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AUGUST 26, 2019

Pretty much everyone needs medicine at one or another, and that need is helping to drive retail innovation and attempts at disruption in the pharmacy business. Those moves come amid more pressure on brick-and-mortar pharmacy operations. But innovation efforts continue for retail pharmacy operations. Delivery Push.

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MARCH 1, 2019

It’s not a fantasy, but a reality for a growing number of drivers in the United States. The general experience can apply to retail goods, including groceries. Yet, the same general technology — via crowdsourcing, for instance — can also serve to not only build new communities, but strengthen ties among existing ones.

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JUNE 30, 2017

FIS, the financial services technology, and Cardtronics, the ATM owner/operator, announced Thursday (June 29) plans to integrate FIS Cardless Cash access across Cardtronics’ ATM fleet in the United States. The FIS mobile banking app acts as a remote control for the ATM, providing privacy and security for consumers. “FIS

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JANUARY 10, 2020

Coffee retailers are tapping into digital technology that helps them grow their reach beyond their stores, especially in China, where competition has been brewing between Chinese coffee chain Luckin Coffee and Starbucks. For its part, Luckin has 4,507 self-operated stores as of the close of last year.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Those promise to stand as two main traits of the 2018 holiday shopping season , and retailers that gain an edge and increase revenue during the all-important fourth quarter will likely have exploited such tactics during this period, at least according to new data that strives to paint a detailed picture of U.S. percent, reaching $124.1

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JUNE 28, 2019

Malls are not exactly the hotspots of coolness and retail activity they once were. But operators of some of those shopping destinations continue to wield investment power as malls undergo remakes for the 21 st century. retailers so far this year than in all of 2018. is still operating, but renovations will start later this year.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

What to do with retail malls? That is among the latest trends as retail reinvents itself, and technology and other trends force new uses for old commerce spaces. Mall of America is teaming up with University of Minnesota physicians and a Minnesota-based health care system to operate the clinic.”. Mall Leases.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

As COVID-19 leads more customers to purchase groceries through the web, Stop & Shop owner Ahold Delhaize NV is putting more resources toward online shopping operations. The company owns the Peapod eCommerce grocery offering in the United States in addition to click-and collect offerings, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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A biometric payment is a point-of-sale technology that authenticates payments by pairing a payment card with a physical identifier of the cardholder. The Mastercard’s pilot biometric technology , on the other hand, if widely adopted, would require more intensive widespread hardware and software updates. million this year and 94.4

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NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Retailers are tapping into voice technology to help consumers order their favorite products such as restaurant takeout as they expand their artificial intelligence (AI) strategies. 30 of this year in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Germany.). “We In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

16), the retailer announced in a press release emailed to PYMNTS. The purchase process will involve scanning QR codes on mobile devices, CVS stated in the release. Customers at 8,200 CVS Pharmacy locations can use PayPal and Venmo to pay for purchases contact-free starting Monday (Nov. The partnership.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

Traditional retail locations, ranging from fashion and home furnishings to hardware and department stores, have been forced to make significant changes in the face of heightened competition from eCommerce giants like Amazon and omnichannel powerhouses, like Walmart and its online unit, Jet.com.

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MARCH 8, 2019

Retailers are bringing omnichannel experiences to consumers by bridging the worlds of online and brick-and-mortar commerce through offerings such as buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS). Following that trend, Fast fashion apparel retailer rue21 recently announced it plans to bring the offering to more than 700 stores.

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MARCH 29, 2019

American quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are growing in markets around the world that are thousands of miles away from the United States. As it stands, the quick-service pizza chain has more than 15,900 stores in over 85 markets around the world and over half of its global retail sales are through international locations.

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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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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

To enhance the training of its employee associates, Walmart is investing in virtual reality (VR) to help employees experience retail situations like the Black Friday rush. With its initiative, 17,000 headsets from Oculus Go will reportedly arrive at 4,700 stores in the United States, Vox reported.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

And these digital services are only expanding in the United States as well as other places around the world. From 7-Eleven to H&M , retailers are adopting digital payments and artificial intelligence (AI) technology to bring more convenient experiences to their customers. Netflix, for instance, added 6.4

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JULY 5, 2019

Retailers are bolstering their supply chains in China as they seek to enhance their service and offer customers fresh products. The post also pointed out that the retailer invested over RMB 700 million – which is approximately $100 million – to create the South China Fresh Food Distribution Center. Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

Businesses across the United States likely knew they would be in for a long, uphill battle to stay afloat when they first began closing their doors in mid-March, but did not know just how long they would be dealing with the fallout from the COVID-19 crisis. Omicron Media On How Payments Orchestration Can Boost Operational Efficiency.

