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How CUs Can Leverage Loyalty Programs To Boost Their Brands And Retain Members

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Nearly four out of 10 CU members would be willing to switch primary FIs, according to the PYMNTS Credit Union Innovation Playbook — and the COVID-19 pandemic is making it even more important for credit unions to provide the support and stability that consumers seek. Listening to Members.

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Inside Chipotle’s Decade Of Digital-First Ordering Innovation

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Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) have heard the call for innovative digital ordering capabilities, with several major brands stepping up their investments in this area. The company has partnered with autonomous technology firm Nuro with plans to put driverless delivery vehicles to work in Houston, Texas, by the end of 2019.

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Retail Pulse: Luxury Brands Eye Airport Retail; Panera Bread Tests Dinner Menu

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Airports are providing luxury brands with access to consumers with extra time on their hands who want to buy unique and unusual items they can’t find near their residences. shopping malls are on the decline, are also becoming locations where brands are innovating with products. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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Retail Pulse: Kohl’s To Curate Brands With Facebook; Domino’s Rolls Out eBike Tie-Up

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Kohl’s , for instance, will bring emerging brands to over 50 physical retail locations and online starting in the fall through Curated By Kohl’s. The retailer also plans to team with Facebook on brand curation starting next year — “identifying and engaging with brands that have built a strong online community on the social media platform.”.

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Singapore’s TiffinLabs To Launch 1,000 Smart Kitchens For Food Delivery

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TiffinLabs opened in early 2019 and is operating some kitchens in Singapore, including digital-first restaurant brands Publico Pastabar and Hureideu – Korean Fried Chicken. Singapore-based foodtech company TiffinLabs has acquired access to more than 1,000 kitchens across the U.S., Now, Tiffin Labs wants to expand to the U.S. and Europe.

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Why Brick-And-Mortar Merchants Are Tapping Into Unattended Retail

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New digital innovations, however, provide the promise of offering valuable customer data to merchants. These are just some of the ways that merchants are using digital innovations to better serve their customers with the help of kiosk and unattended retail technology: . In the U.S.,

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More Retailers Are Checking Into Hotels In Search Of Innovation

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Luxury fitness brand Equinox is set next month to open its first hotel in New York City, “with more on the horizon in Seattle, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Santa Clara, Calif.,” As well, the furnishings brand RH, formerly known as Restoration Hardware, plans to open RH Guesthouse in New York in the fall.

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