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How Beef Jerky Is Driving Digital Payments Innovation

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Kohn sees the product “as a really fun unique form of protein that we don’t think exists on the market right now.” Product and eCommerce Innovation. The company makes products that not only have flavors that are unique to the market, Kohn says, but are distinctive from each other to cater to different palates.

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How Cashierless Checkout Can Power Brand Marketing Experiences

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Cashierless stores aren’t just for mega retailers like Amazon to sell prepared food from their kitchens or products from other producers: Beverage brands, among other companies, are getting into the action and choosing this checkout experience for stores that showcase their own products IRL (“in real life”) as a marketing tool.

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Credit Card Payments With Pedals

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PYMNTS recently caught up with Ben Morris, founder and chief pedicab officer at Coaster Pedicab, which owns and operates bicycle taxi companies in more than a dozen cities, including Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C., Morris said modern payment technology can have a similar impact on the pedicab market.

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Putting Leisure In A Box, On Demand

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Ballbox Founder and CEO Alexander Hejazi, for instance, moved to Chicago after college with all the essentials but didn’t have the items he wanted to use at the beach. Users can then check out using a credit card to gain access to the item. The concept serves as an experiential marketing avenue for product manufacturers and retailers.

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Bringing Luggage Storage Into The Digital Age

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At the same time, he saw innovation and growth in the Airbnb short-term rental space. Pricing and Target Market. Consumers pay for their storage by credit card, and the hosts get paid out every Friday through Stripe , which Korbel said “is our third-party payment processor.”. for the first time and is staying in an Airbnb.

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The Rise of Shared Parking In The Platform Economy

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Keeping pace with parking payments and innovation. Renters can pay via credit or debit card and sellers can receive funds directly into their bank accounts, Wootton said. That simplicity also keeps Rover Parking competitive in what is rapidly becoming an oversaturated market with apps and institutions that back them.

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How Starbucks Has Steered Its Digital Efforts For A Pandemic World

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The pandemic pushed several in-the-works innovations forward — particularly curbside delivery and the launch of new Starbucks Pickup locations in markets such as Chicago, New York City, San Francisco and Seattle. But as its customer behavior has changed, Starbucks has been adjusting along with it.