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JUNE 3, 2019

Mobile doesn’t just mean apps – order-ahead technology is also increasingly being integrated into cars, and the rise in mobile ordering is affecting restaurants themselves. The top four were all branded apps, which makes sense for large chains. Yum Brands! Mobile order-ahead apps have lower adoption among smaller QSRs.

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OCTOBER 5, 2017

based technology group has reportedly approached Leclerc, a privately-held French supermarket, about a logistics collaboration. The Amazon Go prototype grocery stores will enable customers to make purchases without the need for a cashier, and are currently in testing in Seattle, Washington. In more Amazon news, the U.S.-based

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MARCH 31, 2020

Call it trend or phenomenon, cashierless operations are popping up back by influential money. As we read in the March 2020 Automated Retail Tracker™ , “eCommerce giant Amazon is among the companies tapping into unattended operations to keep time-strapped customers satisfied. Amazon Go’ Cashless. UR Making Me Laugh.

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

Despite the rise of e-commerce and mobile, the physical channel still plays an important role in consumer experience — and retailers are increasingly leveraging technologies to stay afloat. Cashier-less technology is one of the latest trends to dominate conversation. The technologies supporting a cashier-less environment.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

Online brands are stepping into the world of brick-and-mortar, opening their own physical locations to help consumers experience their concepts in real life with the help of digital technology. The brand’s latest chapter will include taking a leap into the world of brick-and-mortar with the help of technology-enabled storefronts.

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DECEMBER 21, 2016

“I hope you’re convinced we’re continuing to set the bar for digital in brick-and-mortar,” Matt Ryan, Starbucks chief strategy officer, explained after sharing the company’s technology plans. It’s been a busy few months for the Seattle-based retailer.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Taco Bell is living más as it pulls ahead of Burger King as the fourth-largest quick-service restaurant (QSR) brand with new delivery options and, yes, nacho fries. The company has recently seen positive momentum and improved operating performance, and delivery is projected to accelerate future growth. But McDonald ’s Corp.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Meanwhile, their in-store customer base shrinks, as shoppers can now find lower prices and fast delivery with the touch of a few buttons on their smartphone – or even through interactive technology that uses voice recognition. The company also launched a new co-branded Visa rewards card with Alliance Data.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

The advance of Amazon’s cashierless technology is not a new story to the retail beat as of 2020. with new openings scheduled for New York, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco on the agenda for his year. with new openings scheduled for New York, Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco on the agenda for his year.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

This news — part of an ongoing deal between the two companies — combines two well-known brands with a delivery service that has a fleet of couriers who are pretty much ready at all times. The coffee chain said this week (Jan. 22) that it will add more cities to its delivery network via a partnership with Uber Eats. Consumer Demands.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

20), one centered around its Alexa voice-assistant technology, and one of the main themes that came out of that Seattle event is a reminder of how badly the eCommerce operator wants to live inside your house and vehicles. Amazon put on a product pageant on Thursday (Sept. More on that in just a bit …. Alexa Enhancements.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

Benson Porter, Boeing Employees CreditUnion – Porter led BECU through an amazing streak of growth in the Pacific Northwest, all while building an innovative, stakeholder-driven brand respected nationally. Goes to Allison Netzer and Liz High for their provocative tome, Think Like a Brand, Not a Bank. The Smarter Bank Technology Award.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2018

Merchants from QSRs to large eCommerce retailers are turning to technology such as digital kiosks to drive traffic into their stores. If they don’t, they risk losing business to competitors that embrace the technology, according to the PYMNTS Unattended Retail Tracker. Besides QSRs, this technology is popping up at hotels.

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AUGUST 30, 2017

That’s likely why, after putting brick-and-mortar bookstores like Borders out of business, it’s now building its own version of the exact same thing, and why it’s running so many pilots and experiments in the grocery space, like the Amazon Go convenience store in Seattle. Walmart has pressed Amazon into physical retail.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

With premium coffees, teas, mixology and the iconic Milanese Princi Bakery, it serves as a Starbucks brand amplifier and a platform for future innovation.” According to AM New York , it has “the largest fully operational coffee roasting plant in Manhattan.” The space, of course, is a place where Starbucks will roast coffee beans.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2018

After Green’s innovative merchandising concept, stores opened with various names — “bantams,” “dairy stores” and “vest-pocket grocery stores,” for example — but Green established a brand that has stood the test of time. operates more than 65,000 stores in 18 countries worldwide. But the technology may need refining. Eleven, Inc.,

