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A Bank Automation Summit Preview: Dissecting the Intersection of Real-time Payments and Automation

Perficient

Perficient is looking forward to joining this conversation with other financial services and payments experts at the upcoming Bank Automation Summit in Charlotte, North Carolina on March 2-3. With all this considered, key strategic topics like buy vs. build, risk, and operational readiness cannot be ignored.

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Walmart Revs Up Second Test Program For Drone Delivery

PYMNTS

For the second time in the past week, the retailer has announced a pilot program to test how well drones will pick up and deliver packages. The latest news has Walmart launching a drone delivery operation near the company’s headquarters in Northwest Arkansas. That trial will deliver similar products to what was announced for Zipline.

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Fleet Feet: Running Shoe Retailer Sprints With Technology

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The Carrboro, North Carolina-based chain has used its technology-first strategy to get, keep and grow its customer base – even while its stores were shut down early in the pandemic. Despite its 37 -state footprint, Werder noted that Fleet Feet thinks of itself as both a national brand and a community retailer.

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Retail Pulse: Walmart Provides Health Career Path; Inspire Brands To Buy Jimmy John’s

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Brick-and-mortar retailers are expanding their efforts to provide customers with health and wellness services while taking steps to train their employees for healthcare roles. said in the announcement about the offering, “Walmart aims to be the market leader in providing retail workers a path to careers in growing fields like healthcare.

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David Lauren Steps Up To Head Innovation At Ralph Lauren

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David Lauren — son of company founder and namesake Ralph Lauren — will be promoted to the newly created position of chief innovation officer, according to a recent filing with the SEC. In its 10-K filing with the SEC, Ralph Lauren Media wrote that it expects to roll out a new global eCommerce platform built in-house within the next two years.

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Walmart Teams With Ford, Postmates For Delivery Program

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Senior Vice President of Digital Operations Tom Ward said in a blog post , “Through it, w e aim to learn more about how we can take advantage of self-driving vehicles to deliver fresh groceries – hand-picked by our personal shoppers – to customers.”. Walmart U.S. households. Walmart U.S.

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Uber May Be Gearing Up For Drone-Delivered ‘Flying Burgers’

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In a job posting, the company noted that it wanted to make delivery drones work by 2019 at the earliest, and have the drones operational in some markets when 2021 rolls around. For starters, rules for operating vehicles out of the vision of ground operators need to be devised by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).