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Square Expands To Offer Retail Online Store, Improved POS App

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Square has two new offerings: the revamped Square Online Store and Square For Retail, introduced in an announcement by the company on Wednesday (March 20). It’s crucial that sellers are able to reach their buyers on any channel, whether in person, online, or in apps,” Rusenko said. Hall Studio in St.

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Midwest BankCentre incorporates new tech with success of digital offshoot

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Rising Bank, the digital offshoot of St. Louis-based Midwest BankCentre, gained $130 million in deposits in 2019. With the success of the stand-alone digital bank, which launched in January 2019, Midwest BankCentre is now incorporating new technologies into its traditional online banking.

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Uber Connect Expands For Holiday Package Delivery

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Paul, Nashville, New Jersey, the New York City suburbs, Raleigh-Durham, Richmond, Portland, Salt Lake City, Seattle, St. Louis, Tucson and Upstate New York. To help keep up, UPS started imposing shipping restrictions on some large retailers.

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Retail Pulse: Microsoft To Open London Flagship; Walmart Hires Tech Exec

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Canada and Puerto Rico, as well as online in more than 190 countries. Burger King locations in a St. Louis test market reportedly saw foot traffic that exceeded the national average by 18.5 retailers so far in 2019, compared to the 5,524 store closures for all of last year. In the U.K., In Other Brick-and-Mortar News .

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Retail Pulse: Walmart Tests ‘Great Workplace,’ Sainsbury’s Opens Cashierless Store

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Brick-and-mortar retailers are changing the way they manage their workforces in the age of Amazon: Walmart , for instance, is testing multiple versions of a new team structure called the “Great Workplace” in some of its locations. In terms of Walmart’s other efforts, the retailer is also focusing on features such as grocery pickup.

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Experimental Robot In Supermarket Booted From ‘Job’

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news source Mirror Online. million jobs over the next 10 years, slashing the 16 million-strong retail workforce by approximately 38 percent. It appears the retail robot revolution is already starting, too. A robot named Tally trawls the aisles of St. 22) reports by U.K.

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The Pros And Cons Of Robots In Retail

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Between automated checkout lines, online grocery ordering and meal kit services, it seems like the inexorable tide of progress is determined to wipe out millions of jobs across the retail and grocery sectors. million jobs over the next 10 years, slashing the 16 million-strong retail workforce by 38 percent. It has already begun.

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