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Sainsbury’s Introduces New C-Store Format; SHOWFIELDS To Open In Miami

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Brick-and-mortar retailers are opening smaller-scale locations packed with technology designed to meet the needs of shoppers in cities. The store taps into predictive technology in addition to algorithms to be able to recognize individual persons. SHOWFIELDS will open a new location in Miami in 2020. properties as of Sept.

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Stepping Into 21st Century Hospitality With Apartments And Technology

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As a result, the company can architect all the elements of its operation from technology to process and its people from the ground up with insight from the current day. In the future, the company aims to provide more space as well as amenities and technology, among other plans. The Market.

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Bitcoin Daily: 7,000 Crypto ATMs Worldwide, Data Says; Marshall Islands Plans National Digital Currency

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The blockchain for the Marshallese sovereign (SOV) digital currency will be developed with Algorand technology, according to an announcement. Algorand created a permissionless, open source and pure proof-of-stake blockchain technology. The supply of SOV will be set to increase at 4 percent yearly to stop inflation from occurring.

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Mexican Regulator Gives Go-Ahead For Uber’s Cornershop Acquisition 

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Mexico’s antitrust regulator Cofece has approved the acquisition of grocery delivery platform Cornershop by Uber Technologies, Bloomberg reported on Monday (Dec. and Canada operating under Uber’s app. . under Uber's ownership in Dallas, Texas and Miami, Florida. Cornorshop first rolled out in the U.S.

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CORO Global Brings Gold Payment App To Alabama

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The company – and its gold trading app – just expanded its reach in the United States with the addition of a license to operate in Alabama. 3) granted the Miami-based CORO a money transmitter license, giving it a green light to do business in the state. The future is looking a bit more golden for CORO Global.

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Walmart To Expand Delivery Unlimited Program

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Delivery Unlimited is the next step in that journey,” Tom Ward, senior vice president, digital operations, Walmart U.S., Walmart started experimenting with Delivery Unlimited in Salt Lake City, Miami, Houston and Tampa earlier in the year. said in the announcement. “By

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Bolt Expands Transportation Platform To 48 States With Gotcha Tie-Up

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Miami-based micromobility startup Bolt , co-founded by Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt, is expanding to 48 new markets after acquiring the assets of Last Mile Holdings, which included the mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) platform Gotcha. The company added that its strategy targets technology solutions for the micromobility ecosystem. .

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