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CVS Expands Membership Program Nationwide To Lure Millennials

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After successful test runs in Boston, Philadelphia and Tampa, the CVS membership program CarePass will expand nationally with free delivery for an annual fee, CNBC reported on Monday (Aug. The pilot program indicated that 20 percent of users were millennials and that CarePass members spent 15-20 percent more at CVS.

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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. Another had an offer with a promo code to get $10 off my first online order, which would be delivered free to my front door in two hours or less once I linked my Prime account to Whole Foods. Prime Time at the Grocery Store.

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Retail Bedfellows Roundup: Staples Shares Space, Affirm Finances Life Experiences

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Omnicommerce usually refers to where and how retailers sell their products, not necessarily who they choose to sell them with. From office supplies and communal workspaces to new ways to pay for concert tickets, more barriers to siloed retail activity are falling every day to the onslaught of retail partnerships.

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Big Retail Problems, Small Format Solution?

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With traditional brick-and-mortar retail facing big problems , some chains are addressing them with small solutions. Is this a viable answer to the beating that Sears’ bottom line (and that of many other one-time stalwarts of brick-and-mortar retail) have been taking in recent years? Specifically, with small(er) stores.

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As Bill Payments Go Digital, The Rental Industry Still Lags

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bills paid online. trillion in 2017, and that could nearly double by 2021 — online billing platforms are rushing to incorporate payment processing capabilities into their offerings. Younger consumers are leading the way when it comes to online bill payments, with 61 percent of those payments coming from millennials.

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The Connected Car: An Extension Of The Consumer’s Home

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It’s Boston. It’s February (or maybe it’s May, because it’s still snowing in Boston). So much so that P97 will go live this week with one of the largest fuel retailers in the United States, across 10,000 U.S. So, if we look at millennials,” he said, “they have $400 billion in buying power today. Picture this.

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Is It Time For Apple To Allow Others Access To The iPhone NFC Chip?

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And you can see it in the hustle by retailers and brands large and small to pivot their businesses and business models — and the disclaimers on just about every retail site starting a week or more ago that orders placed online might not make it in time for Christmas. One hundred and ten (110) million U.S. consumers — 47.2

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