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Retailers Look To Digital Technologies After Beating The Street

PYMNTS

Retailers and retail landlords are reporting strong first-quarter earnings results, beating analysts’ expectations in many cases. But mall owners and operators are occupied with a different focus: what to do with closing anchor tenants that once filled valuable space in their malls. billion, according to news from Retail Dive.

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While Some Malls Are On The Decline, Other Malls Bring In Billions In Sales

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A year after General Growth Properties’ (GGP) Providence Place opened in 1999, the mall boasted 120 tenants, including a slew of upmarket retailers, seven restaurants and two cinemas. million square feet of space — and quickly became a hot retail destination. In 2018, department stores closed in U.S. The Mall in Hawaiian Paradise.

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Retail’s Voice-Assisted, Meatless Summer

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As PYMNTS prepares to BBQ and drink sangria and maybe even hum some union solidarity anthems in honor of this holiday weekend, we ask you to take a few moments to join us on a “greatest-hits tour” of this past summer of retail. One example was provided by retail chain Urban Outfitters. New Subscription Push. Voice and Tariffs.

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Malibu Poke Is Banking On Facial Recognition Payments

PYMNTS

Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are leveraging them to provide the faster, more convenient ordering experience customers crave and to trim costs associated with human cashiers (as well as operational inefficiencies). The poke bowl trend originated in Hawaii and features marinated, raw sashimi-grade fish.

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How ‘Butler Bells’ Improve Hospitality, Revenue In Restaurants, Hotels

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Our main intent is technology that increases human engagement and provides another engagement point with a person,” Kallpod COO Steven Barrow Barlow told PYMNTS.com in an interview. The device comes to the quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain after Joseph DeCola, a Houston franchise owner, spotted one while on vacation in Hawaii.)

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Grocers Get Creative With Delivery

PYMNTS

But sometimes, a more creative approach in retail is needed. The service operates out of two 2,000-square-foot industrial spaces and offers only 1,000 products, using artificial intelligence to determine which items to stock and in what amounts based on customer buying trends. So what is a micro-grocer, anyway?

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Walmart’s Been On A Buying Spree. Which Company Could It Acquire Next?

CB Insights

Jet.com founder Marc Lore ascended to CEO of Walmart’s US e-commerce operations, and since joining has taken the company on an e-commerce/apparel acquisition spree. New Frontiers in Retail Tech. Download this research briefing to see how corporates and startups are shaping the future of retail with tech. E-Commerce .

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