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Retailers across Europe, the Middle East and Africa will be able to post ads for free on Google’s Shopping tab starting in mid-October. 30), the tech and search engine giant said it is expanding its free ad initiative to other regions around the world after a successful debut in the UnitedStates earlier this year.
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But, as Shoihet said, these firms account for roughly 50 percent of trade volume in the LATAM region. The other 50 percent, he said, comes from the SMBs that are being overlooked by the traditional financial services community, he told PYMNTS — and who create a majority of jobs in the region. trillion globally, according to Shoihet.
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The conversation came against a backdrop where the number of fundraising deals in the Southeast Asian region were higher in 2020, as measured through the second quarter — more than 60 percent higher over the second quarter of last year, in fact, to 184 deals as measured by DealStreetAsia.
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The report also sounds a note of optimism for regions that have succeeded in beating back COVID-19, stating: “Zomato’s dining out transactions in markets like New Zealand, UAE and Portugal are already back to pre-COVID levels. In May, Zomato cited COVID-19 in laying off 13 percent of its workforce, or about 500 employees.
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It has waited long enough to see shipment times improve on non-essential items across most regions, but not so long that it’ll compete with its own early Black Friday 2020 deals. In past years it came strictly from Walmart, Target and other big-box retailers like Home Depot and Costco.
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In the UnitedStates, demand for delivery services for groceries are so high that some customers are waiting seven days for orders that contain missing items, and servers for online services are crashing under heightened demand, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The stores are empty,” one manager said.
Pet goods retail chain PetSmart announced Thursday it had opened 28 new brick-and-mortar storefronts in North America during the quarter that ended Nov. 1, 2017, with new locations spanning the UnitedStates and Canada. In addition to our store growth, we continue to take steps to further enhance the customer experience.
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trillion, and, as CFO Martina Hund-Mejean stated on the conference call with analysts, most regions saw double-digit growth. In the UnitedStates, gross dollar volume was up 10 percent, gaining a percent from last quarter. borders, the environment is sanguine, with some retail spending growth in the U.K.
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