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Competitors Prompt Amazon To Slash Prices (Again)

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For retailers, it’s the Hunger Games. This year’s newest innovation? The move comes as Amazon is making changes in other areas of its sprawling retail business. For consumers, the holiday shopping season is the most wonderful time of year. Seasonal sales, twinkling lights and Santas for photo-ops everywhere you turn.

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The Mall Food Court’s Hall Transformation

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Mall developer James Rouse was known for many innovations, but his best known might have arguably been the food court. In hopes of having shoppers stay longer at his malls, he created a food court at the Plymouth Meeting Mall in Pennsylvania in 1971. The effort was stymied by its lack of selections and its small size.

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Fintech Fundings: 28 Companies Raise $220 Million Week Ending March 25

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In total, there were 13 fintech startups (or 15 by the Bank Innovations definition ), 12% of the total YC W16 class of 109. Point-of-sale financing for retailers. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. HQ: Braddock, Pennsylvania. Latest round: $25 million Debt. Total raised: Unknown. HQ: Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Maxwell Health.

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Mobile Payments Amnesia And CVS’ M-Pay Entrance

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Retailers looked at in the study are capable of enabling an NFC payment and include drug/grocery/QSR and some retail. The retail pharmacy’s proprietary app will integrate payments, prescription health pickup and its rewards for Android or iOS mobile device users. What makes a mobile app user choose another method of payment?

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