NEW YORK (AP) — Danielle Schwartz didn't ask for an oil painting of her cat. But she loves the portrait of Stinky that hangs in her upstate New York home, a surprise gift from an unlikely place: an online pet store.
In the cutthroat world of online shopping, that personal touch and a bit of kitsch is how Chewy is looking to stand out among the competition, which has only gotten stiffer as more people shop online and add pandemic pets to their families. Pet ownership is expected to grow 4% in 2020, the first increase in several years, according to the Petco Foundation.
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Baton Rouge gyms hope to draw in more customers in new year
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Gyms took a huge hit during the pandemic, but some of them are using this new year to hopefully draw more customers in.
The Neighborhood Barre Baton Rouge opened up in June of 2020, so like many other businesses they were trying to navigate pandemic and keep their customers safe.
So far, they are keeping class sizes as small as possible with eight people max in a class. Everyone is required to spread out and clean off their equipment when they are finished.
Chewy sends pet paintings to customers | Business | avpress.com
NEW YORK (AP) — Danielle Schwartz didn't ask for an oil painting of her cat. But she loves the portrait of Stinky that hangs in her upstate New York home, a surprise gift from an unlikely place: an online pet store.
In the cutthroat world of online shopping, that personal touch and a bit of kitsch is how Chewy is looking to stand out among the competition, which has only gotten stiffer as more people shop online and add pandemic pets to their families. Pet ownership is expected to grow 4% in 2020, the first increase in several years, according to the Petco Foundation.
Comcast's Xfinity to add fees for customers who exceed data threshold unless they're on an
Beginning in January, Comcast's Xfinity internet customers in Maryland and elsewhere across the country will face fees for going over a certain amount of data if they're not enrolled in an unlimited plan.
Here's how the new plan will work: All customers will be alloted 1.2 terabytes of data each month. If a customer does not have an unlimited data plan, they will be charged for $10 plus tax for every 50 gigabytes beyond the new threshold, up to a monthly max of $100.
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Downtown Bellaire Businesses Attract Customers With Construction of Kegger Campground - 9 &
In order to bring more people to the downtown Bellaire marketplace, Short’s Brewing had to get creative. They’ve used over 700 kegs to create their very own Kegger Campground .
Owner of Short’s Brewing, Joe Short says, “It was one way that we could develop an open air concept that we thought was safe, inexpensive and something we could put together fairly quickly.”
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“The campfire is obviously is the key component to the Kegger campground and that’s one way that we’re generating revenue to operate the space-is the sale of campfire wood,” says Joe Short.
Thanks to a white Christmas, hot tub company gives away 18 spas to customers | News 4 Buffalo
The promotion by Tuff Spas in Depew promised that if you purchased a spa in the first 20 days of December, you would get it for free if it rained or snowed on Christmas Day.
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“Christmas Eve and Christmas Day we were watching the weather so close, and we couldn’t get any readings out of the airport, so I was skeptical the whole time,” Guido said.
Tuff Spas ran this promotion in 16 markets last year and never had to give one away for free, but this year, they had to pay up in Buffalo and New Hampshire.
Will an Overdraft Balance Impact Your Stimulus Check? - The New York Times
Since August, Morgan Banke has had just enough money in her bank account every month to pay either her rent or her car insurance. The unemployed mother of two has relied on her bank, the Dupaco Community Credit Union in Dubuque, Iowa, to cover the difference. But each time she makes that choice, the bank charges her $28 in overdraft fees. Her account is $780 in the red.
When she heard that the federal government was working on a fresh stimulus package, Ms. Banke called Dupaco to ask whether it would waive the outstanding fees. If it did so, she hoped, she could tap the stimulus funds. Bank officials said no.
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