2018

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Retail Pulse: Chef’d Halts Operations; Gymboree Updates Brand

PYMNTS

The situation seemed to recently come to a head, as the company told employees that it was shuttering its operations. In addition, Chef’d announced in May that it had partnered with Byte Foods to bring its meal kits into 100 of Byte’s unattended retail locations in California. In Other Brick-And-Mortar Retail News….

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Digital payments and the retailer

Payments Dive

Some retail outlets are experimenting with moving to digital payment-only operations. As non-cash payments become the norm, some retailers, particularly in hospitality, no longer accept cash. While there are downsides to managing cash, what are the pitfalls of refusing to deal with it?

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Fintech Unfiltered: Inside HSBC Bank USA’s Lofty Innovation Strategy for 2018 [Podcast]

Bank Innovation

As a part of its retail transformation strategy, HSBC Bank USA spent over $130 million on innovation projects in one year on its U.S. operations. These projects range from less visible, but equally important, system upgrades on the back-end and more visible ones like installing Softbank’s robot Pepper in its New York flagship.

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How AI can improve the customer experience

Payments Dive

Artificial intelligence has emerged as one of the most powerful tools for improving the customer experience, but retailers must be willing to accept operational change once they embark on their AI journeys.

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Braintree’s New ‘Extend’ Service Deepens Merchant Partnerships

Bank Innovation

In order for the digital payments system provider to become the comprehensive commerce operating system for merchants that it wants to become, it must first adapt to the changing landscape of the retail industry, in which partnerships, technology, and concepts like contextual commerce are becoming commonplace.

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Unattended retail struggles with mobile payments acceptance

Payments Dive

Mobile payments continue to expand, making it important for operators of unattended retail equipment to invest in the technology. A speaker at the National Automatic Merchandising Association show in Las Vegas urged his fellow industry executives to get on board with the trend.

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Anand Talwar of Ally Bank Joins Bank Innovation 2018

Bank Innovation

At Ally Bank, Talwar leads the retail deposits and consumer payments business, including product management, pricing profitability, and operations. He also is responsible for.Read More.