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Square Offers Beauty Sector Online Booking, POS Tool

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The app-based tool gives salon customers the ability to book their appointments online and also issues reminders. Originally launched in 2014, Square Appointments was aimed at small businesses offering appointment-based services like salons, wellness providers and tutors.

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Powering Retail Innovation With Digital Technology

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Data: 2014: The year Lumen was founded. 42%: Share of consumers who are engaging in even the most routine activities online. And in tech, the future of retail may include mobile scanning. All this, Today in Data. 80M: Value of a Series C funding round Scandit closed from several investors.

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Online Grocery Ordering Coming To SNAP Recipients

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Big news is in the offing for Walmart , Amazon and other chains that offer grocery ordering online – they have gotten a formal “green light” from the USDA to offer that service to recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). “As technology advances, it is important for SNAP to advance, too.”

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SoftBank Reportedly Tapping Into Online Used Car Trend

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Among the ongoing trends in retail is the funding for online used car platforms, and the ongoing rise of eCommerce and digital payments in Latin America. Consumers who want to sell their cars via that platform reportedly seek an online price estimate. “If The latest evidence of that comes via Japan-based SoftBank. Used Vehicle Trends.

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You May Kiss The Bride — After You Shop Online

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That arguably describes the recent acquisition of Seattle-based Blueprint Registry , an online universal gift registry, by David’s Bridal , the privately held wedding retail chain that traces its roots back to the first years after World War II. Online Advantages. When in doubt, bet on digital. The Amazon pitch?

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Online Shopping Drives Up Rent For Warehouses

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percent from 2014-2019. It’s also a race for the best technology – in large part, a race to deploy the best, most efficient robots in eCommerce fulfillment operations. Space availability is down 7.4 percent from 11.3 Conversely, available warehouse space larger than 250,000 square feet is up by 15.6 percent, CBRE said.

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Deep Dive: Voice Assistant Technology For Mobile Order-Ahead

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Such tools are no longer at the far reaches of the universe, and today’s technologies would make the Enterprise’s crew feel right at home. Wingstop, a fast-casual buffalo wings chain with 1,031 locations worldwide, tends to be an early adopter for new technologies. Orderscape is also working on voice-activated ordering technologies.