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Retailers Look To Digital Technologies After Beating The Street

PYMNTS

Still, the earnings announcement comes as mall operators are trying to reboot in an era when the department store is no longer the anchor tenant of choice at many locations and brands like Macy’s and JCPenney continue to shutter brick-and-mortar stores. In some cases, the retailer is demolishing existing stores to create new uses of the land.

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Fintech And Financial Institutions – Bridging the Gap

NCR

But technology innovators and financial institutions have worked together for generations. Technology has been changing the world since we invented agriculture. Technology has been changing the world since we invented agriculture. My whole business career, technology has been a critical part of what a bank does.

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Will Hotels Win Back Customers By Cleaning Up Their Act (Literally)?

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Major hotel brands like Wyndham, Hilton, Marriott, Choice Hotels, Omni Hotels and Best Western served on an advisory board that helped draft the standards. However, major hotel brands like Four Seasons and Holiday Inn parent IHG and planning to go well beyond minimum standards.

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Striking a New Chord of Career Success in Consulting

Perficient

I recently got to virtually meet with associate technical consultant, Tom Phillips , to hear about his journey into the technology field. This project is not only a major milestone for Tom, but for our client as well — bringing the ability to search for their brand in European markets. Migrating From Music to Coding. The Strokes.

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Ordering Pizza Looks Easy, But It’s Not — Here’s Why

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But eventually, the company wanted to create a more unified brand experience. It had to choose between three platforms that had seen success at its 450 locations across California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Alaska, Hawaii and two international markets. ONOSYS has been a partner since they started,” said Kohn.

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Retail’s Voice-Assisted, Meatless Summer

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Urban Outfitters does have the benefit of a well-established brand behind it – but there is also the reality that the well-established brand has been having trouble attracting the “cool-kid” audience it relies on to signal-boost its products. Fulfillment Efforts. Moving from fashion to prescriptions – how’s that for a transition?

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How Siri And Alexa Could Be The New Face — Or Voice — Of Hospitality

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Of course, many also have privacy concerns related to voice-activated technology, even at home — let alone in a shared space, where others use the device before and after them, and where someone (the hotel) could potentially have access to data or moments that the guest would prefer to keep private.

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