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JANUARY 27, 2020

Retail keeps embracing numerous new technologies, and biometrics is not only one of them, but an area of recent growth and development, including via some of the biggest names in commerce. Take Amazon, which continues to expand its brick-and-mortar retail footprint, and the technology underlying those stores. Larger Trends.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

What makes the current developments so interesting and exciting is that “we're just seeing that they're at the end of the innovation growth cycle,” he explained. All of these new FinTechs and digital innovators are changing the landscape as the role of payments rapidly shifts in the broader financial services arena.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Rakuten , a Japanese tech company specializing in digital eCommerce solutions for retailers, is introducing a new subsidiary to bolster physical stores. Tentatively called Rakuten DX, the new unit will launch schemes for digital transformation at retailers’ physical shops, Rakuten said in a statement on Monday (Nov.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are doubling down on digital as they look to staff their stores for the busy holiday shopping season. The company notes that roughly 125,000 team members will fill different types of roles at over 1,800 brick-and-mortar locations. Associates will support ship-from-store orders, in-store pickup and more. .

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JANUARY 25, 2021

The National Retail Federation ’s annual convention may have come and gone but the sentiments, strategies and lessons learned from facing nearly a year of pandemic-led changes by some of the world’s largest merchants are going nowhere fast — especially when it comes to their embrace of increased digitalization. We’re not a data company.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The David’s Bridal application was built by Vertebrae , a tech company that specializes in bringing real-world applications to retailing. Vince Cacace , CEO of Vertebrae, told PYMNTS that AR in 3D has become a high-demand technology for all kinds of products and retailers. “We How does it work on me? What are the details?

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In the book, he freely admits that his formula might not work for every company. But the one thing that might work is taking a page from the innovation playbook that Netflix seems to have written and followed over the last 22 years. I Don’t Want To, But I Have To’. Fortnite now hosts concerts inside of its gaming ecosystem.

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JUNE 26, 2020

That seems to be the prevailing attitude behind 5G , as several car companies have taken the delay in building mass networks for the new wireless technology as a cue to create their own. Companies like Ford can build a private 5G network, either through internal means or by contracting with Vodafone, AT&T or another telco.

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JANUARY 6, 2021

And according to Doug Brown, senior vice president and general manager of digital banking at NCR , simplicity and innovation have turned what could have been a disastrous year into a transformational pivot for the better. Tackling those tougher problems to simplify things — and that’s true in banking, retail and restaurants.”.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

Google Cloud is rolling out Product Discovery Solutions for Retail, a new suite of services that will use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to help eCommerce firms deliver personalized consumer experiences during a shopping journey’s initial phase. "As

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In a world where retail has changed and consumers remain at home, how do brands reimagine the task of getting products to customers? podcast , we interview Jon Bostock, best-selling author, innovator, co-founder and CEO of Truman’s and learn how brands that innovate will win in a rapidly changing digital-first economy.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The holiday season comes with extra expenses for consumers, and financial companies want to help customers budget. While these efforts highlight financial planning and education, they also serve an important business objective, which is to increase user adoption and engagement on platforms.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2019

From CVS to T-Mobile , retailers and technology providers are catering to the trend of contactless payment acceptance with new solutions and methods of handling cards from customers. While the pharmacy retailer had slowly brought the functionality to its brick-and-mortar stores, the rollout was subsequently publicized.

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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. That might not sound like such a big deal, but it really is – at least when it comes to Amazon and retail fulfillment in the U.S. The company applied to the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Voice recognition could soon play a bigger role in retail — especially in the world of quick service restaurants. The company said in an announcement that the arrangement is another bold step in advancing employee- as well as customer-facing innovations while bolstering the technological capabilities of the chain. Other Moves.

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JULY 6, 2020

If your business touches retail in any way, it might pay to follow a few important breadcrumbs. Constellation, a holding company that owns popular beer, wine and spirits brands including Corona, says that 90 percent of its sales today come from physical establishments — bars, restaurants, liquor stores and hotels, to name a few.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

for $13 billion, pushing further into the retail market in the biggest acquisition by a Wall Street firm since the financial crisis. trillion, the companies said Thursday in a statement. Morgan Stanley agreed to buy discount brokerage E*Trade Financial Corp. Morgan […].

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JULY 3, 2020

Retail CEOs faced a parade of problems in 2020’s first six months, but some executives look ready to set off plenty of fireworks in the year’s back half. . Here’s a July 4 th look at some top executives in retail who seem ready to declare their independence from business as usual in 2020’s final six months. . John Donahoe, CEO, Nike.

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

In a year filled with unexpected challenges and a COVID-era economic climate that proved fatal for many companies, PYMNTS was lucky to hear directly from the front lines how scores of company leaders and industry experts were coping with the crisis and turning conflict into opportunity. The other is technological innovation.

