It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas … online
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4.6 • 8.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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We may be two weeks out from Thanksgiving, but online retailers are already locked in on holiday shopping season. While brick-and-mortar stores might not have flashy displays up yet, online shops decked the virtual halls over a month ago. Also in this episode: Houses of worship go all-in on solar energy tech and some small banks are in desperate need of technology updates.
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