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Blackhawk Network is introducing a suite of tools merchants can use worldwide to connect digital and physical payments, the company said in a Tuesday (Dec. Blackhawk’s Pay4It suite of tools offers its partners "a complete end-to-end, omnichannel experience for their customers," Mao said. 1) press release.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

Amazon is on track to invest upwards of $15 billion this year in new tools to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) grow and succeed, according to a press release. . To aid SMBs, 150 new tools have been launched since the beginning of the year, the company announced on Thursday (Aug 22). million jobs around the world. .

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APRIL 13, 2020

This allows the company to eliminate concerns from critics that the site will store user data for some future purpose. Apple said it only collects the data absolutely necessary in order to track the virus, including the usage of the tool and app. After the information is no longer needed, Apple said, it is destroyed.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Paytronix has launched Paytronix Subscriptions, a subscription-building product that will allow any restaurant or convenience store to set up and manage a subscription program for its customers, the company announced on Wednesday (Nov. Paytronix Subscriptions will be a key component of its customer loyalty platform.

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DECEMBER 20, 2020

Indian FinTech unicorn Razorpay is expanding the breadth of its B2B offerings through a new platform it's calling an app store that will connect customers with third-party companies, financial news site Mint reported. One of the tools Razorpay will offer small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) is health insurance, Mint reported.

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APRIL 9, 2019

Square , the payments provider, announced Tuesday (April 9) the launch of the Square Online store for U.K. In a press release , Square said the Square Online Store provides small and medium sized enterprises with one solution for their omnichannel or online-only business. With the launch of the Square Online store in the U.K.

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JUNE 15, 2020

As the growing app economy has brought innovation throughout 175 nations, Apple said Monday (June 15) the App Store ecosystem fostered $519 billion in sales around the world just last year. The app store counts nearly a million apps in its catalog and half a billion individuals each week visit the marketplace from 175 nations.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

To serve these DIY consumers, as well as those who simply enjoy the time-honored hobbies of woodworking or building, eCommerce innovators are curating a selection of tools as well as supplies to help them with their projects. And, when it comes to tools, the boxes have items like measuring tape, utility knives, screwdrivers and drill bits.

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JULY 8, 2020

Mastercard has introduced new tools designed to help small businesses drive online commerce, the company announced Wednesday (June 8). Last month, Mastercard debuted its Recovery Insights tool that promises to help businesses and governments assess data during the pandemic to make smarter decisions. and Canada.

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JUNE 15, 2020

This has meant that store operators have had to rapidly implement health and safety rules to minimize transmission risks among workers and customers — especially the most vulnerable. The membership-based warehouse store chain has long prioritized digital innovation, both in its customer-facing and internal operations.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Most eCommerce shopping tools and sites that have seen usage surge during the pandemic have never been stressed to this extent. Consumers have shopped online, via mobile devices and at brick-and-mortar stores in various capacities for years, but the pandemic is dramatically expanding the connections between these channels.

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MARCH 20, 2019

Square has two new offerings: the revamped Square Online Store and Square For Retail, introduced in an announcement by the company on Wednesday (March 20). With the new Square Online Store, we’re excited to integrate Weebly technology and bring the Square omnichannel experience to everything from retail businesses to restaurants.”.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

A privacy advocate in Europe has filed complaints against Apple charging that its advertising tracking tools store user data without consent, according to a CNBC report on Monday (Nov. A tool called IDFA — Identifier for Advertisers — is a one-of-a-kind device identification code that advertisers use for ad targeting and results.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

As the pandemic continues to move shopping online, Google is adding new tools to make its Shopping tab more competitive and robust so users will know they’re getting the best deals. Google said that approvals will be faster for the holiday season and new seller tools will help merchants derive meaning from collected data. Verified U.S.

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We’ll store the list of items in an object called $items, and we’ll remove duplicates at the end. Now, we need to calculate which items the user selected based upon the parameters they’ve chosen (include subitems, include datasources, include snippet datasources, etc). items = @(). items += Get-Item $location. #

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Alphabet-owned Google could be hit by a third lawsuit by state attorneys general, this time over its management of the Play Store, Reuters reported on Friday (Jan. Apple’s App Store is still under investigation by the U.S. 15), citing sources. . A lawsuit could be filed in February or March, the sources said. and abroad. .

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

One of the most significant at this late point of the holiday season is from Best Buy , which announced this week that it is changing some store formats and delivery features to handle online orders and a sharp increase in curbside pickup. The biggest changes come from employee deployment and ship-from-store hubs. that evening.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Rakuten , a Japanese tech company specializing in digital eCommerce solutions for retailers, is introducing a new subsidiary to bolster physical stores. The offshoot company aims to transform Japan’s physical stores across the food products and necessities segments. .

