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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Amazon is easily less than halfway through transforming retail by exploiting deep fulfillment moats established over many years,” said Canaccord Genuity Analyst Michael Graham. Big News of the Week: The Central Operations Restructuring. New Chief Operating Officer Dacona Smith will oversee store operations.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

In addition, they may consider focusing on these five critical areas: Improve Operating Leverage. To improve the quality of their earnings, banks need their number one focus to be on making their operations more efficient. To the extent projects improve operating leverage and the total experience, so much the better.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

The concept serves as an experiential marketing avenue for product manufacturers and retailers. Ballbox is focusing on apartments and hotels to extend its presence, sharing the operational burden to help with maintenance. The Automated Retail Market. The vending and unattended retail space is taking off.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The operation found it was doing its best work when it was able to educate its customers, and the best way to accomplish that aim was to have a direct outlet to them. Automated Retail Innovation. The vending machine comes with one additional innovation beyond cashless (and contactless) payments.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The operation found it was doing its best work when it was able to educate its customers, and the best way to accomplish that aim was to have a direct outlet to them. Automated Retail Innovation. The vending machine comes with one additional innovation beyond cashless (and contactless) payments.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

Convenience store operator 7-Eleven is launching beer and cider delivery in select U.S. ” According to Fortune , the company will test the service in 18 markets: Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas-Ft. .” We’re always looking to innovate and disrupt,” Singh said.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

A technology that tracks lost scooters people rent could play a role in the coming years in digital retail and payments, at least going by recent reports. The innovation — and potential disruption — stems from a company called Helium , which describes itself as a peer-to-peer wireless network. Helium Hotspots. Telco Alternative.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

Since Amazon made on-demand delivery the feature of choice for any retailer capable of delivering it, plenty of merchants who had no business doing so had no choice but to stomach the costs and ship like they’ve never shipped before.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2016

“Amazon is always looking for the best and brightest software engineers to join our team,” said Dave Glick, VP of operations technology for Amazon. The commitment to education, growth of the local high-tech industry, and caliber of technical talent in Minneapolis make it an ideal place for our expansion.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

The impending “death of retail” has been projected for decades. But, in an increasingly digital world, brick-and-mortar retail shops are embracing new ways to disrupt the system and get an edge on customer attention. One popular choice: retail innovation labs. Get the 54-page retail report.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

By some accounts, the B2C subscription market has an estimated 11 million companies operating in the U.S. But in recent months, it has been plagued by operational issues and competition from new meal delivery services, including Purple Carrot and Amazon. alone, and it’s poised to expand even further. Just ask Blue Apron.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2018

When Amazon launched Prime Now delivery for groceries out of its Whole Foods Marketpalce subsidiary, the company turned some heads — and heard some minor complaints, since the service was only initially only available in four markets: Virginia Beach, Austin, Dallas and Cincinnati.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2019

Locale currently lists locations in Austin, Houston and Nashville on its website. Overall, Locale seeks to create a boutique experience, rather than a cookie-cutter apartment with another operator or extended-stay hotel. The Apart-Hotel Market. Gandhi pointed out that the quality and experience of apartment buildings have evolved.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

Kroger operates nearly 2,800 supermarket chains nationwide, including Ralphs, Harris Teeter, Food 4 Less and its namesake Kroger stores. In addition to digital innovations, Kroger has dramatically upped its home delivery from virtually no stores — more than a year ago — to close to 900 stores today. After all, analysts expected $2.15

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Grocery retailers are making it easier for consumers to shop with their mobile devices through digital innovations. From the moment the app is opened, customers will notice a more streamlined shopping experience,” the retailer said. In Other Brick-and-Mortar Retail News.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Geneva-based Temenos’ announced the acquisition of Austin, Texas-based digital application provider Kony in a deal totaling $580 million. Any overlaps between Akcelerant in loan operations and Avoka in sales/origination appear to have been sorted out in the Infinity product line. And these employees have lots of options.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

LiftForward, which provides small business financing with a focus on manufacturers, retailers, and distributors, garnered $100 million from Monroe Capital. Klever Logic Innovates Traditional Parking Payments, Plans To Expand. The company, headquartered in Austin, Tex., Over 800 locations use Klever Logic’s technology in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2016

At launch, the service was positioned as an innovative replacement for a well-entrenched standard considered not well-suited for a mobile and digital world. NFC penetration at launch was 15 large retailers’ stores and some 200k merchant locations. Of course, in reality at most of the places in the U.S. But not Apple Pay.

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CB Insights

MARCH 19, 2019

5G technology could help production operations in the manufacturing industry become more flexible and efficient, while enhancing safety and lowering costs to maintain. Samsung and AT&T have partnered to create the United States’ first manufacturing-focused 5G “ Innovation Zone ” in Austin, Texas. We dig in below.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

I argued that making buying seamless inside of environments that consumers used regularly for other reasons would drive innovation for those environments —and for the third parties that enabled those new commerce experiences. This capability is as disruptive as it is innovative. Third on that list was “contextual commerce.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

Postmates is on the verge of snagging San Francisco’s first-ever permit for sidewalk robotics operations, per reports. Boxbot is a new type of delivery company, focused completely on last-mile delivery,” said Austin Oehlerking, Boxbot’s co-founder and CEO. Well, if all of these California test drives go according to plan, anyway.

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CB Insights

JULY 23, 2020

A completely remote workforce seems unlikely, given the intangible benefits of social connection, collaboration, and innovation that in-person working provides. Managing the flow, operation, and sanitization of elevators will be a key component in instilling confidence in returning employees.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Australian music streaming company Guvera has reportedly stopped operating, with its co-founder and biggest financial backer walking away from the project. and a dearth of people with technical, operational experience running energy facilities. The lack of people with real operational experience “hurt KiOR a lot,” says O’Connor.

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