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Staples To Debut New Store Format With Coworking, Podcasting

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The Staples Connect concept, which will be officially introduced in six Boston area stores on Feb. The offerings include a 500-square-foot community space where shoppers can join or host events like workshops, speaker sessions and meetings. 5, offers experiences and solutions as well as a place to transact, Chain Store Age reported.

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Retail Pulse: 7-Eleven Tests Cashierless Tech; Staples Debuts Connect Store Concept

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7-Eleven President and CEO Joe DePinto said in an announcement , “Retail technology is evolving at a rapid pace, and customer expectations are driving the evolution. Introducing new store technology to 7-Eleven employees first has proven to be a very productive way to test and learn before launching to a wider audience.”.

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In Search Of The Next-Gen AR/VR Retail/Payments Experience

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While many in the Greater Boston area stayed indoors to keep clear of the arctic chill that had descended upon the region, eight teams hunkered down in offices in the middle of the Financial District with another goal in mind: reimagining the retail and payments experience using AR/VR technologies. The hackathon began at 8 p.m.

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AI-Driven Facial Recognition Is Coming And Brings Big Ethics And Privacy Concerns

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The work, which considered how to identify masked faces in a crowd, addresses two related concerns at once: Most facial recognition technologies not only lack disguised-detection abilities, they also struggle to separate individuals from their backgrounds. This is the facial keypoints framework comes into play. CREDIT: IEEE-ICCVW 2017.

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Killing Strategy: The Disruption Of Management Consulting

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Before Bruce Doolin Henderson opened the doors of Boston Consulting Group on July 1, 1963, the concept of “competition” barely existed in American business culture, let alone the concept of strategy. “The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.”

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Reopening: The Tech-Enabled Office In A Post-Covid World

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In this report, we dive into some of the technologies that will help address these concerns and influence the future of the office space, from autonomous cleaning solutions to people-counting sensors. Here are some of the new considerations and technologies that may impact each part of Rachel’s working day. Source: Elenium Automation.

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From AT&T To Xerox: 65 Corporate Innovation Labs

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Download this presentation from the CB Insights Innovation Summit to see the technologies, business models and distribution innovations that you should watch for in the next 5 to 10 years. Technology. Technology. Phillips Design focuses on new ideas and new technologies to improve the lives of their customers.