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Are Retailers Ready For Amazon?s Prime Time?

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Then I went to Whole Foods on the North Shore of Boston Saturday morning to do some grocery shopping. I’ve been a Whole Foods shopper since I moved to Boston 17 years ago for the same reasons that each of you may be too: organic meat, seafood, produce and foods, great bread and cheese and a fun vibe. Prime Time at the Grocery Store.

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Mobile Payments: Samsung To Tackle Africa And Google The App Landscape

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Meanwhile, Samsung is tackling the African market ahead of Apple and Android, and Google announces a way to avoid app downloads. Passport has designed similar mobile applications for the transportation systems in Chicago, Toronto and Boston. Here’s the latest news on the mobile + payments + commerce front.

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Mobile Payments: What’s In It For Me?

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NanoPay is finding that for mobile payments to take off, even among early adopters, using a phone to pay must be much more rewarding and convenient than tapping a card. “You want to get into as many use cases as possible,” said Greg Weed, director of card performance research at Phoenix Marketing International.

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The Apple Pay Pivot?

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To use Apple Pay, however, consumers will first need to download the ExxonMobil Speedpass+ app and enable location services. Exxon is not the first brand to embrace Apple Pay. “I would rather not be out here answering all those prompts, dipping cards, sweating.”

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23 VC-Backed Brick & Mortar Startups Changing The Face Of Main Street

CB Insights

Download this research briefing to see how corporates and startups are shaping the future of retail with tech. MiniLuxe is a nail and beauty lifestyle lounge with locations in Dallas, Rhode Island, Los Angeles, and Boston. Follain is a healthy beauty store with locations in Boston, Washington DC, and Nantucket. RESTAURANTS.

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When Mobility Helps You Park

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Currently, Passport accepts all major card types, including Visa and MasterCard, as well as PayPal. It’s not called the Passport app; it’s called the Boston app, so allowing the businesses to push their own brand has been a big deal in the past three years. People want to own their brand.”. About The Tracker.

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Getting Mobile Ready

Independent Banker

Big-brand megabanks, the Visa and MasterCard networks, and big-box merchants had signed up to become partners with Apple’s universal retail smartphone app that uses Near Field Communication and tokenization technologies. s entry into the payments business with Apple Pay. Ed Bachelder, payments consultant. Fees follow.

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