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That feeling of watching a loved one open a handpicked gift won¡¯t exist for many this holiday season. And between the shipping delays and the call to stay at home this holiday season, the ways people can gift -- especially last minute -- are limited.AAA predicts that 34 million fewer Americans are travelling this holiday season compared to last year.¡°People are realizing or have realized over the last month that they had to change how they approach the holiday season,¡± Darrin Duber-Smith, a consumer behavior expert and professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver, said.Part of that is thanks to e-commerce. The IBM U.S. retail index shoes the pandemic has accelerated the move toward online shopping by five years.The National Retail Federation predicts that 60 percent of holiday shopping with be done online this year, up from 56 percent in 2019.¡°Our buying patterns have shifted almost entirely online over the last 9 months,¡± Duber-Smith said. ¡°So many more goods and services are now available online. So many more than even a year ago, so I think consumers have a lot more choices that they can send.¡±However, the flower bouquets and gift cards can seem impersonal.¡°I really think all bets are off during the pandemic, but there¡¯s going to be lasting effects in consumer attitude and behavior going forward,¡± he said. ¡°Getting a gift basket that may or may not have a holiday greeting on it is becoming the norm.¡±¡°It¡¯s an hour of work to send someone a gift,¡± Edward Lando, co-founder of Goody Technologies, said. ¡°If you think about it, you need someone¡¯s address. You need to pick out a gift. You need to make sure if you can add a note. You need to make sure it can get there on time, all that stuff.¡±Lando played a role in creating a solution to the problem by creating Goody, a gifting app that lets you send someone a gift in seconds. All you need is a phone number -- no address.¡°It¡¯s not a normal form of buying something online, and it's not only e-commerce. It¡¯s like a messaging experience,¡± Lando said.The app gives the gift recipient the whole experience of opening a gift virtually -- and the ability to swap out a gift for one of similar value if the recipient doesn¡¯t like it. It also speaks to the need for the gratification the gift giver gets.¡°There's a huge psychological component to gift giving,¡± Duber-Smith said.¡°When you send a gift to someone and they open it, you get a little notification that says, ¡®Melissa opened your gift,'¡± Lando explained. ¡°And then you get another one that says she accepted your gift and added a note.¡±Gifting trends are also shifting to more experiences. ¡°Those are the things that are more personal than gift cards because you understand what the consumer likes,¡± Duber-Smith said.And it¡¯s something you can give this holiday season that doesn¡¯t require shipping. ¡°2021 could be the year for experiences as sort of everyone gets out,¡± he said.As you shop for your last minute gifts this week, consider how you¡¯re shopping. ¡°I think what it did is it exposed how important e-commerce is to everyone,¡± Duber-Smith said. 3101

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The 90th Academy Awards were held Sunday.The following is a list of nominees with the winners indicted in bold. Photos: Celebrities walk the red carpet at the 2018 OscarsBest Picture 195

SYLMAR, LOS ANGELES (KGTV) -- Crews are battling a rapidly-spreading brush fire in northern Los Angeles County late Thursday night amid a statewide Red Flag Warnings.News station ABC7 is reporting that the 15-acre blaze, named Saddleridge Fire, is burning near homes and power lines.The fire erupted around 10 p.m. near the westbound 210 Freeway near Yarnell Street, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.Flames stopped traffic along the 210 when the fire jumped from the westbound side to the eastbound side. Motorists are advised to avoid the area.Firefighters are facing strong Santa Ana winds which fueled several fires up and down California on Thursday.The Los Angeles Fire Department announced evacuations in the city of Sylmar."There are currently evacuations underway being directed by firefighters in the neighborhood affected," fire officials said.DEVELOPING: This story will be updated as more information becomes available.Firefighters battling multi-acre fire in #Sylmar. Multiple structures are threatened and evacuations underway near Saddle Ridge Road. https://t.co/HEXBHBXFIg¡ª ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) October 11, 2019 1156

Swiss authorities are investigating a series of bizarre deposits.Investigators in Geneva are trying to understand why two Spanish women flushed roughly €100,000 (0,000) down toilets at a UBS bank branch and three nearby restaurants.Vincent Derouand of the Geneva Prosecutors' Office said the first incident involving cut-up €500 bills occurred in May.Security camera footage led investigators to the two Spanish women. Derouand said that a lawyer for the women confirmed the cash belonged to them."It may be illegal [cash] and they tried to get rid of it," Derouand said. "We have to check where the money is coming from."Derouand declined to identify the women."This is a strange story," he said. "It does not happen often."UBS declined to comment on the cash found at the Geneva branch, citing the ongoing investigation.The European Central Bank plans to kill off the €500 note next year because of concerns that it "could facilitate illicit activities."Europe's top law enforcement agency says the note (worth about 0) is often used by money launderers because of its unusually large denomination and portability. Plus, using cash helps criminals keep transactions and savings anonymous.In a 2015 report, Europol said cash was still the "instrument of choice" for terrorists and €500 bills were in high demand.Switzerland was long known for banking privacy laws that made it possible for banks to refuse to hand over their customers' data to authorities.But in recent years the country has agreed to start sharing financial information with outsiders, including the European Union and the U.S. 1610

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