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Mobile payments can redefine the customer experience for unattended retail

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One of the best-attended educational sessions at the recent National Automatic Merchandising Association show in Las Vegas focused on how payment technology innovations — namely mobile payments — are impacting customer expectations.

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Unattended retail struggles with mobile payments acceptance

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Mobile payments continue to expand, making it important for operators of unattended retail equipment to invest in the technology. A speaker at the National Automatic Merchandising Association show in Las Vegas urged his fellow industry executives to get on board with the trend.

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Retailers Wary Of Opening As Some States Restart Economies

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Many large retail chains are wary of reopening even while some states move toward starting their economies again following closures due to COVID-19. are some of the large national chains noting they will not partake in the early phase of reopening in places like South Carolina and Georgia per The Wall Street Journal. and Macy’s Inc.

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Protests Could Lower Odds Of Vegas Reopening

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Las Vegas, hit hard by the coronavirus due to its heavy entertainment-fueled economy, was planning a comeback — but that may be derailed due to the civil unrest going on over the past week, CNBC reports. In Reno, the National Guard was called to respond to riots amid a declaration of a citywide emergency by the mayor.

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Smart Retailers Inspire Confidence Via Cleanliness

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The list of positive retail brand attributes goes on and on, but one new post-pandemic value has become more important than all the others: cleanliness. Example: Ted Gallagher is vice president and partner at Environmental Hazards Control , a Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based company that disinfects retail locations and other business facilities.

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Grocery Tracker: Instacart’s National Push

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markets and is slated to roll out to four more this week in Detroit, Columbus, Ohio, Las Vegas and the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas. And with 80 percent national coverage, these current stats wouldn’t come as much of a loss. billion back in March, grocery delivery startup Instacart is eyeing some major U.S.

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Latest Trends Show Shopping Centers Becoming More Social For Consumers

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Phillips Edison & Company , a fully integrated real estate firm with a national platform of grocery-anchored shopping centers, released its industry insights on trending themes for retail shopping centers this week at ICSC’s RECon event in Las Vegas. Of course, food also plays a vital role in the consumer experience.

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