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Harvard And Capital One Survey Mid-Market B2B ePayments Adoption

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Where do middle-market firms stand in this effort to upgrade corporate payments? The current picture is quite optimistic: Researchers estimated that roughly half the value of mid-market B2B payments is already digital, with 59 percent of firms reporting the use of electronic funds transfer (EFT) to pay their invoices. Misconceptions.

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FAA OKs American Robotics Drones To Fly Without Human Operators

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The Federal Aviation Administration is letting commercial drone-maker American Robotics operate drones without on-site pilots — but with a number of caveats, according to a decision recently posted on the agency’s website. The decision is the first government approval for drone flights without on-site pilots, the Marlborough, Mass.-based

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Amazon Gains Ground In Holdout Markets

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Not every product launches smoothly (RIP Fire Phone ), not every new endeavor delivers (Amazon’s flirtations with offering a travel platform ended abruptly) and not every new market immediately yields. Amazon still has mountains to climb, even as the market is softening toward them. based consumers. Amazon is the biggest winner.”.

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Amazon Joins Competitive Food Delivery Market In India

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Seattle-based Amazon is ramping up its operations in India’s growing market by launching Amazon Food, which will deliver prepared meals. PYMNTS surveyed 2,047 U.S. could see a permanent market restructuring that has $158 billion in brick-and-mortar sales moving to online shopping. The survey shows that 32.8

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How Customer Reviews Provide Lifeblood For Restaurant Operations

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How Customer Reviews Provide Lifeblood To Restaurant Operations. That focus has only grown amid the takeout- and delivery-only operational shifts due to COVID-19-related social-distancing efforts. Careful attention to reviews could give management a firmer handle on how to tweak their restaurants’ marketing or address problem areas.

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Uber Eats Shuts Down In Several Markets

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In eight countries, it appears that the parent company has decided Uber Eats fails to deliver the desired market clout. The company said its goal was to become one of the top two operators in those countries, according to Reuters , but it does not see that happening. Careem is an Uber subsidiary focused primarily on the Middle East.

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Boston Market On Tapping AI To Combat Fraud And Meet Mobile Customers’ Needs

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This shift has prompted many eateries to rely on emerging tools like artificial intelligence (AI) to better manage various aspects of their operations as consumers transact remotely. I’m very excited about what AI can do for restaurants, and we are looking at how it fits with Boston Market right now,” he said. “I

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