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Retail
Walmart Soon To Close $12.7 Billion Flipkart Deal
April 23, 2018

Walmart is getting extremely close to securing a deal that would give it a majority stake in Indian eCommerce powerhouse Flipkart. That deal will reportedly be for $12 billion at the low end, and experts forecast that the two sides could come to a final...

Retail
MOD Pizza Tops Top 5 Fastest-Growing Restaurants
April 23, 2018

More than 170 restaurant brands brought in $200 million — or more — in U.S. sales during 2017. Yet Mark Kalinowski of Kalinowski Equity Research said that some brands are growing particularly fast, CNBC reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

Cross-border Payments
Solving Borderless Brick-And-Mortar’s Unique Challenges With VR
April 23, 2018

Cross-border commerce is complicated, but there’s a category that can be even more challenging: borderless commerce – that is, global travel retail (GTR), or shopping that takes place in duty-free environments such as airports and airlines, ferries and cruise ships, and border stores. Get the...

Retail
Aggregation Apps Coordinate Rides And Food Deliveries
April 23, 2018

There are many on-demand apps, but few apps aggregate multiple services. Apps such as Accomplice, however, allow users to choose from multiple services and coordinate food deliveries with rideshares. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Delivery
Riding A Rocket Of Awesome To Data-Driven Success
April 23, 2018

Before Rockets of Awesome Founder and CEO Rachel Blumenthal had a thriving business — her subscription service for children’s clothes — she was a mom with a problem: There is no such thing as being done with clothes shopping for kids. No matter what anyone...

B2B Payments
Amex GBT Adds Lyft To Growing List Of Sharing Economy Partners
April 23, 2018

American Express’ corporate travel unit, Global Business Travel (GBT), is integrating Lyft as the latest ride-sharing service supported by the business travel booking and expense management solution. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

B2B Payments
Supplylogix Secures Pharmaceutical Inventory Management Patent
April 23, 2018

Logistics company Supplylogix has reportedly secured a patent pertaining to inventory management technology, reports in Citizen Tribune said Friday (April 20). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

B2B Payments
DBS Enables Real-Time Payments Tracking For SMBs
April 23, 2018

Singapore bank DBS is introducing the ability for small businesses and larger corporates to track their cross-border payments in real time. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

B2B Payments
FinServ Executives Frustrated With Lack Of Regulatory Harmony
April 23, 2018

President Donald Trump and Brexit unsurprisingly dominate the conversation among executives surveyed by Duff & Phelps for its 2018 Global Regulatory Outlook survey. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...