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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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“Given the seismic shift to digital, the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing retail to achieve innovation in three to six months that would otherwise have taken three to five years. Startup brands are taking advantage, and established players are catching up. Payments Drive Digital Experiences for Brands (and Consumers). is investing.

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Unattended Retail Can Boost Visits To Stores

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Wendy’s , for example, planned to roll out self-ordering kiosks at about 1,000 of its retail locations by the end of 2017 in an attempt to both lure younger customers and to battle long lines at peak dining hours. Consumers want their orders faster than ever before. The move could also bolster the company’s bottom line.

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Will Mobile Wallets Ever Be Wallet Of Choice?

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Today, the word can also describe a mobile app that stores digital versions of a person’s payment cards, loyalty cards, gift cards and even coupons — enabling payment to take place with just a tap or scan. Many already have their phones on hand, making transactions easily accessible and very convenient,” the eBook stated.

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Vending Machines Turn To The Bubbly To Gain More Sales

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Among the more interesting storylines of this era of digital commerce and payments is the maturation of vending machines — sorry, “unattended retail.” Retailers are paying more attention to vending machines, a trend that is all but certain to continue into the 2020s. Vending Machine Trends. Better Food.

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Visa: Why Consumers Are In Control At The POS

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Carleigh Jaques, SVP, global head of merchant digital products at Visa , contributed the following piece as part of PYMNTS’ 2018 year-end eBook. At the same time, merchants now see the point of sale as a branding opportunity. For decades, the interaction at the point of sale was wholly focused on one thing — processing a transaction.

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Why Merchants Need Mobile Wallets

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Most people have at least heard of mobile wallets at this point — driven in part to the ever-lengthening list of retailers that are offering them in some form or other. Retailers are] seeing it not just as a process to be managed, but as an opportunity. Merchants are thinking about mobile wallets. Or they can adopt a phased approach.”.

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