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Who Pays A Higher Price For Online Sales Tax?

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Wayfair case that allowed states and individual cities to launch tax policies aimed at remote sellers and marketplaces is still reverberating in 2019 and will likely affect online retail in 2020. In Q3 2019, 14 states started collected online sales tax and 11 more followed in October. eBay Makes a Deal. eBay Makes a Deal.

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Local Governments Move In On Retail Vacancies

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It was supposed to be a thriving retail center in Milwaukee when it was built seven years ago. It’s one approach to a growing retail vacancy issue that local governments are getting more aggressive in trying to solve. has hiked the normal commercial property tax rate on vacant property from between $1.65 But it never happened.

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Macy’s Recognizes $3.1B Charge As Pandemic Reshapes Outlook

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billion non-cash goodwill charge before tax, as the retailer’s long-haul forecast and market capitalization shifted, mainly due to the coronavirus health crisis. The department store retailer also recognized an $80 million long-lived asset impairment charge, according to a first-quarter financial results announcement.

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Dubai Creating $870M Free Trading Zone For eCommerce

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“The need for world-class eCommerce services has never been greater,” said Mohammed al Zarooni, director general of DAFZA, as per a CNN report on Friday (May 22). million-square-foot project will be split into three regions — business, logistics, and social, according to a report in the Global Construction Review.

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US, Chinese Retailers Seek International Footholds, Despite Trade War

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retailers (or any foreign players) to establish a strong presence in the Chinese market. For China, the tax hikes target everything from soybeans to aircrafts. Walmart recently announced it would be using WeChat Pay at all of its stores in China’s western region. Historically speaking, it has not been easy for U.S. For the U.S.,

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Walgreens Fights Promotion Abuse With Digital Tracking

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Digital fraud is a long-running problem for merchants, retailers, banks and businesses of all types. Twenty-two percent of Americans have reported being targeted by pandemic-related fraud, for example, such as schemes involving fake personal protective equipment (PPE) merchants or fraudsters impersonating tax officials.

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With Argentina’s Economy Slumping, Walmart Sells Stores To Grupo de Narváez

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Walmart is leaving Argentina, announcing a deal to sell its stores there to a regional grocery chain amid an economic crisis that is gripping the South American country. Walmart, the world’s largest brick-and-mortar retailer, announced Friday (Nov. Walmart, the world’s largest brick-and-mortar retailer, announced Friday (Nov.

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