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...Burlington Stores was up more than 6 per cent....
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...Store cards, with their high interest charges and late fees, turn out to be far more lucrative than running a brick-and-mortar store....
...On Monday, the EU fined Apple €1.8bn for policies on its App Store which it said raised prices for consumers....
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...The 50 cents fee will apply immediately to downloads of alternative app stores....
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...It later granted Epic Games access to its App Store, after Brussels said it was probing Apple over its move to ban the game developer’s account....
...payment methods in the App Store....
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...The dollar store model has seen great growth over time and generates a lot of free cash flow....
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