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MARCH 30, 2016

The news out of California on Monday (March 28) that Governor Jerry Brown, state lawmakers and labor leaders have reached an agreement to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour has the country buzzing. an hour on Jan. 1, 2017, then to $11 an hour one year later and will see annual increases of $1 until reaching $15 an hour on Jan.

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In a press release , the Cupertino, California iPhone maker said that with the addition of the national retailers, 74 of the leading 100 merchants in the U.S. and 65 percent of retail locations around the U.S. Other major retailers that now support Apple Pay include Costco and CVS Pharmacy. support Apple Pay.

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JULY 15, 2019

In a move that is said to help the company grow across the nation, California cannabis firm Caliva has teamed up with Jay-Z. In separate news, legal pot is starting to pull its weight in retail: Colorado has recently hit a milestone, with total cannabis-related revenue rising above $1 billion. (It

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Walmart and six other retailers saw a federal judge toss out a lawsuit that accused the group of forcing shoplifters to take expensive classes or otherwise be reported to the local police. According to a report in Reuters , the decision came down late last week in San Jose, California, with U.S.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

The digital-first economy has spawned many new business models, and one that has taken flight during this end-of-the-year period is on-demand retail partnerships. In the first one, a service company partners with a retailer to be an exclusive on-demand service provider. They come in two flavors. Think TaskRabbbit and IKEA.)

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NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Retail innovation comes from various places – and for the new decade, that includes quick-service restaurants (QSRs), the site of massive technological change. According to a new study from the National Restaurant Association and Technomic, 22 percent of consumers used kiosk ordering last year.

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APRIL 10, 2020

Beyond Tempe, Starship brought on a grocery delivery service in the nation’s capital last month and grew to Irvine, California. As previously reported , Starship Technologies planned to expand and deliver everything from pizza to Starbucks to university students throughout the nation.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Connected and self-driving cars and truck stand as some of the next big frontiers when it comes to retail and retail innovation, but challenges to that future — real and potential problems that could slow down progress when it comes to autonomous vehicles — are increasing appearing on the horizon.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Retail sales have seen very modest year-over-year gains since June, but many brick-and-mortar operations continue to suffer amid the pandemic. PJ SOLOMON , the New York global investment financial services company, and the National Retail Federation (NRF), the world’s largest retail trade association, announced on Thursday (Sept.

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MARCH 29, 2018

With several Toys R Us stores on the auction block, several national retailers have shown an interest in the embattled toy retailer’s brick-and-mortar locations. Other retailers interested in the locations include Ashley Furniture and Food Bazaar. Just under 60 “qualified bids” are under consideration, CNBC reported.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day (Aug. 4), National Chocolate Day (Oct. 28), National Avocado Day (July 31), National Ice Cream Day (July 21) and so on. If you’re wondering why they didn’t declare National Cheese Day, it was the middle of summer, and ice cream was a better fit for the season than cheese.).

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MAY 27, 2020

Hunter Hall , executive director of the Main Street Business Improvement Association (MSBIA), told Karen Webster recently that Main Street has to adapt if it hopes to continue as an active commercial base of restaurants and retailers. “Up The MSBIA is an advocacy group that represents Main Street businesses in Santa Monica, California.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

We’ve listened to our community and their requests for different payment options – more and more retailers are offering this as an option. Beautycounter has retail stores in New York City and Denver, eCommerce capabilities and approximately 45,000 sales consultants across North America.

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JULY 16, 2018

New rules may loom for technology providers pertaining to privacy — on a national level. The push comes in the wake of California passing legislation that allows consumers to demand that companies disclose how and why they are collecting data. The business has been lucrative to these lenders, as they took in $6.6

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MAY 12, 2020

A survey by the National Community Pharmacists Association last fall found the number of independent pharmacies fell by nearly 20 percent to 18,478 stores last year, down from 23,029 in 2012. For those retailers that remained open, owners told researchers their store’s financial health was poor.

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JULY 22, 2019

But we want to take a few minutes to talk about pop-up shops, and how those temporary but often lucrative retail efforts are shaping commerce — and being shaped by payments — and what could be coming next. Even so, the company has certainly not given up on physical retail. Riding Retail Trends. Pop-Up Costs.

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APRIL 7, 2016

Retail work has always been seen as somewhat of a transient employment prospect — from the teenagers working summer breaks to the single parents who pick up extra shifts to cover the bills — but what if investing in retail workers can not only keep them in the system longer, but produce a skilled crop of customer service experts in the process?

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

As governors across the country scramble to reimpose restrictions on dining as coronavirus cases soar, the National Restaurant Association is pushing back. 17) to the National Governors Association decrying the latest round of state restrictions. The influential restaurant trade and lobbying group fired off a letter on Tuesday (Nov.

