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Toyota Brings Car Sharing To Hawaii

PYMNTS

Toyota has announced that it is offering a car share service for residents and visitors in Honolulu, Hawaii. The new mobility solution called Hui — a round-trip, station-based car share service — is operated by Servco Pacific ( Servco ), Toyota’s distributor in Hawaii.

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Retailers Look To Digital Technologies After Beating The Street

PYMNTS

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. While mall owners and operators face their share of challenges, Simon Property Group’s revenues clocked in at $1.4 Buoyed by strong consumer spending and its resilience in the U.S.

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

PYMNTS

Yet some malls are making it big, brining in billions of dollars of sales, CNBC reported, such as the Ala Moana Center in Hawaii, Sawgrass Mills in Florida and Oakbrook Center in Illinois. Beyond Hawaii, GGP is one of the largest shopping center owners and operators in the U.S. In 2018, department stores closed in U.S.

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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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Retail’s Voice-Assisted, Meatless Summer

PYMNTS

Perhaps the most unexpected development to emerge during this past summer of retail was the frenzy sparked by the introduction of meatless menu items by fast-food operators. The subscription commerce wars kept raging, and new operations and businesses entered the market or tweaked their models. New Subscription Push.

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

PYMNTS

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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The Solar Industry’s Most Active Investors

CB Insights

The most active backers are diverse, from French energy utility company Engie — which operates multiple nuclear energy reactors — to Oakland’s Powerhouse, an incubator with a notable focus on the solar industry. It also includes companies that are working on improving the core elements behind solar technology.

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