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APRIL 13, 2020

Companies are continuously trying to meet these customers where they are, which means they must offer their full range of services via mobile — including hassle-free disbursements. This ease explains why retailers and other businesses have been growing more interested in this area. B2B Payment Innovation Struggles.

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JANUARY 19, 2021

Chuck Huang, founder and CEO of Citcon , explores how the pandemic has prompted retailers to capitalize on the surge in demand for contactless, digital payments. "As But we at Citcon believe it will also be marked as the year that prompted stunning innovation across industries. 2020 will be remembered by most as a year of trial. "As

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JANUARY 18, 2021

A Year of Innovation in the Face of Adversity Digital and omnichannel consumer journeys have accelerated during 2020, as click and collect, buy online pick up in-store (BOPIS), and contactless payments and touch-free shopping have all seen an enormous boost this year. They engage with companies that listen. Consumers have choice.

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MAY 1, 2024

For inspiration in banking innovation, we often look to other industries. Instead of thinking traditionally, Gentle Monster pursued a strategy of innovation and creativity to become the hottest sunglass company globally, creating a company currently valued at $900 million.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

The round saw the company's valuation hit over $215 million. While it initially focused on currency in online checkouts, the company has branched out to work on checkout and fraud detection, integrating with companies like Shopify , Magento , BigCommerce , WooCommerce and Salesforce Commerce Cloud , according to the the report.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

But he said the company decided to stick to “the principle of building for the long run.”. First and foremost, the company emphasized data and looking at a very granular level when making underwriting decisions. And as the economy reopens, companies across various segments are getting even busier — and looking for loans.

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JULY 11, 2022

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is a type of point-of-sale installment loan that partners with retailers to allow consumers to pay for their purchases in multiple equal payments. When online shopping, if a retailer has a partnership with a BNPL platform, the customer can choose it as their payment method when placing their order at checkout.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

It’s no wonder that some of the world’s leading CPG companies have a keen interest in the channel, for now and the future. Direct to consumer businesses are very different than your traditional retail business, so we need to very quickly listen to the consumer, react and deliver a response in a very agile way,” Thomstatter said.

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JUNE 20, 2017

PayPal certainly isn’t stalling its innovations for customers. The company is continuing to expand its roster of new features with the launch of instant bank transfers for Visa and Mastercard users, announced today. The service will go live for all users next month, and will cost $0.25

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

New entries to PayPal 's enterprise merchant roster include delivery company DoorDash and clothing retailer Gap Inc. food delivery companies with 45 percent of the market share, according to the release. CVS officials said the move would help the company stay on pace with new digital innovations in the payments world.

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JULY 25, 2017

Digital bitcoin wallet Abra is introducing its digital money transfer application to a vast landscape of new users thanks to its integration with American Express, the companies announced today. This is the first time a major credit card has partnered with a digital card,” Abra CEO and founder Bill Barhydt told Bank Innovation.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

T his year’ s State of Agile Report reveals that 82 percent of companies do not use Agile practices across the ir organization s. . Many companie s see great results with Agile, and other companies still using traditional methodologies want [to pursue] it. Lía Sánchez, Perficient Global Delivery.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

Koho, a Toronto-based digital banking startup, is on track to expand its product suite to include credit and savings products in 2020, CEO Daniel Eberhard told Bank Innovation on Wednesday. In late November, the […].

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NOVEMBER 14, 2020

Then they buy the company and flood the market, but that’s beside the point. For the 35 th anniversary of the mustachioed plumber who put Nintendo on the video gaming map, the company is reintroducing its vintage Game & Watch console. Visionary innovation often seems crazy. A brief, priceless moment of innocent joy.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

The Commerce Department released July’s retail sales last week, showing an increase in seasonally adjusted retail spending – up 1.2 Analysts reported that physical retail sales, seasonally adjusted, were up 2.7 And what we also see is only one part of the retail sales story. percent growth in June.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

Forrester noted that 53% of the US retail industry planned investment in AR in 2020 because they know it assists consumers in making purchase decisions. When companies provide these readily available AR features, they offer consumers control by making the situation as realistic as possible and fully catered to their personal environment.

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JANUARY 24, 2021

Digital payments company Payoneer is in talks to go public via a business combination with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corp., The blank-check company has started discussions to bring in new investment to help with a deal that could value the merged firm at over $2.5 Bloomberg reported.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

Pet retailer Petco is launching same-day nationwide delivery in partnership with DoorDash that can be accessed via a redesigned website and upgraded app. . Consumers want more than a transactional relationship with the companies they do business with," Petco Chief Digital and Innovation Officer Darren MacDonald said in a Thursday (Dec.

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