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Retail Pulse: Luxury Brands Eye Airport Retail; Panera Bread Tests Dinner Menu

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Airports are providing luxury brands with access to consumers with extra time on their hands who want to buy unique and unusual items they can’t find near their residences. shopping malls are on the decline, are also becoming locations where brands are innovating with products. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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Retail Pulse: Mattress Firm Mulls Bankruptcy; Walmart Plans Robotic Grocery Pickup

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The brand could close between 600 to 1,000 of its 3,000 locations this year, according to some predictions – and is reportedly considering bankruptcy, people familiar with the matter have told Reuters. Steinhoff International Holdings NV, which acquired the company in 2016, has reportedly sought to restructure some of its subsidiaries’ debt.

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The Apple Pay Pivot?

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After a bit of a bumpy start to the year, what has become a now multi-week debacle with the FBI over that phone and a solid month of share prices below $100, it has been a while since Apple has managed a whole week of headlines that were, more or less, positive and even hopeful about innovation in the offing.

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Team USA Launches Omnichannel Strategy For Olympic Retail

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At the last Olympic games — Rio in 2016 — sales were so strong that Fanatics was often reordering their bestselling products, from caps to t-shirts to jackets, according to Fanatics President of Merchandising Jack Boyle. In addition, brands are offering consumers replicas of uniforms that will be worn by the athletes. Retail Gold.

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FinovateSpring 2016 Live Blog – Day 1

William Mills

William Mills Agency and Beyond the Arc will be live blogging at FinovateSpring 2016. Houston Frost (SVP, Prepaid Products). Mills-Grimes will be live blogging at FinovateSpring 2016. We expect to see innovations in mobile, security, analytics, customer experience, and more. Check back for new updates throughout the day.

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33 Ways Drones Will Impact Society: From Fighting War to Forecasting Weather, UAVs Change Everything

CB Insights

Innovations in camera technology have had significant impacts on the growing use of drones. Fortunately, conservationists are adopting innovative methods to protect and study our global ecosystems. DJI Innovations has been a leader within the conservation space, allowing teams to conduct research without disturbing natural habitats.

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Why Contextual Commerce Is The Next Big Thing

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In January of this year, I wrote a piece in which I said there were six things that would shape the direction of payments and commerce in 2016. In 2009, Uber’s innovation was to match up black car drivers with downtime and consumers fed up with the uncertainty of not being able to reliably get a ride when they needed one.

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