Back-to-school shopping is wrapping up, at a time when consumer confidence is at a six-month low . “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal checked in with Alana Ferko, manager of the Butte Plaza Mall in Montana, about how shopping has been recently.
Kai Ryssdal: Healthy and sassy, that’s the way people describe me. How are you? You’re always usually good, except that I remember last time you kind of maybe weren’t so good, right? You were a little glum.
The madness of the online marketplace
Yesterday, Progressive Conservative leader Tim Houston was officially sworn in as the 27th premier of Nova Scotia, two weeks after his party won a majority in last month’s provincial election. New cabinet ministers and other assignments were also announced Tuesday afternoon.
Lohr was on hand with Tim Houston at the press conference that immediately followed Tuesday’s swearing-in ceremony. Tim Bousquet took the opportunity to question the two about the housing crisis.
Olsam raises $165M to buy up and scale consumer and B2B Amazon Marketplace sellers –
On the heels of Heroes announcing a $200 million raise earlier today, to double down on buying and scaling third-party Amazon Marketplace sellers, another startup out of London aiming to do the same is announcing some significant funding of its own.
Apeiron Investment Group — an investment firm started by German entrepreneur Christian Angermayer ( known first for biopharmaceuticals, then investing and crypto, including playing a role in SoftBank investing in Wirecard) — led the Series A equity round, with Elevat3 Capital
Urban Outfitters trades rental for resale with new Nuuly Thrift marketplace
The resale revolution is upon us—shall we count the retailers? How about just one: Last week, Urban Outfitters' parent company announced its very own resale marketplace, Nuuly Thrift. URBN Chief Technology Officer and Nuuly President David Hayne told Retail Brew more about the move.
Calls for unionization are brewing at Starbucks - Marketplace
A group of Starbucks workers from three stores in Buffalo, New York, is trying to form the coffee chain's first union, called Starbucks Workers United .
“We are just underpaid, overworked. We're asked to work more hours. If somebody ever calls out we are picking up for other people,” he said.
The Taliban lacks the skill to run an economy, expert says - Marketplace
In mid-August, the Biden administration made the decision to remove troops from Afghanistan, setting a deadline of Aug. 31 to fully withdraw combat forces from the country. Soon thereafter, the Taliban captured the capital city of Kabul , less than three weeks before the U.S.
The recent Taliban takeover has left the fragile economy at risk of collapsing. Since the U.S. announced its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the country has seen increasing inflation. With limited access to banks in the mostly cash-based economy, people are running out of money to buy food.
Finxact Marketplace Welcomes Feedzai
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. , Sept.
NAMB President and SRE.com Announce Partnership to Launch SRE Marketplace | Business Wire
"This new online destination will be the industry's first true borrower-facing portal, where consumers can choose the professionals they want to serve them based on the actual experience of their peers," White said.
White pointed out that NAMB is always seeking partners that carry a similar philosophy in their business. "At NAMB, we support all lenders and your choice for whomever best supports you, your business and your borrowers. We're NAMB for all. In SRE, we have found that true ally," he said.
Investing like the super rich doesn't mean top returns - Marketplace
The “democratization of personal finance” is when financial services and investing opportunities reserved for the wealthy gradually become accessible and affordable to the rest of society.
David Brancaccio: So, if these more exotic ways of investing became open to more people, you didn’t have to just be super rich, I guess more people will get access to those kinds of fancy returns, you’d think?
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Remittances sent to Mexico hit a record $4.54 billion in July https://t.co/VNFqRZsBku business (from New York and the World) Wed Sep 01 17:34:03 +0000 2021
Been waiting for this one. The Justice Department and the other states need to soon follow the strong antitrust law… https://t.co/tDiekDYEJQ jason_kint (from DC+NYC+Amtrak in ordinary time) Wed Sep 01 22:59:21 +0000 2021
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