in an announcement by the company on Wednesday (March 20). With the new Square Online Store, we’re excited to integrate Weebly technology and bring the Square omnichannel experience to everything from retail businesses to restaurants.”.

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Today In Data: Digital Ordering For QSRs, Retail Closures And High Cyber Fraud

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Today in PYMNTS’ data, fast food chains are reporting consumer satisfaction following implementation of mobile order-ahead offerings, retail stores are closing at a near-record pace, “unthinkable” numbers of executives share their companies have experienced cyber fraud, real-time faster payments finally make their way to the U.S.

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Retail Pulse: FAO Schwarz To Open New Flagship; Amazon Expands Grocery Delivery

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Brick-and-mortar retailers have closed flagship locations in recent times, but sometimes these landmark stores make a comeback. The new store, which will be located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, will feature multiple experiential retail components. The store will also offer magic shows and a grocery shopping experience designed for kids.

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Retail Pulse: Microsoft To Open London Flagship; Walmart Hires Tech Exec

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Burger King locations in a St. Louis test market reportedly saw foot traffic that exceeded the national average by 18.5 Kumar served as a corporate vice president of cloud infrastructure and operations at Microsoft; he also worked at Amazon for 15 years in various senior positions. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News .

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Costco Posts Solid Quarter, Limits Virus-Related Items

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Used to be that retail earnings reports were about numbers. In keeping with other large retailers, eCommerce sales climbed 28 percent. In keeping with other large retailers, eCommerce sales climbed 28 percent. Costco is one of the highest-quality consumer staples retailers domiciled in the U.S., on revenue of $39.07

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Inflation Looms, So What Lies Ahead For SMBs? 

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13) that, according to St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard, inflation is in the wings, as the money supply has “exploded” and inflation will be on the rise. Generally speaking, businesses that sense more demand on the horizon will ramp up operations and will, conceivably, ramp up staff to boost output to meet that demand.

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Burger King’s Impossible Burger Test Brings In Traffic

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Following the pilot-test rollout of a Whopper made with the vegetarian-friendly Impossible Burger, locations in Burger King ’s St. Louis test market reportedly exceeded the restaurant’s foot traffic national average by 18.5 percent in April. We believe in self-reliance,” Lee said.

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