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More recently, the online retail giant rolled out additional capabilities for third-party developers to create skills that leverage the voice-activated assistant’s location capabilities. The wide release of the API means that anyone can now build a feature that leverages location services. and globally.

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plans to close as many as 300 Pizza Hut restaurants after a deal was reached to pave the way for a sale of the company’s remaining pizza locations, CNBC reported. The arrangement also requires NPC to sell the remaining 927 Pizza Hut locations. NPC’s 1,227 Pizza Hut locations account for one-fifth of the chain’s locations.

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Also washed away in the “nice to have” category have been location-based services. Some companies have been trying to bring retailers into the new world of “necessary” location-based app technology for mobile retailing. When a retailer has to deliver on time, that location becomes essential to the customer experience.

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This was mostly due to an increased premium paid for houses over flats, with changes in location preferences only contributing marginally. The ‘race for space’ story suggests that the value that is typically attributed to certain characteristics, such as property type, size and location, may have changed during the pandemic.

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Many of these activities are made possible by location sharing, which allows users to divulge their true geographic locations with apps and services providers as they see fit. However, a sizable share of consumers are still reluctant to allow their FIs to access their location data despite these clear benefits.

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The product allows MoneyGram customers to first initiate a transaction via mobile before completing it in person at one of the company’s locations. Money transfer service MoneyGram is expanding MobilePass, its mobile money transfer product, to include all of its U.S. MoneyGram started piloting MobilePass in 2016.

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Relay Payments’ app-based system uses secure codes to make transactions, allowing drivers to avoid worries about fraud, said Spencer Barkoff, the company’s co-founder and president.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

Snap , parent of social media company Snapchat , has bought New York City-based StreetCred , which is working on a platform for location data, according to a report from Business Blockchain HQ. One such product will be the Snap Map , which will let users look at public snaps from a given area and share with friends, the report stated.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Theoretically, then, the retailers would look to add more self-service options to that location. Location, Location. If the mantra in retail is “location, location, location,” that same mantra applies to self-service checkouts, too. But simply bringing the self-service option to the store is not enough.

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APRIL 6, 2020

New York-based location intelligence company Foursquare and data location provider Factual are now one company. Back then, it simply allowed users to let their friends see where they were headed, but has since grown to be a marketing platform that relies on location data. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

Target has announced that it is going to open a new location in Times Square in New York City by 2022, according to a report by CNBC. It will be located on 42nd street between 7th and 8th avenues, and will be around 33,000 square feet. The retailer has locations in the Upper East, Upper West and Lower East Sides.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

If you think real estate is thrice obsessed with location (and it is), make room for geodata’s expanding role in payments, banking and a slew of related activities. Stakes are clearly high in the location accuracy game. Geocoding relies on exact geophysical coordinates for a given address or location.

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Apple , which runs 510 retail locations throughout the globe, intends to open roughly 100 U.S. A representative of Apple said in a statement per the outlet, “This week we’ll return to serving customers in many US locations.” Apple’s locations, for their part, many times anchor key shopping centers or areas.). stores this week.

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In-store branches are satellite bank branches located inside large retail spaces, such as supermarkets or chains like Walmart and Safeway. The growth of mobile and digital banking is driving in-store branch numbers down. since June 30, 2019, and 6.5% since June 30, 2018, S&P Global Market Intelligence reported.?

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based The Restaurant Group , which serves up casual dining, reportedly plans to close 125 locations. What The Restaurant Group wants to do is lower its rent in 85 locations to keep them operating. All told, the group could be left with 160 locations. The latter will take the lion’s share of the hit.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Wireless networks that sold their customers’ real-time location data violated U.S. Pai’s letter continued, “I am committed to ensuring that all entities subject to our jurisdiction comply with the Communications Act and the FCC’s rules, including those that protect consumers’ sensitive information, such as real-time location data.”.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Under the reorganization, the company said it plans to close 185 locations, which leaves the franchise with 236 operating restaurants. Struggling casual dining chain Ruby Tuesday is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the restaurant announced on Wednesday (Oct. Digitally enabled ordering has also helped to make a difference.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Two senators, Josh Hawley of Missouri and Chris Coons of Delaware, have written a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg regarding Facebook’s ability to track the location of users even when they turn off location services, according to a report by CNBC. The two senators have asked for a response by Dec.

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JULY 21, 2020

The omnichannel menswear specialty retailer also said it identified as many as 500 retail locations for possible closure, according to a Tuesday (July 21) announcement. . and Canadian retail locations. It had stopped rent payments for May and April with many of its locations. . The company has roughly 1,400 U.S.

