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Data Dive, Retail Race Edition

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And, speaking of making moves, this week’s Data Dive is dedicated to the retailers who have decided to start angling for poll position now, as holiday 2017 is still in the pre-show phase. Reports indicate that Amazon, if and when it enters the market, will expand its senior team with drug supply chain experts.

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Retail’s Voice-Assisted, Meatless Summer

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As PYMNTS prepares to BBQ and drink sangria and maybe even hum some union solidarity anthems in honor of this holiday weekend, we ask you to take a few moments to join us on a “greatest-hits tour” of this past summer of retail. One example was provided by retail chain Urban Outfitters. New Subscription Push. Voice and Tariffs.

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Why 9 In 10 Merchants Put Subscription Product Details On A Pedestal

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Before these retailers onboard new customers, however, they have to convert shoppers into subscribers. Moreover, they can send an item back to the retailer with a free prepaid envelope. Misfits Market , for instance, offers produce in a large “madness box” or a small box called a “mischief box.” More than two-thirds — or 68.4

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Moving Services Use The Gig Economy To Simplify Pricing For Consumers

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But services such as Bellhops are disrupting the market — and making a challenging time for consumers easier — by bringing an on-demand pricing model to the moving industry. We’d love to be in realistically all 50 states, barring maybe Alaska or Hawaii,” Miller said, adding that he hopes to be in the majority of U.S.

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The world’s most extreme ATMs

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The current ratio of ATMs compared to population is 420 per million (source: Retail Banking Research – Global ATM Market and Forecasts to 2020). Wells Fargo operates ATMs in Barrow, Alaska, which has the distinction of being the northernmost city in the USA.

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Data Dive: And The Winner Is Edition — SMBs Worldwide, DoorDash And Gun Regulation

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By offering QR-based digital payments, smaller retailers can achieve these goals and create greater customer stickiness with little to no investment beyond the phone they already have,” said Jorn Lambert, EVP, Digital Channels and Regions, Mastercard. The goal, quite simply, is to begin flipping all those cash payments into digital payments.

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A Roadie For Everyone

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I’m not a technology person so for me to be able to even do it was really good,” Kim Witzak noted of her positive experience using the service to transport her daughter’s stuff back from college. The immediate priority for that funding is developing its analytics platform and increasing its market share.

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