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Walmart Launches eBook Service To Take On Amazon

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Walmart announced Wednesday (August 22) the launch of its new eBook service dubbed Walmart eBooks by Rakuten Kobo, which provides customers with access to an all-new digital catalog of books in the stores and online. Customers can also purchase digital book cards in 3,500 Walmart stores.

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The Race To The Effortless Experience

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Time to market is key, and that’s where sticky.io Helping brands launch their DTC and subscription businesses with the flexibility to sell how their customers want to buy – and fast – is the future of digital commerce.”. Startup brands are taking advantage, and established players are catching up. is investing.

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Vending Machines Turn To The Bubbly To Gain More Sales

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Indeed, the estimated value of the global intelligent vending machine market by 2025 is $15 billion. The wall-mounted machine also has a 21-inch screen for consumer interaction, and comes ready to accept near-field communication (NFC) contactless and card payments. And digital disruptors are putting a new spin on vending machines.

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Building A Base Of True Capital

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Noting that customer loyalty was a critical factor for restaurants that survived the 2008 market crash, Paytronix CEO Andrew Robbins told PYMNTS, “When the current black swan finally departs and restaurants begin to reopen, we hope those that truly invested in developing strong relationships will survive.”

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Pawn Shop Startup PawnHero Comes To Philippines

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In fact, they found the Philippines to have one of the fastest growing smartphone markets in the world. PawnHero brands itself as an alternative to the “intimidating and embarrassing pawnshop experience of the past” and also promises interest at half the rate offered at traditional pawn shops. India, for instance, surpassed the U.S.

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Proactive Customer Communication for Fraud Prevention

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This approach is being widened globally with the adoption of 3-D Secure 2 for card payments. With all the diversity of preferences in the market, banks working to communicate with customers in their preferred channels clearly have their work cut out for them. Possession – something you have (e.g your mobile phone). a password).

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Unattended Retail Can Boost Visits To Stores

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billion is the projected size of the interactive kiosk market by 2023. In 2016, for example, Amazon began running pop-up kiosks for Kindle eBooks in convenience stores around the Seattle area, GeekWire reported. Kiosks can be implemented for a variety of products — even eReaders.

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