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Should Las Vegas Casinos Bet On The Tourists Returning?

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Las Vegas casinos shut their doors in mid-March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, sending Nevada’s unemployment rate to a worst-in-the-nation 28.2 I’m starting to get nervous that shows are never going to reopen,” Nina Kane, a dancer and aerialist who has made her career on Vegas stages, told The Wall Street Journal.

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Goldman Sach’s Marcus: Partnerships Beyond Intuit

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EXCLUSIVE- With two products and a recently announced partnership with tax preparation software provider Intuit, Marcus by Goldman Sachs is keen on growing its brand through more new partnerships and products in 2018. The future of finance is not technology,” Harit Talwar, head of Marcus by Goldman Sachs, said at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas.

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Luxury Brand Barneys New York Seeks Bankruptcy Protection

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Struggling to compete with online brands, famed Big Apple luxury retailer Barneys New York has put itself up for sale and filed for bankruptcy protection, according to a report by Reuters. . Barneys wants to keep its main store in Manhattan, and also four other locations.

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Powering Innovation With Wedding, Transportation Technology

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Data: 100K: Minimum number of self-driving rides Lyft has provided to users in Las Vegas. 2K: Minimum number of Macy’s private brand and exclusive home gifts that bridal customers can register for on Zola. All this, Today in Data. 301: Number of David’s Bridal brick-and-mortar stores.

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Menswear Brands Get An Online Spotlight With Deal-Of-The-Day Platforms

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Small menswear brands, even some that are considered to be medium or large, might face a challenge when it comes to marketing: How do they get in front of consumers? The idea is that brands don’t have to worry about competition or incentives to drive people to purchase their products. The Brand Experience.

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MGM Backs Off Acquisition Of British Gaming Platform Entain

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He added that the Las Vegas-based casino operator is committed to its mission of offering a global, omnichannel gaming and entertainment firm, and that it is investigating “a range of compelling strategic opportunities.”. Entain is acquiring Swedish gambling firm Enlabs AB for around 2.80 billion Swedish kronor ($333.5

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Amazon Meets Privately With Sellers At CES

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While Alexa is a huge presence at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Amazon has been using the popular gathering for another purpose – an opportunity to meet with third-party sellers and promote a new seller support service called marketplace growth.

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