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Retailers Show The Path Forward On AI Innovation

PYMNTS

Retailers are getting smarter about artificial intelligence (AI), and the latest example of that innovative effort comes from Walmart. According to a new report , the retail chain, hoping to reduce checkout theft, is turning to cameras powered by AI, with deployments underway in some 1,000 stores.

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How Pharmacies Are Driving Retail Innovation

PYMNTS

The nearly universal need for medication and other remedies is driving retail innovation via the pharmacy sector — and that includes the area of customer experience. One of the keys of the commerce game these days is providing a deeper customer experience, and that holds true when it comes to healthcare retail.

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The Year In Data: Measuring 2020’s Payments Innovation

PYMNTS

percent made voice-assisted purchases while shopping for groceries or retail goods in the last 24 hours. 35 percent of retail businesses have experienced an increase in demand. percent of millennials believe it is “very” important to receive payments in real time. percent made purchases via mobile in the last 24 hours.

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Welcome To The New C-Store Innovation Game

PYMNTS

Retail innovation labs – incubators or tech hubs – aren’t confined to operations run by the likes of Amazon or Walmart. A new lab store from 7-Eleven underscores the innovation wave that is taking place in the convenience store sector of retail – a sector ripe for change, disruption and growth. stores with the innovation.

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Retail Innovation Depends On Older Consumers, Too

PYMNTS

Youngsters tend to get all the credit when it comes to being a force that drives retail innovation, and that’s fair enough. Sure, millennials and bridge millennials use apps the most for planning in-store purchases — 47.9 PYMNTS defines bridge millennials as consumers between 30 and 40 years old. percent and 42.8

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Ally Financial Has Milennials to Thank for Its Impressive Retail Deposit Growth

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s robust marketing strategy for its retail bank has paid off, as the bank today reported that half of its new retail customers were millennials. Of Ally Financial’s 230,000 new retail deposit customers via its retail side, Ally Bank, 126,500 were millennials, according to bank’s earnings report released today.

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Deep Dive: How Customer Behaviors Drive Demand For Mobile Disbursement Innovation

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The number of smartphone users worldwide has grown exponentially in recent years, with some reports projecting there will be 3.5 This ease explains why retailers and other businesses have been growing more interested in this area. Retailers are exploring mobile disbursements as a way to connect with their tech-savvy consumer bases.

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