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How Charitable Giving Boosts Online BNPL Sales, Customer Engagement

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Retailers are not just looking to donate a percentage of profits to a charity or cause, either, but are also seeing it as a way to foster customer engagement. Donating to a variety of charitable causes can expand customer reach for retailer engagement. I think it’s very important for all brands to find their niche,” he said.

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Big Tech Antitrust Hearing Rescheduled For July 29

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The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law’s change is reflected in an online scheduled updated this weekend. The hearing’s official subject is: “Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 6: Examining the Dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.”

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Kohl’s To Debut New eCommerce Facility, Small-Format Stores

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Retailer Kohl’s will boost both its brick-and-mortar and eCommerce capabilities this year by adding four small-format, brick-and-mortar locations to its roster of stores and a fifth eCommerce fulfillment center. 2017 will be located in Rhode Island, Ohio, New Jersey and California.

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Restaurant Business Serves Up Mixed Plate For 2020

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The restaurant business is: a) healthy for 2020 or b) apprehensive about technology. The 2020 outlook report from the National Restaurant Association was released today and it paints a picture of an industry dealing with the countercurrents of solid consumer spending and disruptive technology. All of the above.

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At House Hearing, Smaller Tech Players Claim Unfair Biz Tactics from Big Tech

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To that end, at a House Judiciary Committee “field” hearing in Colorado, titled “Online Platforms and Market Power: Competitors in the Digital Economy” a number of smaller tech firms called out Big Tech giants such as Amazon and Google for what they said were unfair business practices. Too big, too dominant — and anticompetitive, to boot.

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23 VC-Backed Brick & Mortar Startups Changing The Face Of Main Street

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As internet retailers are expanding their operations into brick-and-mortar operations (think Warby Parker, Argent, Bonobos, and BaubleBar ), venture capitalists are also investing in “physical-first” startups focused on creating new brick-and-mortar business models. New Frontiers in Retail Tech. Café X Technologies.

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Bringing The Farmers Market Online With Apps

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At the same time, Tortora noted the technology has been adopted by farmers markets nationally (the company white labels its product as well). That opens the door for producers from Southern Maine, New Hampshire, Western Massachusetts and Rhode Island.) The Products and Vendors.