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Samsung Expands Beyond Pop-Ups With Full-Scale Stores

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In a potential challenge to Apple at brick-and-mortar retail, Samsung Electronics is looking to move beyond pop-up shops with its own full-scale U.S. 20, which is the day that the brand is expected to announce a foldable phone and the Galaxy S10, Apple Insider reported. The company will reportedly open three stores on Feb.

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Verizon And Samsung Target 2019 For U.S. Release Of 5G Smartphones

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The move would essentially beat Apple to the market with smartphones featuring 5G technology, because reports say that Apple is going to wait until 2020 to release the first iPhones featuring the tech. The delay could prove to be fortuitous for Verizon and Samsung, as the companies fight for Apple’s customers.

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AT&T Jumps On The 5G Bandwagon

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Both companies will be beating Apple to the market since the tech giant is going to wait until 2020 to release the first iPhones featuring 5G. As of today’s announcement, we’ve installed the latest mobile 5G network equipment in areas in the 12 markets where we plan to make 5G available in 2018.”. Louisville, Ky.,

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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. However, that is not the case with Farmhouse Market, a cashierless store in New Prague, Minnesota, population roughly 8,000. Robotics might take over delivery jobs before they make cashiers redundant in the U.S.,

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Millennial’s Matter to Bank Marketing

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In the age of Apple Pay, Google Wallet, and online banking, the old assumptions are shattered. Believe it or not, this is a slice of the market that in some cases has never opened the doors of a bricks-and-mortar branch bank or learned how to write a check. Be the first banker in town to endorse and introduce Apple Pay.

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Super-Sizing Commerce For The Super Bowl

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Baker is wagering Boston cream pie cupcakes from a Springfield bakery, Legal Seafood clam chowder and apple cider doughnuts; Deal has put Brunswick stew (tomato-based Southern stew containing various beans, vegetables and meat) chocolate-covered blueberries and an apple pie from an orchard in Northern Georgia on the line. Go, Pats!

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Super-Sizing Commerce For The Super Bowl

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Baker is wagering Boston cream pie cupcakes from a Springfield bakery, Legal Seafood clam chowder and apple cider doughnuts; Deal has put Brunswick stew (tomato-based Southern stew containing various beans, vegetables and meat) chocolate-covered blueberries and an apple pie from an orchard in Northern Georgia on the line. Go, Pats!

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