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...Subway is one of the world’s biggest fast-food chains, with 37,000 stores around the globe. Those stores have seen better days....
...This week, officials postponed the reopening of schools, after a three-day national holiday that ended on Wednesday, and shut part of the capital’s subway system....
...Chip-and-pin credit cards had only arrived a decade after their adoption in Europe, while New York’s subway system just moved in 2021 to express contactless payments at barriers with your phone....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on June 8, 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Subway, the sandwich chain, struggled with poor app ratings for years before its score jumped from 1.7 stars to 4 stars within two weeks in early 2018....
...That suggests sales will remain high in the second quarter in spite of store closures. Consumers are more willing to purchase earphones sight unseen than a smartphone....
...Once, people watched the movies, saw the sets and tried to emulate Hollywood style through local versions available at stores in their hometown....
...However, Mr Wei said UnionPay was regaining ground on its digital rivals with its QuickPass system, which uses Near Field Communication (NFC) chips of the type used at subway turnstiles around the world...
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on April 5 2019. ©2019 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...They are not spending at traditional department stores or general merchandise stores — at least 60 stores have closed or suspended operations — but they are shopping online....
...Corporate partners include McDonald’s, Popeyes and Subway....
...Last year, it confirmed that it saw its first-ever net reduction of sandwich shops in America in 2016, shuttering hundreds of stores after years of aggressive expansion....
...Amazon has come under fire after plastering Nazi-type imagery over a subway train in New York....
...Black Friday is looking less successful in stores than online, a new $5 Raspberry Pi sounds a bargain and the Sphero BB-8 is the hottest holiday gift item....
...Gao Jianfeng, fast-food analyst with Shanghai-based Bogo Consultants, said the Subway allegations affect only one store and are thus likely to have less impact than allegations involving large suppliers...
...The Pantry has been adding fast-food extensions, such as Subway outlets, to its stores, while closing unprofitable locations....
...New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority warned that the city’s subway service would be restricted after 8pm as the authority sheltered trains on underground express tracks....
...The beauty of maths problems Yitang Zhang worked as a book-keeper for a Subway franchise when he was unable to get an academic position....
...It has won international plaudits for its creative work, such as a virtual store it constructed for Tesco in a Seoul subway station....
...As well as paying for goods in stores such as McDonald’s, Walgreens and Subway with the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and, eventually, iPads, users will be able to make online purchases through apps using the...
...Checking out checkouts Using an Apple product in an Apple Store is cheating a bit, so I crossed the road to Walgreens, the ubiquitous pharmacy and general store....
...“I went from jamming myself in the subway in the morning in New York to going from my air-conditioned apartment to my air-conditioned car into my air-conditioned store. It was very different.”...
...The stores were close by, but lugging those tins around on the San Francisco subway would have been miserable, as would finding parking....
...The rebranding comes amid an intensive marketing blitz in New York, where Airbnb sponsored the marathon and has bought poster space on the subway....
...said the joint venture would work on developing the supply chain for the restaurants in the coming months, before rolling out the restaurants, though no details were given about where or when the first store...
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