PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2019

Automated retail might conjure up images of robot cashiers, but beyond a few convenience stores in Japan and Korea, that sci-fi development hasn’t yet become reality for the wider world. The latest Automated Retail Tracker explores these trends and new developments in the unattended retail space.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Brick-and-mortar retailers are testing convenience store designs that let consumers skip the checkout line and pay for their purchases with their mobile phones. 7-Eleven , in one case, is experimenting with a cashierless store concept at its corporate headquarters in Texas. Mike Motz, CEO of Staples U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

To help meet customer expectations in the digital age, retailers have to know who their shoppers are and what they want. While eTailers already have this information about consumers, brick-and-mortar retailers don’t have this in-depth knowledge. They can also help capture the ages, genders and emotions (in some cases) of shoppers.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2020

The list of positive retail brand attributes goes on and on, but one new post-pandemic value has become more important than all the others: cleanliness. Example: Ted Gallagher is vice president and partner at Environmental Hazards Control , a Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based company that disinfects retail locations and other business facilities.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2018

After a 7-Eleven location near the University of Texas got swamped with customers after a football game , the store had to stay open later than 11:00 p.m. operates more than 65,000 stores in 18 countries worldwide. Enter Amazon Go, a brick-and-mortar convenience store the eCommerce retailer opened last week in Seattle.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

To decrease its outstanding liabilities and bolster its total financial position, Tuesday Morning Corporation said in a statement that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to pursue “financial and operational reorganization.” The retailer, which was started in 1974 and is based in Texas, has roughly 700 locations throughout the nation.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In the meantime, the digital, mobile, delivery and other innovations that are taking place in this sector are also promising to impact retailers and the consumers who shop not only with mom-and-pop stores but with the bigger chains. The latest example of that comes from one of the biggest retail chains out there — Walmart.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 6, 2019

Guaranty Bank and Trust is using new technology to make it easier for potential new customers to switch bank accounts as it expands its branch network. The Mount Pleasant, Texas-based bank has added eight new locations over the past year in locations like Fort Worth and Dallas.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

India’s largest mobile operator, announced it is raising 113.67 billion for a 10 percent stake in Jio Platforms, the digital technology arm of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s conglomerate Reliance Industries. The deal will give the Texas firm a 2.3 They are entering retail, but they need Reliance’s push.”.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

OUR PREDICTION: Health plans will need to pivot quickly to better align their business models, operating realities, and member expectations, shedding costs quickly and doubling down on digital transformation efforts at scale. Rather, entrants who have more political influence may be able to shape their positions more favorably.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

The announcement from the mobile network provider serves as the latest demonstration that 5G is coming, and that retailers and payment services providers should get ready to operate in the 5G world. As PYMNTS has reported , Verizon plans to bring its 5G technology to 30 U.S. 5G Potential. Verizon’s 5G Play.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

“No other platform features the PICKUP Good Guys, a curated network of vetted independent contractors delivering big and heavy goods, enabling PICKUP to provide retailers greater value across their assortment than any other solution on the market today,” she said. Postmates was launched in 2011 and is based in Silicon Valley.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

PYMNTS’ latest roundup finds investor interest for B2B eCommerce , small business banking, corporate card technology, cybersecurity and autonomous supply chain tech, but it was a ResTech startup that secured the most funding of the week, by a considerable margin. MaxWholesale.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Brick-and-mortar retailers are opening smaller-scale locations packed with technology designed to meet the needs of shoppers in cities. The retailer said that “almost 90%” of the selections in the store were chosen to meet the needs of Mansion House customers. billion by 2024 from £18.5 billion last year per IGD.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Convenience store operator 7-Eleven is rolling out scan-and-go options for customers in 14 stores in Dallas later this week, with an aim to equip all of its U.S. stores with the technology by next year. According to a report in USA Today , the aim is to make the stores more convenient for customers.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The experiential retailer b8ta is also launching a new community-driven store, this one aimed at fashion and lifestyle apparel. The company started in 2018, calling its concept “retail as a service” (RaaS). It will serve as a social marketplace, and brand partners will design their own spaces and operate their own marketing.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

Convenience store operator 7-Eleven is launching beer and cider delivery in select U.S. ” According to Fortune , the company will test the service in 18 markets: Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas-Ft. .” Worth, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Miami-Ft.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2019

Retail innovation labs – incubators or tech hubs – aren’t confined to operations run by the likes of Amazon or Walmart. A new lab store from 7-Eleven underscores the innovation wave that is taking place in the convenience store sector of retail – a sector ripe for change, disruption and growth. stores with the innovation.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