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

But how does a retailer know how many people are coming in and out of its space? The business focuses on three main industries: retail, commercial real estate and smart city development. But Motionloft’s work in the retail space, as Garrison said, “adds another layer of granularity to business analytics.

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APRIL 26, 2018

Amazon announced its plan to build a totally unattended retail store in early 2017, but there was something of a gap between the announcement of the company’s plan for a sensor-based, cashier-less shopping experience here in the United States and its actual rollout in late January of this year. Will BingoBox lead that charge?

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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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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

More than 100 million consumers in the United States have switched from shopping in stores to shopping online since the pandemic began, and 83 percent of them plan to keep shopping with merchants they have discovered since then, even after the crisis has subsided. The only question is: What do retailers have to do to win them over?

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JANUARY 7, 2019

While Toys R Us has disappeared from the United States, it is going strong in Asia, which plans to open 60 new stores throughout the region this year. It currently operates more than 550 stores in the region. “We In addition, the company was looking for a buyer for its Canadian business.

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AUGUST 4, 2019

Currently, the system doesn’t operate on weekends and can take days to process certain transactions. In many places, the Fed operates alongside private-sector operators,” he added, according to the Wall Street Journal. “So All that could change as soon as this week, when the Fed is expected to announce changes.

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

According to Comscore data cited by CNBC, theater-goers in the United States spent $2.28 As if things weren't tough enough for theater operators, COVID-19 coincides with a wave of improvements in streaming technologies and household access to high-speed internet. billion on tickets in 2020, compared with $11.4

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AUGUST 16, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are teaming up with social media platforms to curate labels for their stores and their websites. Kohl’s , for instance, will bring emerging brands to over 50 physical retail locations and online starting in the fall through Curated By Kohl’s. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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MARCH 8, 2019

And, as it stands, the share sale is the largest since Smart Technologies Inc.’s The news comes after Lightspeed launched its Lightspeed Payments offering for retailers based in the United State that integrates payment processing with a POS for merchants operating physical and online shops. s 2010 U.S.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

India's food and grocery landscape looks a lot different than it does in the United States. That can only happen, however, if the technology is able to meet the unique needs of India's market. While India is one of the world's largest economies, many industries in the country continue to rely on legacy infrastructure to operate.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Amazon is reportedly looking to the United Kingdom for a future Amazon Go location. The eCommerce retailer is said to be on the hunt for a space in the Oxford Circus district of London for its cashierless C-store concept, Business Insider reported. The location would be the flagship store in the United Kingdom. operations.

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AUGUST 23, 2019

Technology is the key to speed. To that end, software and robotics firm GreyOrange said earlier this month that the company had forged partnerships with eight warehouse firms in the United States. We are at a juncture very similar to the mid-1980s when computers were first taking their place in manufacturing and distribution.

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JUNE 11, 2019

Marking its 13 th Amazon Go location in the United States, Amazon ’s newest cashierless store has reportedly gone into service. comes after the online retailer opened one of the concept locations in New York City in a mall, CNBC reported. Operating hours are between 6 a.m. The store is said to also take cash for payment.

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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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JULY 5, 2018

As digital technology keeps bringing new efficiencies to transactions, and more consumers around the world turn to eCommerce for retail and other purchases, an accompanying trend is making life interesting for merchants and payment providers. Scandinavia has a thing for invoice-based payment programs. The numbers back that up.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Sometimes innovation in the commerce and payments space is a matter of a new technology or a new process. The eCommerce operator reportedly is leasing some 500,000 square feet of space in a three-story warehouse in Amazon’s hometown of Seattle, according to The Wall Street Journal. The company applied to the U.S. eBay Program.

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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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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Just last month, Beijing-based Geek+ raised a $150 million investment round for its robotics technology that aims to enhance supply chain management and logistics. The company also offers a suite of solutions, including moving technology, automated sorting, an autonomous forklift and a cargo-to-man picking system.

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