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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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Grocery Stores Shutter In-Store Pharmacies

PYMNTS

The Wall Street Journal quotes Phillip Breker, who managed a pharmacy at Minneapolis-based grocery chain Lunds & Byerly, now closed down. The trend is indicative of the losses felt by smaller mom-and-pop stores and grocery retailers, as people have tended to order more of their medications by mail or get them in large 90-day supplies.

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How Scotiabank Manages Fraud Protection For A Data-Driven Future

PYMNTS

” The FI is combating global fraudsters’ sophistication with technology like AI, as well as educational seminars for both its business and retail banking customers. I would say talent management is definitely top of mind.”. Talent and the Growing Fraud Problem.

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What Are Fraudsters Up To Now?

PYMNTS

Don has worked in several management roles within the technology segment for over 20 years with both hardware/software manufacturers and as a partner in two top technology marketing agencies.

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In Banking, Content Is Showing Results

Jeff For Banks

As with most digital marketing concepts, the talk surrounding using content to acquire customers is within the retail realm. Clearly a retail customer acquisition approach. In most strategic planning retreats I moderate, the social media talk, including content, centers on retail. See the ad in my Facebook feed today.

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Alexa’s Global Ambitions

PYMNTS

That growth has mostly been carried by the power of recruiting and training seminars. “We country manager of Alexa skills for India, told TechCircle. Moreover, Alexa by nature of its parentage is an AI assistant with a particularly sharp focus on retail, and generating consumer spend.

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Paid social media’s place in your marketing strategy

Independent Banker

Community banks can also create ads using Facebook Ads Manager to promote new products and services, an event or an educational seminar using advanced targeting. With a minimum spend of $1 per day, banks can choose a budget that makes sense for them. According to Englund, setting up an account is simple.