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NEN Widens USAT Partnership For Cashless Payments Growth

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Cashless payments firm USA Technologies (USAT) is expanding its partnership with amusement kiosk operator National Entertainment Network (NEN) to bring expanded cashless payment options to more vending machines and devices, the companies announced in a press release on Friday (Nov. and Puerto Rico.

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Retailers Rethink Store Concepts, Digital Strategies Amid New Realities

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Traditional retail locations, ranging from fashion and home furnishings to hardware and department stores, have been forced to make significant changes in the face of heightened competition from eCommerce giants like Amazon and omnichannel powerhouses, like Walmart and its online unit, Jet.com.

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Kroger Building New Automated Warehouse Facility

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Supermarket giant Kroger and online grocery retailer Ocado are joining forces to build the second of 20 planned automated warehouse facilities. The $55 million center, expected to become operational in 2021, will measure up to 375,000 square feet and is expected to generate up to 400 new jobs.

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CardX CEO: Ban On Card Surcharge Ban May Lead to Lower Interchange Fees

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Will the ban on the credit card surcharge automatically lead to significantly higher prices when consumers opt for the plastic (via card or digital wallets) at the pump, at the counter … or pretty much anywhere? In New York this month, credit card surcharges got the okay. Maybe, maybe not. As Webster recounted Monday (Jan.

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Payments App And Device Take The Cake At Restaurant Trade Show

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The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Show is an annual three-day event for hospitality professionals to network, source, purchase and learn about new industry trends to follow, how to increase profits and how to ramp up their restaurant or lodging business to engage and serve customers in innovative ways.

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Kids’ Eyeglasses Get A Mobile And 3D Makeover

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Shoppers can check out using a credit card, debit card, Apple Pay or health savings account (HSA)/flexible spending account (FSA) at launch. Fitz is also striving to combine its online and mobile strengths into in-person experiences via pop-up retail. It’s not just the subscription commerce trend the company is tapping into.

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Why Voice Authentication’s Doing Prison Time

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What eventually becomes cutting-edge in retail and payments often originates in places that are dedicated to security, not commerce. Those efforts come as voice-assistant and voice-activated technologies — different, of course, from voice-print biometrics — are having a moment in the retail spotlight. Voice-Print Efforts.

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