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Costco Teams With Instacart For Free 60-Minute Rx Delivery 
November 06, 2019

Warehouse club Costco is partnering with delivery firm Instacart to launch a prescription delivery pilot program in California and Washington, CNBC reported on Wednesday (Nov. 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

B2B Payments
FreshBooks Offers Same-Day Deposits To SMBs
November 06, 2019

Accounting software FreshBooks has integrated with JPMorgan Chase’s WePay to offer small businesses same-day and next-day deposits, FreshBooks announced in a press release on Wednesday (Nov. 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Retail
Creating Pet-Perfect Retail With Customization
November 06, 2019

Innovation in retail comes from many places, and that includes pets. People are willing to spend a lot of money on their pets — and that drives merchants and service providers to keep trying new things. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Retail
Kroger Aims To Drive Innovation With Grocery Experience, Partnerships
November 06, 2019

Kroger’s retail transformation was front and center at its analyst day, as the firm aims to remake its business with its Restock Kroger framework. Chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen said during the Tuesday (Nov. 5) meeting that “Restock Kroger is repositioning our business by widening...

Retail
CVS Plans To Shutter 22 ‘Underperforming’ Stores
November 06, 2019

In a regulatory filing, CVS Health said it will shutter 22 “underperforming” drugstores early in 2020, beyond the 46 stores it shuttered earlier this year. More information on the store locations was not immediately made known, CNBC reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Retail
Birchbox Grows Walgreens Partnership With Holiday Fixtures
November 06, 2019

For the holiday season, Birchbox will grow its brick-and-mortar partnership with Walgreens by installing Birchbox holiday fixtures in 500 Walgreens stores. This is in addition to the Birchbox boutique-like locations that are now in 11 Walgreens stores. The new holiday fixtures will be in retail locations of the pharmacy chain...

How Saas Providers Can Tailor Subscription Payments For Emerging Markets
November 06, 2019

U.S. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers expanding globally may find that card payments give way to paper invoices and cash payments, says SaaS company Corel’s Executive Vice President of Global eCommerce and Digital Marketing Rob Charlebois. In this month’s Global Recurring Payments Tracker, he tells PYMNTS how...

Payment Methods
P2P Payments’ Rising Appeal Beyond Millennials
November 06, 2019

Peer-to-peer (P2P) payments are exploding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive...

B2B Payments
FinTech Firms Take The Reins In Open Banking For SMBs
November 06, 2019

Open Banking continues to explore new B2B use cases. This week, FinTech firms took the reins as they introduced application programming interface (API)-powered solutions for small businesses (SMBs). Experian, VoPay and QuickBooks leaned into the API opportunity via a range of B2B financial services use...