Alibaba Tests Out ‘FashionAI’ Concept Store
Alibaba Tests Out ‘FashionAI’ Concept Store
July 06, 2018  |  Retail

By opening a temporary store with apparel from Guess, Alibaba is testing out its inaugural “FashionAI” concept at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Guess is looking...

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Sonos Pushes Forward With IPO
Sonos Pushes Forward With IPO
July 06, 2018  |  IPO

Though not much of a surprise to anyone, speaker company Sonos has filed to go public, and will likely be trading on the public markets...

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Job Growth Beats Expectations In June, But Pressure Ahead?
Job Growth Beats Expectations In June, But Pressure Ahead?
July 06, 2018  |  Economy

The United States economy added more jobs than had been expected in June, with manufacturing gains notable in terms of verticals. Reuters reported Friday that...

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Chip Card Shipments Top 2.3 Billion In 2017
Chip Card Shipments Top 2.3 Billion In 2017
July 06, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

Generating year-on-year growth of nearly 4 percent, Smart Payment Association (SPA) data indicates that 2.3 billion payment chip cards were shipped worldwide in 2017. While...

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Tradeshift Tests MakerDAO’s Stablecoin For Invoice Solution
Tradeshift Tests MakerDAO’s Stablecoin For Invoice Solution
July 06, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

In an effort to expedite payments for small businesses, MakerDAO is working with Tradeshift to tokenize unpaid invoices through an experimental program. MakerDAO, which has...

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Amid Trade War, Reshoring Manufacturing Is No Easy (Or Cheap) Task
Amid Trade War, Reshoring Manufacturing Is No Easy (Or Cheap) Task
July 06, 2018  |  International

The trade war is here. The world’s two biggest economies — the United States and China — are slinging tariffs with haste. As widely reported,...

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Kuwait Finance House Teams Up With Visa For Mobile Wallet
Kuwait Finance House Teams Up With Visa For Mobile Wallet
July 06, 2018  |  VISA

To roll out a mobile wallet for its credit and prepaid Visa cardholders, Kuwait Finance House (KFH) teamed up with Visa. The wallet will use Visa’s...

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Why Mobile Is The Merchant’s Secret Weapon At The Beach
Why Mobile Is The Merchant’s Secret Weapon At The Beach
July 06, 2018  |  Retail

Summer is here, which means Americans will be decamping to the beach en masse this summer — hoping to escape the heat, get a tan...

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Lidl Struggles With US Expansion
Lidl Struggles With US Expansion
July 06, 2018  |  Retail

Despite generating a lot of buzz when it announced plans to expand across the U.S., Lidl has struggled to gain a foothold in a U.S....

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