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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Ikea and Hennes & Mauritz ( H&M ) are putting money into technology startups as a way to help them sidestep retail disruption, the Financial Times (FT) reported Wednesday (Nov. Lately, the firm has also been putting money into venture capital investments. Ikea bought TaskRabbit in September 2017.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

This is true for any industry, but perhaps even more so in the food retail space, where regulations can be as much about public health and safety as they are about money laundering and fraud. food retail market with the adoption of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), introduced by legislators in 2009 and signed into law in 2011.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2019

In a season where tradition is key, retailers are setting new ones with the help of emerging products and services on this Black Friday. You may have missed our coverage of a few of the retail innovators that are summed up below, arranged in no particular order, or perhaps you’ll want to revisit them anew.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Adam Carson, managing director, global technology strategy & partnerships at JPMorgan Chase & Co., will participate in a fireside chat at Bank Innovation 2017. Bank Innovation 2017, March 6-7 in San Jose, Calif., will feature dozens of speakers on investing in innovation, chatbots, blockchain and more.

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AUGUST 14, 2019

As PayPal reaches saturation points in Western markets, it wants to continue to expand internationally, especially in India, where the country’s 450 million mobile users make it an attractive target for retailers. India is critically important,” said Sri Shivananda, chief technology officer at PayPal. “We

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AUGUST 15, 2017

It’s no secret that Amazon is giving most retailers a run for their money. Over the past few years, the eCommerce giant has grown by leaps and bounds, innovating along the way and pushing the rest of the retail industry to new heights. As a result, Seeking Alpha is attributing the recent increase in retail sales to Amazon.

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JULY 23, 2019

s Faster Payments Service through a collaboration with Bottomline Technologies. Truckers play an important role in shuttling deliveries across country to retailers and merchants, handling 71 percent of the freight tonnage moved in America in 2017. Around the Faster Payments World.

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JULY 4, 2017

Retailers in Europe and the U.K. are reportedly using spy technology in an effort to boost sales and customer service. The technology is being used to read customers’ facial expressions, heart rate and pupil dilation while they browse the aisles of physical stores. Europe and the U.K.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

According to the report, Sony believes its technology from many years in the entertainment and consumer electronics industry will provide it with an edge in taking on broader social challenges. . Yoshida said last month, according to reports, “Our technology is what connects and gives power to Sony’s diverse businesses.”

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APRIL 12, 2018

In 2017, for example, FactSet found that five U.S. The eCommerce retailer invested $22.6 billion in R&D in 2017, which was 41 percent more than it did in 2016. Here’s how these companies are investing in R&D — and ushering in the next generation of retail technology. billion in R&D in 2017.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Fiserv CEO Jeff Yabuki has joined the speaker faculty of Bank Innovation 2017, taking place March 6-7 in San Jose. Yabuki joined Fiserv in 2005. Under his leadership, the company has grown revenue to exceed $5 billion annually, and serves more than 13,000 institutional clients. Fiserv also supports this site’s Read More.

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

Traditional retail is getting an upgrade. Despite the rise of e-commerce and mobile, the physical channel still plays an important role in consumer experience — and retailers are increasingly leveraging technologies to stay afloat. Cashier-less technology is one of the latest trends to dominate conversation.

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MAY 22, 2017

That’s Neo Technology’s specialty. The company created Neo4j — an open-source graph database technology that has become the world’s leading graph database — in 2007, and the technology now serves over 200 clients including eBay, Walmart, IBM, and NASA. So how did this idea go from two-ply to worldwide?

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is among the backers of a new $111 million European early-stage venture capital fund, according to CNBC. 30) by London-based venture capital firm Firstminute Capital , CNBC reported. The new fund's main investor is RIT Capital Partners.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 8, 2018

Bitcoin mania has died down in the fintech world, and the conversation has shifted to technologies like voice banking, payments, and alternative credit scoring. What is the state of banking innovation today? Each year, we poll the industry to find out. This year, the pressure for banks to innovate is high, as banks no longer […].

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JANUARY 2, 2017

Every Monday, this column space is dedicated to the musings of Karen Webster and her take on all things payments, commerce and retail. Today, we thought we’d set the table for 2017 by reprising seven of the, ahem, more controversial topics of conversation. It’s as if the retail world is really coming down to Walmart versus Amazon.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

Despite wide-ranging economic uncertainties and a challenging investment environment, venture capital (VC) firms and special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are actively raising or seeking fresh funds for investment in the payments space. It also plans to invest in companies where technology is a clear differentiator.

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AUGUST 11, 2016

Back-to-school shopping has started earlier than usual this year, and retailers have Amazon to thank. According to a report, shoppers took advantage of Amazon’s Prime Day to stock up on back-to-school supplies, which is leaving retailers playing catch-up if they want to cash in on what is a lucrative time of year for them.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Plus, a London judge has reinstated Uber Technologies Inc.’s Stripe headed up the round, while current investors Global Founders Capital and Y Combinator participated with new investor Bedrock Capital. ALDI is taking another large step into the world of online shopping as COVID-19 reshapes the retail landscape globally.

