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Beijing asks residents to put up for the holidays

BEIJING (AP) – Beijing has urged not to leave the city during the lunar New Year holiday in February, imposing new sanctions after some coronavirus infections last week. Two domestic cases were reported Friday, a convenience store worker and a Hewlett-Packard enterprise employee. Two other asymptomatic cases were found in …

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Next for retailers: a big wave of gift returns

Christine Benz, founder of the KB Advisory Group, discussed November’s retail numbers and its vision for the customer. NEW YORK – After shoppers put their final Christmas gifts under a tree, U.S. retailers are scrambling for a record-setting flood of gifts returned during a fatal boom in coronavirus cases. To …

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