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Barclays Helps Brits Talk About Money With Emojis
July 15, 2016

While talking about money is awkward in most parts of the world, talking about money in the U.K. is particularly uncomfortable, if recent data can be believed. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

True Fit Gets $25 Million Investment So Your Shoes Can Fit You Better
July 14, 2016

True Fit, the Boston-based startup that helps connect customers with shoes and apparel that fits them really, really well, recently announced a $25 million investment from Intel Capital that it will use to expand its business, according to a report from TechCrunch. Get the Full...

Is Augmented Reality The Future Of Fab?
July 14, 2016

Remember Fab? The home furnishings and fashion accessories online retailer that was once valued at $1 billion is banking on an updated iOS app that includes augmented reality tech to buttress its floundering business. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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UberMedia Hopes To ‘Fence In’ Customers With Optimal GeoSpace
July 14, 2016

UberMedia, a company known for transforming “mobile behavioral data,” announced on Wednesday (July 13) that it was launching a new product, Optimal GeoSpace, which the brand says will erect a “virtual fence around individual retail shopping areas, enabling retail marketers to fully capitalize on the...

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Google Tweaks Search Engine Ads To Retailers’ Delight
July 14, 2016

There’s an argument to be made that the internet is built on nothing but an invisible web of Google AdSense and AdWords dollars. There’s no doubt that Google‘s dominance in the search engine market means it’s similarly dominant in the realm of online marketing, and...

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Shopify-Owned Chatbot Launches On FB Messenger
July 14, 2016

There was a point in the 90s at the height of the telemarketing boom when talking to a human operator seemed like finding a needle in a haystack of automated robocalls. If many more chatbots hop onto Facebook Messenger, that may be the experience for...

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Walmart Reinvents The Shopping Cart
July 13, 2016

Every retailer is in search of the next great innovation to their business models, but they always say that you don’t have to reinvent the wheel to come up with something worthwhile. Well, Walmart is testing out whether it can reinvent a critical part of...

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Newegg Hatches Real-World Commerce Plans In Canada
July 13, 2016

Just when it looked like online-only brands would take every last penny of brick-and-mortar retailers’ lunch money, digital merchants started opening up B&M store fronts like it was the newest fad in town. Now, it’s online electronics merchant Newegg‘s turn to put down more roots...

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Microsoft Pitches ‘Surface As A Service’ To SMBs
July 13, 2016

The power suit and a pen and paper might have been the essentials of business a few decades ago, but now, a good computer is all one really needs to log in for work or even start a new business from scratch. At scale, that...