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Retailers Look To Digital Technologies After Beating The Street

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Retailers and retail landlords are reporting strong first-quarter earnings results, beating analysts’ expectations in many cases. billion, according to news from Retail Dive. In some cases, the retailer is demolishing existing stores to create new uses of the land. billion on Friday (April 27).

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7-Eleven Launches Beer Delivery In Select US Markets

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Lauderdale, Florida; New York, New York; Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia; Orlando-Daytona, Florida; Phoenix, Arizona; Portland, Oregon; Sacramento, California; San Antonio, Texas; San Diego, California; San Francisco, California; Seattle-Tacoma, Washington; St. stores with the technology this year. Louis, Missouri; and Tampa, Florida.

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Mastercard Q2 Earnings Preview: Increased Spending, Digital Payments Expected

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Mastercard is expected to report strong revenue growth in its second-quarter earnings, thanks to a continued increase in retail spending and digital transactions, according to analysts. The company introduced a new open banking platform in June that supports connectivity, security and compliance, dispute resolution and consulting services.

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Shifting The Used Car Market Into Overdrive

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“It’s hard to imagine that there’s so much technology and innovation happening up and down the mobility spectrum except for in this market — and it’s a $1.4 It’s 2020, we have technology everywhere all the time, and most people are doing all their research on their phones anyway. trillion market in the U.S. These are massive purchases.

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TRENDING: Buskers Add mPOS To Their Act

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In the March edition of the mPOS Tracker , PYMNTS highlights how, from grocers to airport terminals, mPOS technology is spreading to a variety of niches. Under the latest rollout, Android users in Portland, Oregon and Kiev, Ukraine can use the company’s payment app to access local transit systems. Around the mPOS World.

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Inside Square's City of Mobile Payments

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spent six weeks in Portland, Ore. — Square Inc. — a city with a strong existing base of micro-merchants — to transform it into one of the company's top U.S. markets in total Apple Pay transactions conducted with its card readers.

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Warby Of X: MiaDonna Delivers Lab-Grown Diamonds

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Ten years later, the company continues to disrupt the diamond mining and traditional jewelry retail space with its lab-grown diamonds — offering customers a diamond alternative they can truly feel good about buying. For diamond mining companies and many traditional jewelry retailers, this technology comes as a major threat.

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