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When QSRs Think Really Outside The Box In The Innovation Race

PYMNTS

The realm of quick service restaurants (QSRs) is and actually always has been a pretty innovative space. The drive-thru window, for example, first met the market in 1947 when it was introduced to the world by Sheldon “Red” Chaney, operator of Red’s Giant Hamburg in Springfield, Missouri. Each has a Whopper, French fries and a drink.

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Pop Up Grocer Checks All The Pandemic Retail Boxes

PYMNTS

Even though its business model was centered around food discovery and the novel experience of shopping at new locations, Pop Up Grocer also has the digital shift covered. For a business built on a nomadic and innovative business model, the two-year-old firm has reacted quickly and expertly to an unforeseen crisis by pushing into eCommerce.

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What Evine’s Surprisingly Dramatic Journey Means For The Future Of Home Shopping

PYMNTS

It made a largely unreported acquisition of a firm called STARTEK earlier this year, and although it may sound like an acquisition more appropriate for Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space exploration firm, the business is a call center operator and engagement outsourcing specialist. real estate. Evine is getting ready to expand.

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

It’s an honor to work with them as we focus on advocacy, education and innovation for the community banking industry. At-large director Jill Sung (not pictured), President and CEO, Abacus Federal Savings Bank, New York City. Bank Operations and Payments chair Alice P. ICBA standing committee chairs (from left).

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: EMV, Apple, Birchbox (And Why Being First Isn’t The Same As Winning)

PYMNTS

We were thrilled to report that the health of those businesses that line the side streets and main streets of Any Town, USA are not only healthy and growing but making the local economies in which they operate healthy, too. And, that’s not all the good news. Operating a business in a profitable manner — what a quaint idea.

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32 Corporate Innovation Labs In Retail

CB Insights

But, in an increasingly digital world, brick-and-mortar retail shops are embracing new ways to disrupt the system and get an edge on customer attention. One popular choice: retail innovation labs. Learn about the technologies, innovations, and strategies that retailers can leverage this holiday season. Founded: 2015.

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CEO Roundtable: Ideas for a successful 2023

Independent Banker

Anita Drentlaw , CEO, president and CFO at $190 million-asset New Market Bank in Elko New Market, Minn. Jill Sung , president and CEO of $325 million-asset Abacus Federal Savings Bank in New York City. So our attention will be getting our whole organization ready for that new digital system.