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How QSRs Bring Mobile And Digital Payments To The Table

PYMNTS

In the age of quick-service restaurant (QSR) dining technology innovation, restaurants are frantically looking into ways to provide consumers with mobile ordering bells and whistles like third-party payment integrations, rewards programs and surprise-and-delight offers.

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Apart-Hotels Turn Apartments Into Boutique Lodging

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At the same time, Gandhi noted the product and quality of apartments have grown so rapidly that the market has facilitated a true boutique experience, a concept he doesn’t think was available even 10 years ago. Locale currently lists locations in Austin, Houston and Nashville on its website. The Apart-Hotel Market.

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

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Steinhoff International Holdings NV, which acquired the company in 2016, has reportedly sought to restructure some of its subsidiaries’ debt. told the Houston Chronicle that “bankruptcy for Mattress Firm would make sense, as it would allow them to reposition their real estate portfolio and close stores to become profitable.”.

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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. Industry Solutions Marketing Mgr.). Assaf Frenkel (VP, Product & Marketing). Houston Frost (SVP, Prepaid Products). Mills-Grimes will be live blogging at FinovateSpring 2016. Check back for new updates throughout the day.

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Team USA Launches Omnichannel Strategy For Olympic Retail

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“We don’t truly know how big it could be, but, again, the location is fairly significant,” Peter Zeytoonjian, USOC managing director of marketing and consumer products, told SportsBusiness Daily when the store opened in December. Retail Gold. In the past, Olympic merchandise has sold at a fast clip.

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

CB Insights

According to forecasts , the emerging global market for business services using drones is valued at over $127B. 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. Emergency Response.

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Why Contextual Commerce Is The Next Big Thing

PYMNTS

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. And monetize.

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