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Labor Day Weekend 2020: Where The Kentucky Derby, Dragon Con And Burning Man Go Virtual

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But we come this week not to bemoan the losses of Labor Day 2020, but to praise the innovators who’ve worked overtime to keep at least some of the holiday’s events going — albeit in digital form. For example, the Kentucky Derby will be run on Saturday (Sept. 5) for the 146th time this weekend after being postponed from its normal May.

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Walgreens Brings Mobile Technology To Stores

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To help improve the productivity of workers and enrich the customer experience, Walgreens is tapping into mobile technology as it bridges the digital and brick-and-mortar store experiences. The pharmacy chain is bringing enterprise-class handheld tablets and mobile computers from Zebra Technologies Corporation into its stores across the U.S.,

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Why Brick-And-Mortar Merchants Are Tapping Into Unattended Retail

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To help meet customer expectations in the digital age, retailers have to know who their shoppers are and what they want. While eTailers already have this information about consumers, brick-and-mortar retailers don’t have this in-depth knowledge. The number of Kentucky Fried Chicken locations to adopt kiosks by 2020 is 5,000.

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2018 Recap: The Year In Grocery Innovations

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Shoppers had new opportunities to buy groceries without having to walk through the aisles of their local supermarkets or wait in line at checkout counters this year, as grocers rolled out digital innovations in shopping and payments. It allows them to fully immerse themselves into the retail space with convenience and efficiency.”

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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. Biometric Innovation.

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LatAm’s RobinFood Says It’s A Tech Company That Sells Food … And It’s Working

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Colombia-based RobinFood — Latin America’s fastest-growing chain of “cloud” restaurants — credits proprietary technology, the explosive growth of FinTechs and pandemic-led lifestyle changes as the secrets of its success. Even so, Vega said that when it comes to ordering food, the masses are underserved. They just can't afford it,” he said.

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How QSRs Enable Digital Options With Rapid Order-Ahead Growth

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In an era of restaurant technology that provides diners with many choices, mobile order-ahead is more popular than ever with consumers. To meet this rising demand, QSRs are tapping into ordering interfaces built into cars and reconstructing stores to make for smoother mobile pickup — along with other innovations.

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