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Retail Pulse: Luxury Brands Eye Airport Retail; Panera Bread Tests Dinner Menu

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These hubs for travel retail, which are providing an audience of on-the-go travelers as U.S. However, the company’s luxury unit is continually on the uptick — and travel retail is said to be partly responsible. The company said in an announcement that the fleet from Nuro will serve some customers in Houston who make online orders.

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Verizon 5G Network Launch Foreshadows Mobile Commerce Changes

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The announcement from the mobile network provider serves as the latest demonstration that 5G is coming, and that retailers and payment services providers should get ready to operate in the 5G world. 5G Potential.

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AT&T Jumps On The 5G Bandwagon

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Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Fla., “As of today’s announcement, we’ve installed the latest mobile 5G network equipment in areas in the 12 markets where we plan to make 5G available in 2018.”. The cities that will have the 5G technology available this year include Atlanta, Charlotte, N.C., Louisville, Ky.,

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What’s The Reward For Early 5G Deployment? Asia Will Soon Find Out

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It’s difficult to say what retail and payments use cases will emerge from these early 5G deployments in South Korea – but they are coming, and not just from that country. A big part of the 5G pitch involves its retail capabilities. The work toward 5G services that could directly impact payments and commerce has started. In the U.S.,

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Carvana Opens Largest Car Vending Machine In Tempe

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Tempe joins 11 other cities that have Carvana vending machines, including Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Nashville (Tenn.), Jacksonville (Fla.), It’s the third Car Vending Machine launch in June, with Tempe the 12th location for the vending machines. Raleigh (N.C.), Charlotte (N.C.), Tampa (Fla.), Orlando (Fla.)

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

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billion, on an 82 percent increase in retail sales. That is the most organic growth of any automotive retailer ever in the U.S. Miami is Carvana’s 24th car vending machine location to date — joining Nashville, San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Dallas, Raleigh, Jacksonville, Tampa, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., Ontario (L.A.),

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5G, Biometrics Lead The Way At Mobile World Congress

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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. 5G Expansion. cities by the end of 2019.

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