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JANUARY 21, 2020

Each location will provide licensed products, memorabilia, and other cannabis products. The company is looking to announce more locations in the weeks to come. Hightimes Holding Corp. announced it would be bringing a flagship retail store to Los Angeles and Las Vegas. They will operate under the logo and name of High Times.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

While the original plan was for Lord & Taylor to keep a smaller presence in the Fifth Avenue building, it was announced in June that the retailer would leave the location entirely. As it shuts down a brick-and-mortar location, the retailer is focusing on its online presence.

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JUNE 19, 2019

In real estate, the mantra goes: It’s location, location, location. In commerce and loyalty programs, though, location matters, too. Here’s another data point on offer from the executive: “By far, the highest number of the fraction of controls [used] is location-based. It’s over 70 percent.”.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

In a move that has likely accelerated the speed at which WeWork is burning through cash, the company has opened nearly as many locations in the past several months as it did in the first half of 2019. 10, WeWork had 622 locations open in 123 cities. That figure reportedly marked an increase from the $1.91

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

A cloud-based security flaw has been allowing unauthorized people to monitor children’s locations, as reported on Wednesday (Dec. The Chinese company uses Amazon Cloud to supply location services to some eight million devices. ThinkRace is one of the largest manufacturers of location-tracking devices.

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MARCH 12, 2020

In an effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and safeguard its employees, some Starbucks locations are closing seating areas and restricting service to mobile and drive-through orders, according to a Thursday (March 12) letter to stakeholders from Kevin Johnson, Starbucks CEO.

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Just in time for the holiday season, Amazon is adding a bunch of new features to its voice-activated digital assistant Alexa, including the ability to hear emails and set location-based reminders, among other things. Users can also set up location-based alerts to remind them of certain tasks when they enter the home or office.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

After its parent company announced plans earlier this year to close 200 stores in the United Kingdom, Walgreens is looking to shutter 200 locations in the United States. The store closures are said to comprise under 3 percent of the company’s 10,000 United States locations. At that time, the retailer also shuttered 200 locations.

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JULY 17, 2020

At the time, CFO Richard Galanti said in an earnings call that customers traveled to stores less often, but bought more products when they came to the locations. The warehouse chain has nearly 800 retail stores worldwide, including 547 in the United States, per news in May.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Toy brand FAO Schwarz is continuing its resurgence with the announcement of several new locations and a few different licensing agreements to move beyond toys, according to reports. FAO Schwarz currently has a store at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City and another airport location in LaGuardia Airport.

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APRIL 16, 2020

Over 60 percent of the coffee chain’s locations have a drive-thru, and even before the virus, 80 percent of orders were placed via mobile or on-the-go. But Rossann Williams, executive vice president and president of U.S.

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The store is located in the Madeleine district of central Paris, Reuters reported. Products that aren’t able to be taken from the location can be ordered through eCommerce and delivered to 350 pickup points or home. Dubbed the IKEA Planning Studio, the location opened in April.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Walmart will expand aggressively in China , with a plan to add 500 new locations in the country over the next half decade or so, according to a report by CNN. The news comes as China is in the midst of an economic slowdown and a protracted trade war with the U.S.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

The CEO of Foursquare , a location data company, wrote an op-ed piece in the New York Times Wednesday (Oct. There are no formal rules for what is ethical — or even legal — in the location data business,” Jeff Glueck wrote. “We Why, for example, should a flashlight app have your location data?”

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

Every QSR location has its regulars — the folks who stop by at appointed daily or weekly times — as well as more fickle customers, who visit because it was in the right place at the right time. According to our latest survey, though, most people go to the same store rather than multiple locations.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

To offer customers more convenient options for delivery, Amazon unveiled the expansion of a network of staffed pickup points called Counter that allows shoppers to pick up packages in-store at a partner location. Delivery to a Counter location is available for “the tens of millions of items sold on Amazon.com” per the announcement.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Bank added a location service to its mobile service that will include all the bank’s credit, debit, prepaid and digital cards. EXCLUSIVE – U.S.

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AUGUST 27, 2019

In a deal that is said to make KFC the first fast-food restaurant to offer plant-based chicken, one of the quick-service restaurant (QSR)’s locations will begin offering meatless chicken from Beyond Meat. The franchise is located close to Atlanta’s SunTrust Park stadium, Vox reported.

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