But as time passes and a new decade approaches – one that promises even higher levels of digital innovation and disruption – it’s becoming ever more clear that 5G mobile network technology will help power the so-called Industrial Revolution 4.0. And, of course, the factory promises to further fuel the deployment of 5G mobile technology.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

PYMNTS’ June 2020 How We Eat Tracker notes that, “Amazon, Target and Walmart were already well-positioned to adapt to this new digital reality, as they all had robust mobile and online ordering operations long before the pandemic hit. Parent Walmart led online grocery sales in April, commanding half of online grocery sales.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

What eventually becomes cutting-edge in retail and payments often originates in places that are dedicated to security, not commerce. New technology often starts out at the U.S. Authorities and prison technology companies say this mass biometric surveillance supports prison security and fraud prevention efforts.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Here’s the latest news from companies in the technology industry, which are coming under increasing scrutiny from officials and criticism from competitors. He also noted that Amazon has invested in excess of $10 billion in “COVID-19 related operating costs” since the pandemic began. Facebook Calls Out New Apple App Privacy Policy.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

H-E-B is not only the neighborhood grocery store for many communities in Texas: It’s also an eCommerce retailer with digital features to better reach its customers. Now, even if you move outside of Texas, you’ll still have a ‘neighborhood H-E-B’ just a click away.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2016

The logistics IT center is slated for downtown Minneapolis and will reportedly create 100 new technology focused full-time positions. Amazon is always looking for the best and brightest software engineers to join our team,” said Dave Glick, VP of operations technology for Amazon.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2019

In other news, the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has applied for a license to operate a digital assets exchange platform. Bitcoin ATM company Coinme is partnering with Coinstar to allow bitcoin purchases through Coinstar kiosks at select Safeway or Albertsons stores in California, Texas and Washington state.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2020

percent of consumers were shopping for retail goods online as of May 23, up from the 32.5 percent increase of consumers who shopped online for retail goods on April 11 and 24.1 But the ultra-high end is still being shopped at brick-and-mortar retail at countries that have gained some distance from the pandemic. This is a 29.4

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

For instance, Udelv, a California-based firm, a few months ago reportedly “signed yet another partner to launch a new pilot of its self-driving goods delivery service: Texas-based supermarket chain H-E-B. The money will also go toward helping the company develop partnerships and joint production operations with manufacturers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2017

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. The Plainfield facility will join existing eCommerce locations in California, Maryland, Ohio and Texas.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

For those who haven’t seen the news earlier this week, here’s what happened: Amazon reported that its online B2B operation , which launched in 2015 and is officially called Amazon Business, has achieved more than $10 billion in annualized sales — with more than half of those sales coming from third-party sellers using the company’s platform.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Your Fed account executives are great places to start, as well as your technology solution providers, based on the product lines you think are going to use FedNow,” says Kari Mitchum, vice president of payments policy at ICBA. billion-asset Texas First Bank in Texas City, Texas, a FedNow pilot participant.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

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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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2017

At the 2017 National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago, Cicely Simpson, the organization’s executive vice president of government affairs and policy, and the Texas Restaurant Association’s vice president of marketing and innovation, Anna Tauzin, discussed the digitalization of the restaurant industry and its effect on delivery.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

“We are constantly researching and developing ways to take both in-store and at-home retail experiences to the next level,” Mahadevan said. Based in Irving, Texas, 7?Eleven Eleven operates, franchises and/or licenses more than 69,000 stores in 17 countries, including 11,800 in North America.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2019

Among the more interesting storylines of this era of digital commerce and payments is the maturation of vending machines — sorry, “unattended retail.” Retailers are paying more attention to vending machines, a trend that is all but certain to continue into the 2020s. Vending Machine Trends.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 28, 2016

Everyone is operating from the same playbook. First Bank & Trust East Texas. Diboll, Texas. Retail locations: 17. The use of technology is a must to achieve the best results. Jay Shands ( jshands@fbtet.com ) is president and CEO of First Bank & Trust East Texas. ROAE in 2015: 12.76 Employees: 278.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

We have four high-growth food brands in our group, all benefiting from our strong growth engine, technology and supply chain infrastructure.”. The terms of the deal will leave Freshly’s business operations unchanged, and the acquisition will not change the company’s meals, pricing or subscription rates. An Increasingly Crowded Field .

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

As a former Texas banking commissioner, she emphasizes the importance of internal loan reviews and audits and urges bankers to train tellers with care. Use technology to drive down costs. Adkins agrees that using technology to streamline backroom processes is a golden opportunity that’s not always seized. “I Connors, Jr.,

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