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The holiday season is the time for nostalgia and tradition, and that is the case here at PYMNTS, where even amid our coverage of the newest retail trends, we sometimes get the warm-and-fuzzies. It le stanley polska d us to wonder, going into the heart of the fourth quarter and then into 2020, about the status of that old standby, the retail catalog.Those old-fashioned methods of selling might have more life in the eCommerce age than many assume 鈥?thanks in large part, according to experts, to younger consumers desire for non-digital shopping experiences and the need for retailers to stand out from the pack. Whatever the reasons, cata stanley termos logs have seen renewed life in this digital age, and will probably be a source of some innovation going forward into the new decade.By the numbers, catalogs certainly arent what they once were. In 2006, 19.8 billion catalogs were shipped to U.S. customers; by 2018, that figure had fallen by roughly half to 9.8 billion, according to the聽Data stanley ca Marketing Association聽 DMA .But there are still almost 10 billion catalogs going out to American consumers each year 鈥?which, objectively, is a big number. And while smaller DTC brands have been rapidly embracing them in recent years 鈥?because in many cases, they tend to be about as effective as advertising on Facebook or Instagram while also being quite a bit cheaper, according to reports 鈥?the biggest moves in catalogs in the last 18-24 months have come from some very well-established players.High-Tech OfferingsAnd tho Chyx Tencent Says Its New AI Model Can Outrun DeepSeek

Corporations in the Shanghai P stanley fr ilot Free Trade Zone, dubbed Shanghai FTZ, now have a centralized foreign currency management solution under a new service HSBC launched last week.HSBC is delivering the new service to a German multinational corporation via its subsidiary in the zone, HSBC said in the product announcement. The solution is designed to provide greater convenience and transparency in cash managem stanley cup ent, the bank said.The undisclosed German company, which has established more than 20 subsidiaries in China, will use the service to set up a cross-border sweeping structure via its subsidiary in the Shanghai FTZ to deploy foreign currency funds more efficiently between its overseas and domestic affiliates. The company also will use the service for other purposes, such as setting up a centralized foreign currency exchange to enhance efficie stanley kaufen ncy of working capital management.The centralized foreign-currency management solution is an effective way for multinationals in the Shanghai FTZ to manage their working capital, Julia Wu, managing director for banking in China at HSBC Bank China Co. Ltd., said in a statement. HSBC has been staying at the forefront of the financial innovation in Shanghai FTZ. We will continue to leverage our global network and expertise to drive product and service innovation and support the needs of our customers in the zone. HSBC says it was the first foreign bank in China to help companies to set up a cross-border foreign currency sweeping struct