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Legal Cannabis Retail Gets Big, Feminine And Luxurious

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It’s not often that one gets to see a new form of retail emerge, but that’s what’s happening with, of all things, legal recreational cannabis. So far, this retail is taking a form that is big, feminine and even a bit luxurious. The retailer said it is launching The High End, a luxury cannabis lifestyle and wellness concept shop.

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Diebold Nixdorf Debuts ‘Extreme’ ATM — Tiny and Contactless

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LAS VEGAS — Contactless payments are not new — card-free ATM transactions have been seen at fintech conference for years now — but they are getting more buzz lately, especially as the industry continues to debate the possibility of a cashless society.

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Wild Cards? Gambling, Payroll, Other Models Provide Fresh Fuel For Prepaid

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Cards (as in prepaid, stored-value cards that consumers can use for gambling, payroll and a variety of other uses, many of them novel) are only half the battle. To get a sense of how the world of payments and cards has changed, Cregan told Webster a story about a conference he attended in Las Vegas in 2009.

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How Retailers Drive Innovation With Subscriptions (And Payments)

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Brick-and-mortar retailers, as well as online merchants, are offering consumers all sorts of products and services through the subscription business model, from movies to tea. And retailers are offering innovative subscriptions for all sorts of products. They can pay for their subscriptions by PayPal, debit card or credit card.

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Retail Pulse: Walgreens To Test Drone Deliveries; Walmart To Relaunch Scoop

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Retailers are testing drone delivery to grow their omnichannel offerings and provide “store to door” on-demand service to their customers. The announcement was made by Worldwide Consumer CEO Jeff Wilke on June 5 at the eCommerce retailer’s “re:MARS” conference in Las Vegas. Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

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Five At Five: Facebook Hit By GDPR On Monthly Users

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FoodsCo , a subsidiary of supermarket retailer Kroger, announced it would stop accepting Visa card payments at 21 of its stores and five gas stations in northern and central California, starting in mid-August. cities — like New York, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Dallas — by early 2019. Kroger Unit Says Visa No More.

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CES (And Why It’s Secretly All About Mobile Pay)

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For most of the year, Las Vegas is something of a specific taste. If one happens to dislike one or all of those things, Las Vegas is more or less a perfect approximation of hell on Earth. For that consumer, most commerce happened in a store, and most of it was covered with a card or cash.

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