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The year 2018 was a tale of two stories: a year of record-breaking holiday sales and a year of retailers filing for bankruptcy. According to the Mastercard Spending Pulse report, brick and mortar stores saw a 5 percent increase in sales compared to last year. There was a 19 percent increase for online sales. However, it was also year big retailers like Sears filed for bankruptcy, and Toys-R-Us closed its stores. “Weak retailers are closing,” says marketing professor Darrin Duber-Smith. “It just takes them forever to close.” What does this mean for retailers as we head into 2019? “If the retailers that are in trouble--the ones that are kind of running out of cash, the ones that really look like they're going out of business--if they don't have a good holiday season, they're pretty much dead in the water in the first couple of quarters,” Duber-Smith explains. Despite an increase in holiday sales overall, department stores struggled. Sales were reportedly down 1.3 percent this holiday season. J.C. Penny’s stock fell below a share for the first time last week. Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue have been shutting down some of their flagship stores, and Nieman Marcus has big debt coming due in 2020 and 2021. Duber-Smith says debt is a make or break. “These brands that are saddled with so much debt aren't able to invest in their companies,” he explains. “They're not able to invest in marketing. They're not able to invest in e-commerce.” E-commerce is key. Online sales growth for department stores grew 10.2 percent, but Amazon is still king when it comes to online retailers. That's why some stores have decided to work with the retail giant. “Best Buy was left for dead,” Duber-Smith explains. “Now, they have a partnership with Amazon where you can try the products in-store and buy it on Amazon. But now, Best Buy get a piece of that action.”Survival for some retailers means finding creative ways to thrive in an ever-changing retail landscape. 1990

The U.S. and Canada have agreed to close the border separating the countries amid the COVID-19 outbreak, confirmed President Donald Trump in a tweet Wednesday morning. The president stated non-essential travel would be impacted. During a press conference Wednesday, Trudeau confirmed that essential travel between the two countries could continue, including cargo deliveries.Trudeau said he will remain in close contact with the Trump administration to ensure essential travel could continue. He did not provide specifics when asked how long non-essential would be banned.Canadian PM Justin Trudeau is speaking about the closure of the border. Watch live below. 673

The US announced Friday it would send additional troops to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in response to the attack on Saudi oil facilities, which the US has blamed on Tehran.Describing the attack as a "dramatic escalation of Iranian aggression," Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters at the Pentagon that the troops would be "defensive in nature and primarily focused on air and missile defense" following the attacks on Saudi oil facilities attacks which Esper said "all indications are that Iran was responsible for.""Right now we're focused on helping the Saudis improve their defense infrastructure," Esper said. The administration's goal is to send a "clear message" that the United States supports its partners in the region, will defend the free flow of commerce through the Persian Gulf and demonstrate its commitment to the rules-based international order."As the President has made clear, the United States does not seek conflict with Iran," Esper said, "that said, we have many other military options available should they be necessary."New sanctionsThe Pentagon announcement came hours after 1134

Transgender people in North Carolina may use certain public bathrooms as they relate to their gender identity, according to a settlement approved by a federal judge.The settlement, approved by US District Judge Thomas D. Schroeder, applies to buildings controlled by officials from the executive branch. According to 329

TONAWANDA, N.Y. — Less than a week after baby Carter Dominguez was brought into the world, baby and mom are enjoying time at their Tonawanda, New York, home. It’s the journey here, and it's what Elizabeth ate before she gave birth that’s made this new mom experience anything but easy. “I just want everyone to know that this can happen,” she said. “I don’t want it to happen to anyone else.” When Elizabeth Dominguez went into labor, she was asked for a urine sample. “I did a urine test and it came back that I tested positive for opiates,” she said. “I called my husband freaking out saying, ‘how is this possible?’ I don’t do drugs." Her husband, Mark Dominguez, asked what she had to eat that day. “And I told him a bagel and a sub," she said. "That’s all I had. He told me it must be from the bagel.” The new mom had eaten a bagel covered in poppy seeds. Poppy seeds are derived from the opium plant. “In some cases eating a large amount of poppy seeds, such as the kind found in a bagel, has been shown to produce low levels of morphine and codeine in the urine,” said Michelle Rainka, a clinical pharmacist at DENT Neurologic Institute. “Potentially those seeds have not been washed and can contain that.” Rainka says anyone about to take a drug test should know this. “Anywhere from one to three bagels with poppy seeds can produce positive tests on a urine toxicology,” Rainka said. Elizabeth Dominguez gave birth later that day, and her baby’s tests for opiates came back negative. Still, the hospital monitored Carter for withdrawal and because she failed the drug test, hospital staff followed protocol and called Child Protective Services. She was discharged but Carter had to stay, separating mom and baby less than 24 hours after birth. “I felt absolutely horrible,” she said. “I felt like a terrible mother leaving him. I just want everyone to know that this could happen. It’s such a terrible thing and I don’t want it to happen to anyone.” Reports show she did have a false positive because of the poppy seed bagel. 2048