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Advancing Retail And Education With Digital Technology 

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In payment methods, Circle K announced a cashierless checkout pilot as convenience stores advance retail innovations. And in education, Google and Apple are facilitating students’ return to class with the help of technology. All this, Today in Data. 7.3K: Minimum number of Circle K stores in operation in the U.S.

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Apple To Reopen Approximately 100 US Retail Locations

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Apple , which runs 510 retail locations throughout the globe, intends to open roughly 100 U.S. The technology company will have approximately 130 of 271 Apple Stores in the country open by this week’s conclusion, CNBC reported. Apple’s locations, for their part, many times anchor key shopping centers or areas.).

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Apple Buys Mobeewave For $100M

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Apple has purchased Canadian company Mobeewave , which will allow it to create mobile pay hubs out of iPhones, Bloomberg reported. The acquisition follows Apple’s pattern of buying startups to assimilate new technology into its own products. The deal went down for $100 million, according to sources quoted by Bloomberg.

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Tapping Into Mobile Payments And Retail Technology Amid Digital Shifts

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As retailers scramble to capture the digital shift, it’s easy for some overlooked details, such as unanswered customer complaints, to harm their brands. To prevent this, a new category is emerging around the area of online reputation management , with a luxury automaker among the latest brands to embrace the technology.

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Apple Enables Augmented Reality Sales For Merchants

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Apple is updating its augmented reality (AR) Quick Look feature to enable merchants to sell its products in-app for an instant AR experience, according to reports on Thursday (Feb. The retailer provides the 3D model and Apple uses ARKit – handling everything from scaling to lighting – to display it as it should look.

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Apple Loses A Key Retail Innovator

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It often seems that technology makes retail innovation. For those who haven’t heard, Ive, the chief design officer for Apple, is leaving the company. Apple will be a client, the company has confirmed. Ive has earned a place in the history books, at least when it comes to the history of this particular era of retail.

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European Union Hits Apple With A One-Two Antitrust Punch

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Tuesday (June 16) is marking a bit of a one-two punch on the Continent for Apple. The European Union announced that it is opening not one but two antitrust investigations into the tech giant, focusing on the company’s App Store and Apple Pay. “It It also reserves the ‘tap and go’ functionality of iPhones to Apple Pay.

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