Too Early to Call: Five Mobile Giants

Source: PRWeb

The impact of Internet and mobile-based competition on the payments industry is at an early stage. But it is changing as innovative approaches to engage the consumer shift brand awareness and revenue opportunities. ...
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Shopping holiday: Retailers expecting strong weekend

Source: The Clarion-Ledger

Cliff Mitchell hopes this weekend will be as good for his business as Thursday was. The general manager of Watson Quality Ford in Jackson said 27 new and used cars were sold that day, about double what's usually sold on Thursdays. Thos ...
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Retailers Push for Online Sales Tax

Source: My Fox Memphis

(Dow Jones) - Brick-and-mortar retailers, facing tough competition from internet merchants like Amazon.com, are launching a new effort to persuade a Congress full of tax-averse Republicans to authorize states to collect sales ta ...
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Shoplifting takes billions away from business profits as more in US stealing

Source: Huliq.com

A guest on Anderson Cooper’s May 25 TV talk show admitted shoplifting a pair of Gloria Vanderbilt jeans; while joking with this host who is the son of Vanderbilt. It’s known as boosting, or the “five-finger discount,” or call ...
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Dollar bill lobby disappears - Frank-a-palooza for the DCCC - FEC sites eight committees for filing failures - Amazon drops ALEC

Source: The Politico

By Dave Levinthal and Anna Palmer With Abby Phillip PI SCOOP … DOLLAR BILL LOBBY DISAPPEARS: For a month in March, the pro-dollar-bill advocacy group Americans for George plastered D.C.’s Metro Center station with ma ...
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Baby formula common target of organized shoplifters

Source: MardiGras.com

Infant formula is consistenly targeted by professional thieves, and the thefts could represent a danger to parents who unknowingly buy resold merchandise. Infant formula is "highly desirable, and it's easily resold in the secondary m ...
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Fun and Frugal Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas for Pets ~ Show Your Furry Valentine Some Love!

Source: Mommy Living the Life of Riley

Dog and cat owners receive the rarest form of affection -- unconditional love that is more worthy of Cupid's arrow than any well-matched couple. No wonder pet lovers go hog wild over gifts for their four-legged friends during the holidays -- and ...
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Outdoor retailer Patagonia puts environment ahead of sales growth

Source: Los Angeles Times

High-end outdoor clothier and gear maker Patagonia Inc. is out to prove that a company can generate strong sales while being nearly fanatical about environmental concerns. The Ventura company was the first major clothier to make fleece jacket ...
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What Student Debt Crisis? Survey Says We’ll Spend $5 Billion on Graduation Gifts

Source: Time Magazine

A new survey shows that Americans will collectively spend more than $4.7 billion on gifts for students graduating college or high school this year. For some perspective, our country’s collective student loan debt has cracked the trillion-dol ...
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