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Why Libraries Are Giving Up On Late Fees

PYMNTS

Paul, Minnesota; Dallas, Texas; and Oakland, California – in what has become known of late as the library fee amnesty movement that has been quietly (they are libraries after, all) picking up steam in 2019. Paul, Minnesota killed overdue fines, some branches have seen a double-digit percentage increase in circulation.

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Retail Pulse: goop Finds Stickiness In New York, Opens ‘Lab’; Nordstrom To Offer Early-Bird Pickup

PYMNTS

Digitally native brands often test the retail waters with pop-up shops, and, after some offline success, they may expand their concepts with permanent locations. It will also offer a larger jewelry selection and exclusive brands like Sidney Garber, who has bracelets that sell for $8,600 and up. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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Bright Paths Students Demonstrate New Skills with Incredible Variety of Apps

Perficient

In her first semester at Southwest Minnesota State University, she majored in Computer Science and learned quite a lot about terminals, using Jedit, and also learned about gates and machine languages operating off binary numbers. Joy brings experience from everything from international relations to economics to software.

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Should Unstaffed Stores Be Shelved?

PYMNTS

Automation promises many benefits in retail, including the potential to reduce costs and improve the customer experience. Isn’t Only for Big Brands. Farmhouse Market , a much smaller player in Minnesota, shows how automated retail can be adapted outside of big cities and tech hubs. it is just taking off. In the U.S.,

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Here Are 35 Casualties Of The Retail Apocalypse And Why They Failed

CB Insights

Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then. Additionally, many of these physical retailers have lost the cache they once had as new direct-to-consumer brands with a hyper-focus on specific products have taken off.

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CEO Roundtable: Ideas for a successful 2023

Independent Banker

It has a lot of automation, AI and workflow built into it, and it will provide a better customer experience and a better lender experience. Birgfeld suggests implementing a process to make it simple for customers to share their experiences with one click through their banking app, email, text or social channels.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Merger of Equals Deal of the Year (Credit Union) – Spire Credit Union and Hiway Credit Union put 2+2 together to make a $4 billion institution in the Minnesota market. The Smarter Bank – Customer Experience Award – goes to Synovus Bank. Merger of Equals Deal of the Year (Bank) – Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp.

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