NY cannabis merchants fume they can’t open pot lounges because of foot-dragging by regulators
Hash Sheesh! Operators of licensed cannabis stores in New York know that customers cannot open pot lounges where they can consume weeds on-site. Sign for illegal weed store in Chelsea, New York. Helain Sideman The 2021 Marijuana Regulations and Taxation Act legalized marijuana, allowing licenses to “consumption sites” or spaces where customers can smoke doobies […]
NY may allow even more pot shops in neighborhoods but some merchants say change would put them out of business
What are they smoking? More licensed pot shops are packed into the New York neighborhood below New rules Gov. Kathy Hochul's cannabis regulator proposed Thursday. It will cause anger from weed merchants worried about change and they will go out of business. Cannabis Management's planning office will strengthen buffer zones that separate licensed pharmacies in […]
Race merchants think ‘whiteness’ explains their beatdown at the polls
Judging by post-election cable news analysis, Democrats appear determined to lose every presidential election for years to come. The party must be deeply remorseful that Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump despite spending more than $1 billion and garnering support from celebrities and billionaires. Democrats should ask how someone who has been called a fascist, […]
Mob of Chinese Merchants Storms Temu Offices to Protest Unreasonable Fines
Hundreds of Chinese merchants supplying global discount shopping app Temu stormed the company’s offices in Guangzhou on Monday, waving protest signs and chanting slogans accusing the company of defrauding suppliers. Tem is trying to squeeze every last penny out of its business model to fund massive expansion, and suppliers say one of its tactics is […]
Diamond merchants placing bets on wedding engagements surge
Diamond traders are crunching the numbers and predicting that wedding bells will soon be ringing again and cash registers will be rolling. After a long post-pandemic lull, during which singles didn’t even see each other during the year-long coronavirus lockdowns of 2020 and 2021, a mountain of industry data shows marriage commitments are on the […]
Chris Hansen: ‘These are merchants of death’
TruBlu host Chris Hansen tells ‘Jesse Watters Primetime’ of a secretive drug trade in front of the city’s federal building. #foxnews … source
Visa, Mastercard settle long-running antitrust suit over swipe fees with merchants – Yahoo Finance
NEW YORK (AP) – Visa and Mastercard announced settlements with U.S. merchants over swipe fees. This could potentially save consumers tens of billions of dollars. Swipe fees are paid to Visa, Mastercard, and other credit card companies in exchange for enabling transactions. Merchants ultimately pass these fees on to consumers who use credit or debit […]
Mastercard Says Click to Pay Is Primed for Growth as Merchants Focus on Conversion – PYMNTS.com
It’s been nearly five years since Click to Pay (originally known as Secure Remote Commerce) was introduced. jennifer marrinerVice President of Global Acceptance Solutions master CardKaren Webster said, “The real-world use cases are much broader than we imagined, spanning consumer and B2B transactions.” Online receptionists that use tokenized virtual cards to store payment information are […]