PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2016

SoFi, the online lender, is moving ahead with plans to roll out a life insurance product, reportedly acquiring licenses and inking a deal with Protective Life Insurance. It now is in mortgages, personal loans, wealth management and, starting soon, insurance.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2016

The retail giant said it is a mere six to nine months away from deploying drones for superior management of its warehouse inventories in the United States, Reuters reported. Walmart’s announcement comes after it applied for a license to test drones for end-to-end fulfillment of online orders in October last year.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

As Priceline Group focuses in on its hotel and home rental business, the online travel company announced it had changed its name on Wednesday (Feb. The first Walmart location opened in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962. Bob Bogle, one of the first location’s first store managers, gave it the iconic Wal-Mart name.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2017

The first Walmart location opened in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962. Bob Bogle, one of the first location’s first store managers, gave it the iconic Wal-Mart name. It purchased Jet.com last year as a major step toward expanding its online retail offerings and achieving those goals. Walmart incorporated as Wal-Mart Inc.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2020

Online grocery sales tripled. 40/29 TV News in Arkansas said it obtained a letter sent to an employee stating that their job would be permanently eliminated. ” According to Bloomberg, the move is part of a streamlining effort to consolidate Walmart’s brick-and-mortar and online divisions. Operating income increased to $5.8

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Arkansas Video Retail Online 143

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Doug McMillon started his presentation for Walmart’s annual investor meeting in Bentonville, Arkansas by saying he wanted to “challenge your thinking about Walmart.” Walmart continues to forecast fairly robust online sales growth for 2019, though at a somewhat less impressive rate than expected for the current calendar year.

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Innovation Meeting Retail Arkansas 128

PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

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. billion for its stores in comparison to $1.63 billion in the year prior. In Other Brick-And-Mortar News.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

It’s a problem that still vexes retailers: How to craft logistics so that online consumers don’t abandon you. Among the projects with the most interest is whether Target can sell more online goods by exploiting its Shipt delivery service. The retailer also offers free store pickup of online grocery orders.).

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

Amazon and eBay, rivals in online commerce for the last 20 years or so, will now be heading to court to face off. The previous case had only noted that only a few Amazon employees had reached out; the involvement of managers in this case appears to be new. Scuffle of the Week: Amazon and eBay Head to Court.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

This week was one of the latter, as Walmart hosted its investor meeting in Arkansas and Amazon decided this week’s menu of technological innovations in retail would be an all-you-can-eat buffet. the tool combines an AI-driven dialog manager with an advanced dialog simulation engine that automatically generates synthetic training data.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The clock is ticking — holiday shipping deadlines are approaching and the last of the holiday shopping procrastinators are either rushing to order online or resigning themselves to a last-minute trip to a crowded mall or shopping center to tough it out in line with all the other procrastinators. Surprise of the Week: The Bad Santa Sweater .

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 26, 2016

Commercial real estate leasing & asset management platform. Online bookkeeping service. Banking & wealth management platform. Porftfolio management for institutional investors. Accelerator: VC Fintech Accelerator (Little Rock, Arkansas). Payment management . Latest round: $55 million Series C.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Users can now choose to share their data with third-party applications and medical researchers, opening up new opportunities for disease management and lifestyle monitoring. Around 38,000 medical institutions reportedly had WeChat accounts last year, of which 60% allowed users to register for appointments online.

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CB Insights

APRIL 3, 2018

Consumer channels: online vs in-store. Bridging online and offline retail. E-commerce giants Amazon and Alibaba are may use big data and AI to implement end-to-end solutions that focus on the overall retail experience (both online and offline). Warehouse automation: Sorting, storing, & managing inventory. Conclusion.

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