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Singtel Adds Payment Options To Dash; Metro Bank Upgrades Mobile App

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In addition, PUC Berhad is teaming up with Revenue Group Berhad for online-to-offline (O2O) payments in Malaysia , and the United Kingdom’s Metro Bank is upgrading its mobile app to bring mobile payments to over 38 nations. Coverage includes Singapore’s Singtel rollout of international payment options in its Dash mobile app.

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Commuters In India Will Soon Need Only One Transport Payment Card

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Metro authorities in India are planning to launch automatic fare collection (AFC) gates that will work with the country’s National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) that was introduced in March by the Ministry of Finance , according to reports on Thursday (Jan. Right now, the smart card lets commuters skip the lines to buy metro tickets.

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Vacancy Rate At Shopping Centers Hit 10.2 Percent In First Quarter

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Reuters , citing Reis, the real estate research firm, reported the vacancy rate in 28 of the 77 metro areas increased during the first three months of 2019. As the retail sector continues to undergo restructuring, a number of retail real estate markets face more vacancies and falling rents. percent to 9.3

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Why Rural Shoppers Need Digital Innovation Too

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Mostly because that is where innovations tend to get their start — ridesharing, delivery on demand, one-day shipping, buy-online pick up in-store, experimental experiential retail locations, pop-up shops and the list goes on (and on). But what every big digital upgrade of the last decade or so has in common is an urban home base.

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Walmart, Target Take On Amazon With Faster Fulfillment

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Retailers are promoting faster shipping options in the wake of news that Amazon plans to speed up Prime shipping from two days to just one: Walmart , in one case, is offering NextDay delivery on a selection of items from its website. this year, encompassing 40 of the top 50 major metro areas in the U.S. Walmart eCommerce U.S.

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Shipt Gets $20 Million In Funding To Challenge Amazon, Google

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Shipt , the online grocery ordering and delivery service, has announced that it has secured $20.1 million in Series A funding that the company plans to use to expand into new markets and further compete with well-heeled online food delivery giants, like Amazon, Google and Instacart.

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Retail’s Small Business Crisis

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have a retail crisis — or a small business crisis? Which is why “fixing” retail must include giving SMB merchants the tools they need to compete in the very dynamic environment that now defines Retail U.S.A. Brookings reports that the 100 largest metro areas in the U.S. So, what does this all have to do with retail?

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