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

One of the new realities of augmented reality is this: the technology is attracting more investment from China than from sources in North America. According Digi-Capital , which tracks AR investments, China-based funding for augmented reality and computer vision technologies hit $3.9

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DECEMBER 19, 2017

Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. Monty Python “I’m Not Dead … Yet” Award – Goes to physical retail. FinTech threats and distractions.

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JUNE 14, 2018

Sizzle of the Week: Retail’s 2018 Rebound. Retail has had a rough couple of years, as most players that aren’t Amazon have struggled to cross the digital, omnichannel chasm. On the whole, with some notable exceptions, retail has landed on our Fizzle list more often than the Sizzle list in recent memory. Retail sales are up 5.9

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 10, 2017

Avin Arumugam, senior vice president of the Internet of Things at Visa, has joined the speaker faculty for Bank Innovation 2017, which takes place March 6-7 in San Jose. Arumugam was at JPMorgan Chase for four years prior to his starting at Visa in May 2016. Recent video footage also Read More.

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MAY 11, 2017

One of the industries that is likely the most difficult to vet for employees is retail. As such, retailers’ staffing needs are likely to fluctuate as the industry navigates itself for the foreseeable future. AllWork ‘s sole purpose is to help locate, vet, manage and pay workers on the retail floor.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

Insurance purchasing and management platform Huckleberry has raised $18 million in a Series A funding round led by Tribe Capital, with participation from Amaranthine, Crosslink Capital and Uncork Capital, Huckleberry announced in a press release on Wednesday (Dec. Every business needs insurance.

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

Instacart just raised a $600M Series F round of funding from D1 Capital Partners, valuing the startup at $7.6B. The new round underscores Instacart’s growing popularity among grocery retailers. Get the 54-page retail report. What’s driving retailers to partner with Instacart?

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JANUARY 11, 2019

That company, which provides technology for facial recognition to clients in sectors like retail and government, is reportedly in talks to raise roughly $2 billion. The news comes as Megvii was reportedly raising at least $600 million from investors such as Boyu Capital and Alibaba last year. billion people in China.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

But in 2017, the company took in capital at a valuation of $1.25 Uber Technologies Inc. and Slack Technology Inc. The news comes after it was reported in 2017 that Peloton might have been looking to raise $120 million for a valuation of $1.2 billion, per unnamed sources.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Hainan Golden Technology Co. Shenzhen Capital Group Co., and China Finance Fund — as well as existing investors Hillhouse Capital, Wanda Group, Prometheus Capital and IDG Capital — all participated in the funding round. CDH Investments, China Investment Corp.

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AUGUST 2, 2017

Between automated checkout lines, online grocery ordering and meal kit services, it seems like the inexorable tide of progress is determined to wipe out millions of jobs across the retail and grocery sectors. And those are just the new technologies getting the most press. by the end of 2017. Speaking of Campbell Co. ,

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JANUARY 23, 2019

“We are currently selling over 600 cars per month — and with our strong tech backbone, we are making aggressive strides towards becoming the numero uno used car retailer platform in India,” Kalwani, chief executive of Truebil, said, according to VC Circle. With this latest round, Truebil has currently raised a total of $22.5

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MARCH 2, 2018

individuals than previously reported, corporate disbursements are still made through paper checks, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have expressed optimism about accessing loans from the financial services sector and FinTech sees a rise in venture capital (VC)’s expected compound annual growth rate (CAGR). million | Number of U.S.

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JULY 9, 2019

Special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. The spaceflight company sees the arrangement as providing it with sufficient capital for funding until the time its spaceships have the ability to operate commercial and churn a profit.

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APRIL 24, 2018

Research BRIEFING: Surviving the Retail Apocalypse. How are brick-and-mortar retailers surviving and adapting in the world of digital commerce? The retail apocalypse has claimed many victims , with almost 7,000 stores closing in the US in 2017. And that’s just since February. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 15, 2017

For example, it shows that the UK retail banking market place has become a dull playground thanks to mergers and acquisitions over the past half century: As a result, the six large banking groups held an 89% market share of the current account market. Anyways, there is some key metric data in the report.

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JUNE 17, 2020

From healthcare to education to entertainment to manufacturing, technology innovators are stepping forward to help answer that question. In some cases, the technological changes inspired by Covid-19 will come in the form of an acceleration of existing trends — for example, industrial automation and contactless payments. Teletherapy.

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JUNE 29, 2020

“We are excited to partner with Shift and its world-class management team as it leverages its technology platform to disrupt the $840+ billion used car market,” said Daniel Cohen, chairman of the board of directors of Insurance Acquisition Corp. Arison said the move was about adding capital to scale the company.

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