PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The worlds of drones and 5G mobile network technology – two of the most promising trends in digital payments and commerce – are colliding. UPS , too, is going down the drone path – one that Amazon pioneered for retail delivery uses – and is seeking a certification to operate commercial drone flights. The company applied to the U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In a bid to increase loyalty, merchants are driving innovations in their stores. To that end, some brick-and-mortar retailers have begun to offer rewards programs for the very first time to bring shoppers through their doors. Retailers are taking new approaches to the way they attract customers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

It’s not uncommon for brands to open permanent stores after experimenting with pop-ups, but Glossier is taking an innovative payments approach to its new flagship in New York City that launched on Thursday (November 8): the company is bringing its own point-of-sale system (POS) to the flagship. And online retail sales may hit $123.73

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

It has been a busy year in the world of mobile commerce, particularly with retail apps. Below, PYMNTS rounds up the top trends of the year and sheds light on how retailers are tapping into mobile apps to make the shopping experience more convenient and less time consuming for shoppers. Apps As Mobile Ordering Tools.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In the meantime, the digital, mobile, delivery and other innovations that are taking place in this sector are also promising to impact retailers and the consumers who shop not only with mom-and-pop stores but with the bigger chains. The latest example of that comes from one of the biggest retail chains out there — Walmart.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 6, 2019

Guaranty Bank and Trust is using new technology to make it easier for potential new customers to switch bank accounts as it expands its branch network. The Mount Pleasant, Texas-based bank has added eight new locations over the past year in locations like Fort Worth and Dallas.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

Retailers are bringing omnichannel experiences to consumers by bridging the worlds of online and brick-and-mortar commerce through offerings such as buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS). Following that trend, Fast fashion apparel retailer rue21 recently announced it plans to bring the offering to more than 700 stores.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2019

Retailers are bolstering their supply chains in China as they seek to enhance their service and offer customers fresh products. The post also pointed out that the retailer invested over RMB 700 million – which is approximately $100 million – to create the South China Fresh Food Distribution Center. Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

The online marketplace company wants to eventually be able to use AI technology on descriptions, where a user could give basic details and the AI would flesh out the description. Financing is also part of the new wave of innovation in this area. New Financing.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2019

As it stands, the quick-service pizza chain has more than 15,900 stores in over 85 markets around the world and over half of its global retail sales are through international locations. As it stands, Dynamic Yield enables over 300 brands that span verticals such as retail, finance and travel across six continents.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

These realities are casting a new light on some of grocery stores’ recent innovations, such as Stop and Shop’s hand-held product scanners and Target’s and Whole Food’s mobile ordering and curbside pickup services. Sam’s Club has been a notable player in the digital innovation arena. Technologies To Aid At-Risk Shoppers.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

In an effort to make Scan & Go a bit quicker, Sam’s Club, owned by retailing giant Walmart, has developed and is testing an app that uses a camera for a mobile shopping experience, identifying products in consumers’ baskets rather than barcodes. The concept will be tested beginning this spring through the Sam’s Club Now app.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

That’s the cool thing about technology — if you invest in building platforms the right way, you can accelerate innovation,” he said, adding that nearly 133,000 concierge transactions had been handled by early June. Adapt, Pivot and Innovate’. Ready or not, like it or not, grocery shopping has permanently changed.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

“We are constantly researching and developing ways to take both in-store and at-home retail experiences to the next level,” Mahadevan said. The company started testing the 7NOW delivery service at select stores in Dallas two years ago. The location has technology that lets shoppers use their phones for payments.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

To that end, 7-Eleven said earlier this week that is debuting scan-and-go options at 14 of its Dallas-based stores, with the goal of bringing that technology to additional locations through 2019. Scan-and-go technology fit into the retailer’s overall business strategy by addressing a specific problem, said Singh.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

While new concepts such as sleeping pods and capsule hotels are coming on the scene today, Minute Suites was founded in the late 2000s with the company offering rooms with sofa beds at busy airports across the United States such as Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport and Dallas-Fort Worth Airport (DFW). Hospitality Innovations.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

” According to Fortune , the company will test the service in 18 markets: Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas-Ft. Late last year, the company rolled out scan-and-go options for customers in 14 stores in Dallas, with plans to equip all of its U.S. stores with the technology this year.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

The new brick-and-mortar location will come chock-full of new retail innovations, but the store won’t carry a plethora of items. This will be smaller than a typical club — which is perfect for testing innovations in a live shopping environment,” Iannone said. Shipping And Delivery.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2018