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APRIL 16, 2020

The offering is now available from almost 2,000 stores in California, New York and Illinois, among other states, with plans to grow throughout the country in the months to come, according to an announcement. As it stands, Instacart partners with over 350 local, regional, and national retailers to provide delivery from over 25,000 stores.

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MAY 12, 2020

The luxury car brand said the national “white glove” offering provides customers with a concierge to function as a host and help them through the process of shopping for as well as purchasing a new automobile, according to an announcement.

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JULY 2, 2020

As instances of the coronavirus quickly increase in a number of regions across the nation, Apple plans to shutter 30 more stores in the United States on Thursday (July 2) at the latest. The tech company, which has 271 retail shops in the United States, has recently closed 47 stores again, CNBC reported.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are taking small-format, inventory-free locations to big cities: Nordstrom , for instance, is bringing its Nordstrom Local concept to the Big Apple. Beyond New York City, Nordstrom Local has three locations out west in California — Melrose, Brentwood and Downtown Los Angeles. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

In addition, the retailer expanded curbside pickup to two new markets , California and Colorado. The retailer is already seeing a 10 percent rise in orders with the new service. And retailers are hopeful that this holiday season will be a success. The NRF revealed that the average shopper spent $313.29

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JULY 15, 2020

Best Buy is not the first retailer to mandate face coverings. In addition, major companies including pharmacies and big-box retailers have required masks in places where state or local government rules mandate them. On Monday (July 13), California Gov. Meanwhile, New York Gov.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Postmates provides on-demand delivery choices from over 500,000 restaurants, convenience stores and grocery stores, in addition to traditional retailers. Beyond restaurants, retailers in other segments are also teaming with on-demand delivery platforms. To keep tabs on the latest retail trends, check out next week’s Retail Pulse.

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MARCH 9, 2017

In Santa Clara, a Bank of the West loan officer introduced a local hair salon owner to Opportunity Fund, a California CDFI, resulting in a $25,000 loan. Opportunity Finance Network, the national network of CDFIs, and the CDFI Fund at the U.S.

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APRIL 6, 2020

For retailers, it was supposed to be the year of 5G. Recent research from Gartner finds that 46 percent of retailers expected to deploy augmented reality (AR) or virtual reality (VR) solutions this year. That doesn’t mean, however, that the star turn expected from connectivity’s guiding light this year will happen.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

And New York is just the starting point — Payless is all-in on pop-ups this season, with locations planned for Whittier, California; Alpharetta, Georgia; Paramus, New Jersey; Limerick, Pennsylvania; Clarksburg, Maryland; Hagerstown, Maryland; Hickory, North Carolina; and El Paso, Texas. The trend holds for permanent retail locations, with 41.3

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As for specific numbers, the low-end figure is about $10 and the high-end amount is the $15 an hour that California, New York City and Seattle — three of the more expensive cities in the U.S. Some believe the rest of the nation should be following that example. Which leaves retailers with one of two choices.

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APRIL 2, 2018

Instead, the retailer is directing customers to liquidation sales at its brick-and-mortar stores for both its namesake and Babies R Us brands, industry news source Chain St ore Age reported. Thanks for visiting,” reads a pop-up on the retailer’s website. Thank you for your business and support over the years.”.

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MARCH 17, 2020

The Australian firm agreed to pay around $1 million in connection with allegations that it broke the law by operating without a license in the nation's largest state.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Even the ways retailers package their items can make a difference in their taxes. This month’s Next-Gen Sales Tax Tracker examines these compliance complexities and their impact, as well as ongoing efforts to streamline how retailers can fulfill their obligations. Easing tax compliance helps governments and retailers alike.

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MARCH 26, 2020

Amazon, eBay and other retailers have fallen under pressure for providing the means for sellers to price gouge on needed supplies like hand sanitizer and masks. Vogmask, which is based in California, makes all of its items in South Korea, which put into place an export ban in March on medical masks.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The furniture eCommerce retailer reportedly relies on China for half of its merchandise. The app lets users view the date an infected person was confirmed to have the coronavirus in addition to the age, gender and nationality of the patient along with where he or she visited. Here are the latest updates on its impacts around the world.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A recent report released by the United Nations found that 132 out of 194 countries have now introduced data protection regulations of some kind, all varying in terms of what type of information they protect and the severity of their restrictions. One recent study found that 4.5 million U.K.

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MARCH 2, 2020

When hackers hit Pennsylvania-based fuel and convenience retailer Wawa, they made off with the credentials of potentially thousands of credit union members. That program is detailed in the February Tracker, as are efforts including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). It’s been a jarring wakeup call, but now, CUs are wide awake.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2017

The original STEM toy, and part of the first class of toys inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame (yes, that exists), has actually been around for over 100 years. It is also believed to have been the first toy ever advertised in a national campaign with a nationally recognized slogan. The Lego set retails for about $350.

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