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Retail Pulse: IKEA To Open ‘Planning Studio’ In NYC; Pizza Hut Will Acquire QuikOrder

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Big retailers are opening smaller-format stores in major U.S. Already, the retailer has opened a Planning Studio across the pond in London in October. In the announcement, IKEA Retail U.S. In other news, two Safeway stores in Arizona now have artificial intelligence-powered medical clinics via an Akos Med Clinic partnership.

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Robinhood's Newest Funding Round Grows To $660M

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The new funding is an outcropping of the Series G round unveiled in August for the firm, which is said to have helped millennials become interested in trading. At the time, Robinhood said it intended to bring “hundreds” of financial services personnel onboard in 2020 in Tempe, Arizona and Southlake, Texas.

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Nordstrom Tempts Millennials With Snapchat Presence

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“Improving engagement” has become just another platitude in retailers’ back pockets as they figure out which channel of the increasingly fragmented online world they should focus on, but Nordstrom may have struck gold with a new Snapchat-centered production.

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Malls, Retailers, Hotels Benefit From Workforce Changes

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What about retail stores, restaurants and hotels? Technology is making it easier for the workforce to put in the daily eight (or 10, or 12) hours from their own homes, but another change is taking place: Using commercial space left behind by retailers, or in eateries or hotels, as communal areas of work. WeWork Efforts.

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Digital License Plates Vie For Place In Connected Car Ecosystem

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Besides California, states such as Arizona, Texas and Florida are moving toward use of digital license plates. Millennials are likely to lead the adoption of digital identity tools and expect government services to deliver services digitally as well,” the report said. Smart Cities Rise.

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Retail’s Ups And Downs: Best Buy, Outlet Malls And Pokémon GO

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The world of retail can be a fickle mistress. With that said, PYMNTS decided to take a look at some of retail’s biggest winners and losers of the moment. It’s more like a “clarification” to reinforce to customers that Apple physical locations are more than just retail stores. shoppers visiting an outlet mall during that month.

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What Is Powering The Emerging Pawnaissance?

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As noted by a recent USA Today report, millennial college grads saddled with tens of thousands of dollars in student debt who get behind on payments rapidly find themselves first pushed into the deep subprime credit zone and short on funds in case of a major financial setback. Not that Smart Financial ever refers to itself as a pawn shop.

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