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The shop-in-shop concept will bring expanded merchandise to Target customers online and in some stores at the start of 2021. The shop-in-shop is expected to offer Ulta Beauty’s virtual try-on tool GLAMLab, and will have newly-trained associates with beauty expertise. .

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

5) for a preliminary injunction against the Cupertino, California-based technology giant, restating allegations it made last month when it accused Apple of antitrust violations when it removed “Fortnite” from the App Store. At the same time, the court denied the North Carolina game maker’s motion to restore its Fortnite game to the App Store.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

"Issues to be examined include the use and sharing of data by apps, the extent of competition between Google and Apple’s app stores, and whether more pricing transparency is needed in Australia’s mobile apps market," the news release states. Meanwhile, Apple faces a probe of its App Store practices in the European Union.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Google is integrating its Expedition 360 virtual reality (VR) tools to Google Arts & Culture app to allow teachers to keep offering students digital adventures as remote learning continues. 13) that the Expeditions app will not be supported anymore and will be removed from the App Store and Google Play after June 30, 2021.

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JUNE 6, 2019

Snap , the maker of the disappearing messaging app Snapchat, is rolling out new tools to enable select accounts to operate a store within Snapchat. DigiDay , citing a Snap spokesperson, reported that Snapchat users will be able to access the Shopify-powered stores by visiting the account page of a brand.

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

Facebook is using purchase data from retailers to gather information about what people buy in physical stores, Business Insider reported on Monday (Dec. ” Users can also find out how Facebook uses information gathered offline with the “ Off-Facebook Activity ” tool that was launched in August.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

Although most consumers did their Black Friday shopping online this year, new research shows young shoppers were most likely to head into physical stores, suggesting their fear of COVID-19 was dwarfed by their desire to get out of the house and shop. Other traditional retailers making the in-store list included Kohl’s (23.2

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Canadian global point-of-sale (POS) and eCommerce firm Lightspeed is teaming up with Silicon Valley payments platform Stripe to advance in-store and online payments for retailers and restaurants in the U.S. Restaurants and retailers will be able to process in-store payments and personalize readers with their own branding. .

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MARCH 20, 2018

“We are already great partners with Walmart on the transportation side, so it was natural for us to talk about a store-within-a-store format.”. That last-mile concern (and cost) has become a top priority for many in the retail game: Amazon has started using Whole Foods stores, malls and a variety of locations for its pick-up lockers.

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JUNE 9, 2020

Flipkart , Walmart’s supermart online grocery store in India, has introduced a voice assistant that allows users to buy products in multiple languages, starting with Hindi and English. Flipkart said the artificial intelligence-powered (AI) tool makes users feel like they are talking to their neighborhood store staff, TheNextWeb.com reported.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Microsoft has released a new a new tool to help businesses manage their brands online, according to a report by CNBC. Paul Airey, the company’s head of technology for retail and digital stores, said the company has been using Azure for years but it wanted to up the technology and help to improve shoppers’ experience with it. .

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

For example, when stored cards expire and can’t be used for transactions, that can negatively affect subscriptions and other purchases. As a token service provider, Spreedly connects directly to major card network tokenization services, providing a network token to be stored in Spreedly’s vault.” .

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Like the name implies, Anchor Shops try to preserve the bit of the department store experience that is still working — a physical place that consumers go to discover new brands and to examine products before they are purchased — while minimizing the parts of the old model that drag department store profits down such as the wholesale inventory model.

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

The current shift’s durability will depend on brands’ abilities to deliver product availability, offer seamless eCommerce experiences and leverage digital tools to forge long-term personalized relationships with customers.”. million, a 97 percent increase from 2019.

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APRIL 10, 2019

Reports in Virtual Strategy Magazine this week said InFactor, developed by the XinFin-powered TradeFinex Dev team, is connecting the factoring tool to QuickBooks so users can automatically obtain financing on their unpaid invoices. “They also ensure that all contract data is stored on blockchain, thus reducing the risk of fraud.”

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JUNE 17, 2020

Amazon customers in 12 countries across North America, Latin America, the Middle East and Europe will have their stored credit card credentials tokenized, Mastercard announced Wednesday (June 17). The move to tokenization comes amid the rise of eCommerce as consumers save and manage their card details across multiple websites.

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MARCH 30, 2020

Younger customers are also using debit to underpin newer payment tools such as digital wallets. customers can use to leverage funds stored in their crypto wallets for in-person retail payments. Payments companies seek to introduce the cards to even younger consumers, however.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Now, sellers on the marketplace can use physical stores as pickup points for items. Customers will be able to use geolocation data to find the nearest store for delivery. We know how much our customers like to have the option to pick up in store and with this partnership we will offer this facility at the sellers physical stores.”

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JUNE 14, 2019

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology is carrying more weight in retail these days, helping merchants to innovate and win over consumers, and even serving to tie together web, mobile and in-store experiences as part of the focus on omnichannel commerce. One of the latest examples comes from Outdoor Voices.

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