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Warburg Pincus In Talks To Buy NCR

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Back in 2015, Blackstone Group acquired a minority stake in NCR after the ATM maker considered a leveraged buyout for the entire operation, reported Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. a Houston-based provider of point-of-sale (POS) solutions for restaurants and merchants.

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Big Brick-And-Mortars Double Down On Same-Day Delivery

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Macy’s, Best Buy and Kohl’s have all recently stepped up same-day delivery options that were in testing mode to full-scale operations in some locations. Best Buy has also recently added NYC, as well as Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington, D.C.

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Automated Retail Speeds Up Delivery And Checkout

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Last month, Domino’s Pizza announced it would be testing autonomous pizza delivery in Houston with robotics company Nuro. The store, founded in 2015, works on a membership basis. And as with Farmhouse Market, these new offerings often operate at intersection of tech and health. We looked to technology to assist us,” she said.

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Retail Pulse: Brookstone Files For Bankruptcy; Kroger Launches New Delivery Service

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The decision to close our mall stores was difficult, but ultimately provides an opportunity to maintain our well-respected brand and award-winning products while operating with a smaller physical footprint,” he said. Both have operations online under new owners, reported The Wall Street Journal. In Other Brick-And-Mortar News.

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Super-Sizing Commerce For The Super Bowl

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The most watched came the year before, in 2015 — when the Patriots took down the Seahawks in from of 114 million people. We were thrilled to be the first team Visa sponsored after their NFL renewal last year,” said Al Guido, chief operating officer of the 49ers, last year in the run-up to the game. “We Last year 111.9 Go, Pats!

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Super-Sizing Commerce For The Super Bowl

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The most watched came the year before, in 2015 — when the Patriots took down the Seahawks in from of 114 million people. We were thrilled to be the first team Visa sponsored after their NFL renewal last year,” said Al Guido, chief operating officer of the 49ers, last year in the run-up to the game. “We Last year 111.9 Go, Pats!

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Why Target Is Letting Kids Design Their Clothes

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Whitney Houston sang a song about it, and “ The Simpsons ” has spent the better part of 30 years parodying the sentiment. “Children are our future” is one of popular culture’s more favored cliches. The old logic was simple: Target would never be able to beat Walmart on price, but it could beat them on cool.