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Retailers Rethink Store Concepts, Digital Strategies Amid New Realities

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Traditional retail locations, ranging from fashion and home furnishings to hardware and department stores, have been forced to make significant changes in the face of heightened competition from eCommerce giants like Amazon and omnichannel powerhouses, like Walmart and its online unit, Jet.com.

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The top 4 trends banks can’t ignore in 2019

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It’s clear retail banks need to adapt to emerging trends to stay relevant in today’s market. We’ve identified the top 4 trends that banks can’t ignore in 2019. #1. Mobile-first banking is an immediate driver of digital strategy. Mobile-first banking is an immediate driver of digital strategy.

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AI and the rise of digital humans in financial services

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“AI is not going to replace managers, but managers who use AI will replace the managers who do not,” Rob Thomas, IBM General Manager of Data and AI predicted at IBM Think 2019. [1] AI implementation grew by 270% in the past four years, and 37% in just the past year, according to a 2019 Gartner study. Free the humans!

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The top 4 trends banks can’t ignore in 2019

Cisco

It’s clear retail banks need to adapt to emerging trends to stay relevant in today’s market. We’ve identified the top 4 trends that banks can’t ignore in 2019. #1. Mobile-first banking is an immediate driver of digital strategy. Mobile-first banking is an immediate driver of digital strategy.

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Unwrapping Chipotle’s Evolving Digital Ordering Strategy

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Fast casual chain Chipotle Mexican Grill became one of the first major restaurant brands to pioneer the mobile ordering experience in 2008. The company has since expanded its digital ordering portfolio to include artificial intelligence (AI)-powered phone ordering, drive-thru pickup lanes and a reordering feature through Amazon’s Alexa. .

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Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: Logistics Upgrades, New Leadership

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This week the big headline generator wasn’t anything that either brand was selling, or doing in service or sales, but instead what a spokesperson said — specifically what they said about the current controversy over Amazon’s place in claiming the consumer’s whole paycheck. But not this week. and less than 1 percent globally.

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Alphabet’s New CEO, Millennial Black Friday Spending And Digital Drivers’ Licenses Top This Week’s News

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Millennials Were Black Friday’s Big Spenders in 2019. Merchants would be wise to consider how consumers want to pay, and whether alternative payment methods such as buy now, pay later (BNPL) could help alleviate their holiday financial stresses, according to Nick Kaplan, president of plus-size fashion brand Fashion To Figure.