Amazon Launches Card To Help Consumers Build Credit
Amazon Launches Card To Help Consumers Build Credit
June 10, 2019  |  Amazon

Amazon is linking with Synchrony Financial to offer a new credit card for Amazon Prime members who have bad credit. As reported Monday (June 10),...

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Walmart’s Jetblack Sees Two-Thirds Of Shoppers Engage Weekly
Walmart’s Jetblack Sees Two-Thirds Of Shoppers Engage Weekly
June 10, 2019  |  Retail

Following the rollout of Walmart’s Jetblack personal shopping service last year, two-thirds of customers reportedly engage with the service weekly. They are also said to...

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Saving The World By Serving Up Bugs
Saving The World By Serving Up Bugs
June 10, 2019  |  Retail

On average, each human being consumes 75 pounds of meat per year. But, like most averages, that number can be somewhat deceiving. Americans and Australians,...

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Why Robotization Is Critical To Amazon’s One-Day Shipping Vision
Why Robotization Is Critical To Amazon’s One-Day Shipping Vision
June 10, 2019  |  Retail

Cathryn Kachura is a a “flow control specialist” at Amazon’s Denver, Colorado sortation center, an extra-large warehouse that is informally known as the “robot highway.”...

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How The Sharing Economy Is Changing Online Sales
How The Sharing Economy Is Changing Online Sales
June 10, 2019  |  Retail

The sharing economy has transformed the way consumers get transported from point A to B, how they rent vacation homes, how they get food delivered...

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Old Payments Problems, New Solutions
Old Payments Problems, New Solutions
June 10, 2019  |  Today In Data

While the digital age has supplied any number of new solutions to problems, many of those problems still persist. Thieves target retailers, moving objects from...

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Walmart Swaps Out Stepstools To Save At Least $30M
Walmart Swaps Out Stepstools To Save At Least $30M
June 10, 2019  |  Retail

With small moves that have a big impact, Walmart can save significant money given its large size. The retailer, in one case, could save a...

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Senators Urge CFPB To Reconsider Debt Collection Overhaul
Senators Urge CFPB To Reconsider Debt Collection Overhaul
June 10, 2019  |  Regulation

A group of senators is urging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to reconsider a recently proposed overhaul of debt collection practices that among other things...

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‘Scattered Canary’ BEC Scams Aim At US Firms
‘Scattered Canary’ BEC Scams Aim At US Firms
June 10, 2019  |  B2B Payments

From a one-man shop committing check fraud on Craigslist to a sophisticated multi-fraudster committing BEC scams, the rise of Scattered Canary has been startling. Elsewhere, in...

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