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How Retailers Could Turn Smart Vending Into A $15B Market By 2025

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As technology reshapes the way buyers access goods and services, consumer expectations are moving targets, and merchants that hope to survive can’t afford to fall behind. From Reis & Irvy’s to Vengo , merchants and technology companies are reinventing the world of vending technology through smart devices.

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Red Hat: Cloud Technology And The New Digital Normal

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"What I enjoy most is helping our customers thrive in this rapidly changing world and helping them realize their vision in a way that simplifies the adoption of new technology — capabilities that can unleash their innovation in the digital economy," said Craig Muzilla, senior vice president of Red Hat. A Permanent Shift for Payments.

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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. Besides QSRs, this technology is popping up at hotels. Consumers want their orders faster than ever before.

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Payments 2016: The Year Of An Incredible Shift In Retailer And Consumer Expectations

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PYMNTS consulted 21 payments executives from across the industry to share their insights on the biggest takeaways from 2016 as part of the “Payments 2016, The Year Of…” eBook. Payments 2016: The Year Of An Incredible Shift In Retailer And Consumer Expectations. My company is in loyalty, or behavior incentivization.

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Payments 2016: The Year Of The ‘Ecosystem,’ Redefined

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PYMNTS consulted 21 payments executives from across the industry to share their insights on the biggest takeaways from 2016 as part of the “Payments 2016, The Year Of…” eBook. Use of technology in retail is no longer a trend, evidenced by a proliferation of solutions in 2016. The payments ecosystem is being redefined.

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50 Percent Of Consumers Want Digital Coupons, Free Shipping From Omnireadi Retailers

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Even traditionally offline retailers such as Walmart have to expand their omnichannel offerings to reach consumers. Here are five omnichannel features retailers should keep in mind when reaching consumers online. said on the company’s blog that the technology allows customers to retrieve their online orders in less than a minute. —

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Five At Five: Walmart’s Newest Challenge To Amazon

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Walmart Launches eBook Service t o Take o n Amazon. said the eBook platform will complement its physical book assortment and offer customers an entirely new category that hasn’t been available at Walmart before. With brick-and-mortar retailers closing hundreds of stores, the future of the mall has looked bleak.

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