Green, who ran the Southland Ice Dock in Dallas, realized his customers needed to buy products like bread, milk and eggs after grocery stores had closed. Enter Amazon Go, a brick-and-mortar convenience store the eCommerce retailer opened last week in Seattle. But the technology may need refining. Amazon Reinvents the C-Store.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Together with Samsung, we plan to bring the best in technology and innovation to our customers. The cities that will have the 5G technology available this year include Atlanta, Charlotte, N.C., Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Fla., 5G phones with Samsung — also in the first half of 2019. Louisville, Ky.,

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Komal said that what distinguishes Zohr from other players is the proprietary in-house technology it has built to power the business. And it is not necessarily just a tire retailer – Komal said it is more of a logistics company that also happens to sell and install tires. and avoid the trek to a garage.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2019

To make purchases online and in brick-and-mortar stores, consumers are tapping into technology such as mobile phones and voice assistants. From Jetson to Kohl’s Corporation , merchants and technology providers are tapping into remote payments technology for commerce. Approximately one-quarter – or 24.6

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2017

In retail news, home goods eTailer Wayfair announced Friday (Sept. Currently available in 10 retail markets — including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New York City and San Francisco, among others — Chain Store Age reports the new feature will “transform what is considered a time-consuming, even frustrating, process.”

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NCR

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Today, the ATM is one of the most familiar features of the retail banking landscape. In the US, Dallas-based engineer Donald Wetzel pioneered the development and deployment of the ATM. Many banks continued to deploy this technology over the rest of the decade. This year, the automated teller machine turns 50. Rising deployment.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

As growth of Target -branded payment cards has slowed, the retailer is beginning to experiment with a new rewards program: Dubbed “Target Red,” the new program will not be linked to a debit or credit card , The Star Tribune reported. “We We know not everyone wants another credit card,” Joshua Thomas, a Target spokesman, told the newspaper. “So,

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2017

While the retail industry is undergoing its transformation, there’s one clear winner on both brick-and-mortar and eCommerce delivery services. Today’s retail practically demands an easy delivery option. Here are the numbers: $3.4 billion | Amount Aldi plans to invest to bring increase its U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

In addition, AT&T will let attendees at the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium play with 5G devices. As Verizon and AT&T work to get customers excited about 5G, merchants in retail and payments aren’t as thrilled. Chief Executive Officer Hans Vestberg said in an interview, according to Bloomberg.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Indeed, new evidence recently emerged about the deployment of the latest generation of mobile technology – one that promises to bring significant changes to retail and payments thanks to bandwidth expansion and faster processing, along with new challenges and questions as early 5G case studies loom. Biometric Innovation.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2018

The old model of opening a retail store with merchandise as a main focus of the space may not appeal to today’s consumers – millennials in particular. These stores are relying on restaurants, bars, guest speakers and self-service technology to draw in customers in lieu of sales signs and deep discounts.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

In addition to these technology-oriented improvements, there are also a variety of process improvements that many banks can make that are cost-free. Mostly, this means getting innovative with deposit and payment products. Despite a 30% increase in expected losses in markets like Dallas, Atlanta, D.C., Why is this so important?

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2018

Amazon said in the press release that Amazon Experience Centers feature the latest products and experiences created by Amazon experts, who are employees specifically trained on the latest technology. The eCommerce retailer said customers have rated Amazon’s experts at 4.9 out of 5 stars. with more to follow.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2017

It’s an industry-wide problem that Modo is solving with its patented COIN technology. For example, in the retail world issuers and merchants run into a brick wall when trying to enable acceptance of a new form of currency — like loyalty points — at the physical point of sale. That’s what Modo’s does.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

The impending “death of retail” has been projected for decades. But, in an increasingly digital world, brick-and-mortar retail shops are embracing new ways to disrupt the system and get an edge on customer attention. One popular choice: retail innovation labs. Get the 54-page retail report.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Out of necessity, restaurants are turning to a wide range of new technologies to deliver on changing ordering preferences. While drive-thrus can be a source of retail innovation , traditional operations aren’t what they used to be. percent of Taco Bell locations featuring the technology, while only 7.3

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

That’s doubly true at a time of fast-paced technological change like we’re experiencing now. Dallas-based Wingstop is has arranged it so gamers on Amazon’s Twitch live streaming service can use their Wing Calculator within the platform before placing their order. Domino’s has GPS tagged 400 U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2017

Saladworks also plans to plant corporate stores in key markets in Atlanta, Georgia and Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas over the next six to 12 months. Furthermore, the corporate stores will serve as a trial run for new ideas in restaurant technology and operational flow to increase efficiency.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2017

The new Neiman Marcus store in Dallas-Fort Worth is both very much like — and completely different from — the 42 other Neiman Marcus stores scattered throughout the United States. Those all have to be part of the experience, and that is what we are thinking about when we think about new technology.”. What’s Next.

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