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How Retail Loyalty Programs Generate Customer Data
Every loyalty card scan feeds a detailed portrait of a shopper. Here is how retail loyalty programs collect customer data and how retailers use it.
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How Magazines Pick Cover Stories: Prestige, Data and the Newsstand
The front page is the industry's scarcest slot. Three constituencies compete for it, and each has its own definition of a win.
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How Credit Scores Work — Credit Scores Explained: What Actually Moves Your Number
Payment history and utilization carry the most weight. The rest is smaller than the folklore suggests.
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Visa Wins China Approval After Years of Waiting
Beijing let Visa start building a domestic card-clearing business, but a license is still a year away.
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Trump Rolls Back Biden Fuel Economy Rules, Citing Car Prices
The rollback would cut the 2031 fleetwide target by more than 30 percent. Who benefits, and in which quarter, is the open question.
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Retail Stores Near Me: Chains or Local Shops, a Decision Guide
Price, service and returns work differently at big-box chains and independents. Here is the mechanism behind each, and when each wins.
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Economy Candy: The Quiet Rise of Discount Grocers and Penny-Candy Shops
Small candy counters survive on margins big chains cannot match — and on habits big chains cannot copy.
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How to Read Economy News Without Getting Misled
Headlines compress. Data does not. A short guide to checking what an economic report actually said before sharing it.