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BI Ignite 2019: What Customer Experience Will Look Like 10 Years From Now

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The customer experience in banking will change drastically over the next 10 years said panelists at the Bank Innovation Ignite 2019 in Seattle on Tuesday.

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Retail Pulse: Starbucks Opens NYC Roastery; Amazon Eyes London For Amazon Go

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Retailers are bringing experiential stores to big cities, and Starbucks is no exception: The coffee chain was set to open its Starbucks Reserve Roastery New York City on Friday (Dec. According to AM New York , it has “the largest fully operational coffee roasting plant in Manhattan.” million pounds of coffee annually.

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Retail Reinvention: Why Retail Doesn’t Need Salespeople

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Take retail salespeople — Stoll’s self-proclaimed cornerstones of capitalism. Back in the so-called “good old days” of retail, salespeople used to be the only source of information consumers could consult about a product before they made a purchase. Service — not sales — is the new human retail touchpoint. Take Starbucks.

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Amazon Teams With Family-Owned Business In Counterfeiting Lawsuit

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Seattle-based Amazon has hooked up with a small business to sue 11 individuals, alleging that they counterfeited J.L. Childress ’ products — including travel bags for car seats and strollers — and then offered them for sale on the retail giant’s marketplace. It is now co-owned and operated by her two daughters, Kate and Sarah.

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Unattended Retail Can Boost Visits To Stores

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Wendy’s , for example, planned to roll out self-ordering kiosks at about 1,000 of its retail locations by the end of 2017 in an attempt to both lure younger customers and to battle long lines at peak dining hours. They are also trying to enhance the customer experience. Younger customers prefer to use a kiosk.”.

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Retail Pulse: Framebridge Opens DC Store; Starbucks Hits 30,000-Location Milestone

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This next chapter empowers us to keep our focus on delivering that excellent customer experience at much larger scale and in more convenient and inspirational ways,” Tynan said in an announcement at the time of the investment. The coffee chain, which operates in 78 global markets, opened its first store in Seattle in the 1970s.

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Traditional Healthcare Is Going Under The Knife Of Disruption

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From telehealth to new financing options for patient treatments to big retailers like Walmart , Walgreens and CVS mashing up retail with healthcare, everyone from startups to incumbents are using the pandemic as an opportunity to disrupt — and reinvent — healthcare. Here’s a look at some of the latest developments. We’re in healthcare.

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