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Retail Bedfellows Roundup: Staples Shares Space, Affirm Finances Life Experiences

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Omnicommerce usually refers to where and how retailers sell their products, not necessarily who they choose to sell them with. From office supplies and communal workspaces to new ways to pay for concert tickets, more barriers to siloed retail activity are falling every day to the onslaught of retail partnerships.

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Behind BJ’s Digital Double Down

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Headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, BJ’s Wholesale Club doesn’t always attract the same level of interest as its larger counterparts at Costco or Sam’s Club — mostly because those competitors are much larger. BJ’s is the smallest warehouse retail player in the business. A Unified Omnicommerce Focus.

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Ripple Effects: Mobile Payments Are Just The Beginning

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Technology is taking us to a world where we never have to leave our homes. Rather than build a new warehouse or rely on tried-and-tested technologies for picking products off shelves, Target decided to try a “new breed of robots.”. Cohen owns a national distribution network and deals with some of the nation’s biggest retailers.

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Trick Or Treat (Payments And Commerce Style)

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Retailers are stocking up to supply children, pets and adults with their favorite decorations, candy and costumes for the season.”. And while we would like to give each of our readers a piece of candy this season, drone technology has not yet advanced far enough to make that possible. billion on costumes , $2.7

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This Week In Insurance Tech: Policygenius Raises $100M, Lemonade Enters Pet Insurance, Nationwide Expands Digital Footprint

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Majesco , a New Jersey-based core insurance technology vendor, acquired Inspro Technologies , a Pennsylvania-based core insurance technology vendor, for $12M. . Socotra , a San Francisco-based core insurance technology vendor, raised a $15.2M Health & benefits. Series B led by Brewer Lane Ventures. PARTNERSHIPS.

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From ACH To IoT: Looking Back On A Year Of Trackers

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It was a busy year throughout the world of payments, with plenty of new technology making headlines along the way. From using virtual reality to overhauling the retail industry to shifting trends in cross-border payments, here are some of the highlights from our 2016 Trackers. DEVELOPER TRACKER.

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

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Instead, new millennial-inspired and tech-infused dining trends have been emerging across the US and internationally. The old guard of American dining are switching up their games to compete: McDonald’s is adding self-serve kiosks to many of its franchises, upping the ante with mobile order technology. Dining out.