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Paytm’s India’s Usage Plummets; Google Pay, PhonePe See Spike
August 08, 2019

After being a usage leader in India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI), Paytm experienced a sharp decline in transactions in July, while Google Pay and PhonePe have seen usage skyrocket, sources told the Economic Times on Thursday (Aug. 8).  Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

Retail
How Boutique Trucks Are Bringing New Meaning To Fast Fashion 
August 08, 2019

Food trucks have been around since the 1970s, when taco trucks began making the rounds in New York City, but didn’t become a national sensation until 2008 when two events coincided in such a way as to make a long extant — but largely niche...

Retail
DTC Brands Aim To Make Toothpaste More Sustainable With Tablets
August 08, 2019

Some entrepreneurs are inspired to start eco-conscious companies because of their personal experiences: Bite Toothpaste Bits Founder and CEO Lindsay McCormick, for instance, was traveling all the time for work and was going through all of the little travel toothpaste tubes. “It just seemed so...

Retail
Are Postmates Sidewalk Robots Just The Tip Of The Self-Delivery Frontier?
August 08, 2019

The need for food delivery keeps pushing the edge of retail innovation – and could even lead to crowding on sidewalks and competing for room with pedestrians and rented scooters – as Postmates plans to test delivery robots in San Francisco. Get the Full Story...

Retail
Nestle Offers Starbucks-Labeled Coffee In China
August 08, 2019

To tap growth in a place where coffee consumption per capita is said to be low compared to international standards, Nestle began to offer coffee that is Starbucks-branded in mainland China. The company started to sell products with the Starbucks label in February in Asia,...

Retail
Walgreens Plans To Shutter 200 Locations
August 08, 2019

After its parent company announced plans earlier this year to close 200 stores in the United Kingdom, Walgreens is looking to shutter 200 locations in the United States. The pharmacy chain aims to save $1.5 billion by fiscal 2022 in annual expenses, CNBC reported. Get...

Retail
India’s Reliance Partnering With Iconic Jeweler Tiffany 
August 08, 2019

Reliance Industries in India has aligned with U.S.-based luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co to open a line of stores in the country, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Aug. 7). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

B2B Payments
A ‘Payment-Agnostic’ Approach To Accounts Payable
August 08, 2019

The competition is heating up between payment technologies in accounts payable, with ACH and virtual cards seeing significant pushes in the B2B payments space to combat the dreaded paper check. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

B2B Payments
How The FedNow Service Could Keep Checks In B2B Payments
August 08, 2019

The Federal Reserve’s planned faster payments service, the FedNow Service, is slated to have an impact on the speed with which paper checks are processed, adding a new twist to the U.S.’s path toward faster, digital payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...