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APRIL 28, 2017

Amazon also managed to lower some of its operating costs as it also saw an uptick in subscription and advertising revenue. “So Revenue from a co-branded credit card deal and from third-party sellers paying to promote their products on Amazon.com also rose 56 percent to $850 million. We think that has a lot of potential.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

It was a week with a fair amount of push back on the road, particularly on Amazon’s side of the ledger with choppy waters in both its delivery operations and ongoing expansion into healthcare. The move was not exactly unexpected as Amazon has increasing acted to grow its internal delivery network and technology footprint.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2016

The bold-yellow-lettering-on-blue-background-adorned movie rental stores that dotted the American landscape throughout the 1990s — Gothamist notes that, as late as 2004, there were around 9,000 Blockbuster locations in business across the country — now number a scant 51 independently operated franchises.

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JUNE 29, 2015

The most successful uses of the machines have been instances where they fit within an overall bank strategy that includes traditional branch tellers in some or even all of the locations, some community bankers and technology experts say. “We James Johnson, PCSB Bank.

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CB Insights

JUNE 5, 2019

Biometric technology such as facial recognition can quickly and accurately identify individual people and their emotional state, making it a powerful tool for ensuring security and preventing fraud. The company is hoping this technology will be showroom-ready by 2020. GET THE entire 23-PAGE Facial recognition REPORT.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

But while the big show is revving up, the race to bring more consumers into the fold is always running, and this week both Amazon and Walmart had some big moves in beefing up (or in Amazon’s case, creating) their in-store pickup operations. So where were the highlights? In-Store Move: Amazon Joins Forces with Rite Aid.

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JUNE 6, 2019

The company announced it was effectively ceasing operations immediately and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, putting more than 1,100 people out of work overnight. Coda Automotive sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections in May 2013, and announced it was restructuring its business as a battery technology company.

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CB Insights

JUNE 4, 2019

Even luxury brands are contributing to this problem. In this report, we examine how fashion brands are leveraging technology to make clothing production and consumption more sustainable, from the use of plant-based textiles and bacteria-based dyes to leveraging a blockchain-based supply chain to increase transparency.

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JUNE 17, 2020

From healthcare to education to entertainment to manufacturing, technology innovators are stepping forward to help answer that question. In some cases, the technological changes inspired by Covid-19 will come in the form of an acceleration of existing trends — for example, industrial automation and contactless payments. Teletherapy.

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JANUARY 24, 2018

The Seattle-based giant also opened its cashier-less Amazon Go store to the public in January 2018, after reported delays. “Physical stores serve an indispensable role during the consumer journey and should be enhanced through data-driven technology and personalized services in the digital economy.” ” – Brian T.

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

The old guard of American dining are switching up their games to compete: McDonald’s is adding self-serve kiosks to many of its franchises, upping the ante with mobile order technology. Many of yesterday’s casual dining brands are dying, but not because millennials “don’t eat out.” Next Level Burger.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

And as of last week, the list got a bit longer, as California made a few great leaps toward becoming the autonomous delivery capital of the country, with two big pilots by brand-name firms scheduled for the cities and suburbs. Well, if all of these California test drives go according to plan, anyway. Postmates Takes San Francisco .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Technology — not traditional payments companies — will be who leads the way. Looking at the data, how players in payments and commerce more broadly are using technology and the shopping habits of consumers all make that fact indisputable. For most of the last decade, we’ve been talking about the same old, same old.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

They’re also embracing new technology and the unprecedented discoverability and customer connections it allows. Finally, technology is helping millennials learn more about camping and find camping experiences. Technology also plays an important role in the fast-casual industry. Similarly, chains including Carl’s Jr.,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Penned by astronomer, professor, author and hacker capturer Clifford Stoll , the article was one big rant about his absolute disdain for a technology that he said would never have a future: the internet. Putting those tools and technologies put in the hands of consumers only accelerates this shift. Take Starbucks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2017

Meanwhile, the cost of delivering the circus experience continued to climb — operating the train, caring for the animals, setting up the circus in each town, defending the animal cruelty lawsuits. And since the elephant was the brand of The Greatest Show on Earth, with its brand integrity challenged, options to license it were improbable.

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CB Insights

APRIL 3, 2018

Below, we analyze how AI, machine learning, and computer vision-based technologies — including robots used for heavy lifting, navigation, and assembly tasks — are impacting all parts of the retail chain, from the manufacturing of goods all the way to their distribution. Operations are scheduled to begin in 2018.

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