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NEW DATA: Examining The Pandemic’s $158 Billion Digital Shift
NEW DATA: Examining The Pandemic’s $158 Billion Digital Shift
May 18, 2020  |  Coronavirus

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended millions of consumers’ lives, be it through health complications, job loss, stay-at-home orders or a more general anxiety about what...

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Pool Noodles, Mannequins And The Wilder Side Of Social Distancing For Restaurants
Pool Noodles, Mannequins And The Wilder Side Of Social Distancing For Restaurants
May 16, 2020  |  Retail

If we’re being truly honest with ourselves, the new rules that will surround restaurants’ dining rooms in the near future don’t sound like much fun. From...

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Retail Sales Weaker Than Expected, Deepening Recovery Concerns
Retail Sales Weaker Than Expected, Deepening Recovery Concerns
May 15, 2020  |  Retail

The experts were expecting a weak retail sales report when the numbers hit the wires earlier today (May 15) – but even in an environment...

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Customer Retention Rules Reopening Strategies
Customer Retention Rules Reopening Strategies
May 15, 2020  |  Retail

Customer loyalty continues to be a recurring theme this week as retailers look to reopen and the latest monthly sales report shows another double-digit plunge....

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Good News? Dillard’s And Nike Say They Have Some
Good News? Dillard’s And Nike Say They Have Some
May 15, 2020  |  Retail

Retail and optimism. Those two terms haven’t been in the same sentence since January, but believe it or not, there were a few places they...

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McDonald’s Readies For Reopening
McDonald’s Readies For Reopening
May 14, 2020  |  Retail

McDonald’s Corp. has provided its restaurant owners with a 59-page dine-in reopening guide that requires everything from cleaning bathrooms every half-hour to disinfecting kiosks after...

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Is The Mall Of America Really Ready To Reopen?
Is The Mall Of America Really Ready To Reopen?
May 14, 2020  |  Retail

As of the first of June, the nation’s largest mall — Minnesota’s Mall of America — is set to reopen its doors to the public,...

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Pandemic Might Launch Flight To Suburbs, And That’s Bad For Urban Businesses
Pandemic Might Launch Flight To Suburbs, And That’s Bad For Urban Businesses
May 14, 2020  |  Retail

The COVID-19 pandemic is prompting many Americans to consider moving from urban areas to the suburbs or rural locales – a potentially bad sign for...

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Uber Institutes New Protocols To Safeguard Driver, Rider Health
Uber Institutes New Protocols To Safeguard Driver, Rider Health
May 13, 2020  |  Ridesharing

Uber, inviting users to take a “second first trip,” has introduced new safety guidelines to help protect people from the coronavirus as they begin taking...

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