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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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Can Healthcare Services Revitalize Retail For CVS?

PYMNTS

CVS retail business, separate from its pharmacy operations, has had a difficult few years. Which has left CVS looking to reimagine its retail space to focus more on the healthcare side of its offering, and to provide an incentive to enter the physical store regardless of the digital shopping alternatives.

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EU Merchants Offer WeChat Pay To China’s Shoppers

PYMNTS

The company also plans to offer virtual seminars to teach people about how to use the new integration program. Network International, the biggest acquirer of merchants for UAE, said it was committed to striding forward with technological innovations. Wirecard will add all payment methods and supporting merchants with the addition.

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Wirecard To Let EU Merchants Offer WeChat Pay To China’s Shoppers

PYMNTS

The company also plans to offer virtual seminars to teach people about how to use the new integration program. Network International, the biggest acquirer of merchants for UAE, said it was committed to striding forward with technological innovations. Wirecard will add all payment methods and supporting merchants with the addition.

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Newegg Hatches Real-World Commerce Plans In Canada

PYMNTS

Just when it looked like online-only brands would take every last penny of brick-and-mortar retailers’ lunch money, digital merchants started opening up B&M store fronts like it was the newest fad in town.

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Where and how to look for innovation in payments ?

Money and Payments

This week I had the pleasure of joining a panel on retail payments innovation as a part of a seminar by van Doorne and Innopay on the Payment Services Directive and the future changes for the payment industry. Panel chair Gijs Boudewijn challenged me to formulate some thoughts on the future direction of retail payments.

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Moving From POS To Point Of Interaction

PYMNTS

One size never fits all in retail — so why should it be any different with payments? That sentiment comes amid findings from PYMNTS that a majority of retailers know that innovation could help improve sales, and yet a significant number do not seem to be embracing such technological initiatives.

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