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42743
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In March 2020, Walmart closed its Wadesboro and another in Lumberton putting some 300 people out of work. Parson's Rexall Drugs and Little & Co. Hardware managed to survive Walmart's lengthy presence in their community Retail experts explain the closings as a strategy of Walmart now being less interested in dominating brick-and-mortar sites and more concentrated on e-commerce.
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42773
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The Pandemic is prompting big change for commercial real estate as workers increasingly work from home. Automation in the food industry, health care's virtual shift, labor "reskilling" and improved broadband communication effecting an oncoming "rural revolution" are current issues for consideration.
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625
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The lingering recession is battering the state's core industries as they adjust to new economic realities in hopes of an economic upswing.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 49 Issue 11, Nov 1991, p20-24, il
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30613
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Four new measures of economic activity in Wilmington, North Carolina have been developed during the past year. The local economy is forecast to grow five percent over 1991. The current national recession should end by third quarter 1991 if the Federal Reserve System takes appropriate actions.
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Carolina Coast Business Review (NoCar HF 5001 C38x), Vol. 9 Issue 1, Winter 1991, p14-17, il, bibl, f
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30583
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The Center for Business and Economic Services in the Cameron School of Business Administration conducted a study to estimate the economic impact that the University of North Carolina-Wilmington had on four counties in the state. This article presents measures of the university’s impact based on numbers of students enrolled, faculty and staff employed, and degree programs offered.
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Record #:
30494
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Economic activity for 1986 in the Wilmington, North Carolina area continues to show growth over previous levels. A new index of local leading economic indicators (RILE) can forecast the direction of future regional economic activity in the Wilmington area.
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Carolina Coast Business Review (NoCar HF 5001 C38x), Vol. 4 Issue 2, July 1986, p8-12, il, bibl, f