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Can Smart Carts Make Grocery Stores Smarter?
Can Smart Carts Make Grocery Stores Smarter?
January 22, 2019  |  Merchant Innovation

The shopping cart has been a part of the grocery store checkout experience for nearly 152 years. It’s first use is attributed to a Midwest...

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Standard Cognition Acquires Explorer.ai To Enhance Autonomous Checkout
Standard Cognition Acquires Explorer.ai To Enhance Autonomous Checkout
January 07, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Standard Cognition, the company that makes artificial intelligence-powered autonomous checkout for retailers, announced on Monday (Jan. 7) that it has acquired Explorer.ai, which makes mapping...

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Kroger, Microsoft Take On Amazon Go
Kroger, Microsoft Take On Amazon Go
January 07, 2019  |  Innovation

Kroger and Microsoft announced Monday (Jan. 7) that the two are partnering up to enable a connected store experience leveraging Microsoft’s Azure cloud and Kroger...

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Grabango Raises $12M To Expand Product Development, Tech Deployments
Grabango Raises $12M To Expand Product Development, Tech Deployments
January 07, 2019  |  Investments

Grabango, the Silicon Valley startup, announced Monday (Jan. 7) that it raised $12 million in venture funding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Today In Data: New Year, New Efficiencies
Today In Data: New Year, New Efficiencies
January 03, 2019  |  Today In Data

The new year is here, and a new lease on efficiency and streamlining is loose in the payments and commerce ecosystem. Merchants are doubling down...

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Self-Checkout Gets An Innovation Makeover
Self-Checkout Gets An Innovation Makeover
December 31, 2018  |  Commentary

Matt Redwood, head of self-service at Diebold Nixdorf, contributed the following piece as part of PYMNTS’ 2018 year-end eBook. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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52 Mondays 2018: Karen Webster’s Year-Long Conversation About Payments
52 Mondays 2018: Karen Webster’s Year-Long Conversation About Payments
December 26, 2018  |  Karen Webster

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WePay’s Aberman: Seamless Commerce Requires Wider Lens
WePay’s Aberman: Seamless Commerce Requires Wider Lens
December 14, 2018  |  Commerce

Here’s a buzzword: seamless commerce. For good reason, too. It is an appropriate way to describe the nirvana of the commerce experience, one in which...

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Amazon Go ‘Mini’ Opens In Seattle
Amazon Go ‘Mini’ Opens In Seattle
December 13, 2018  |  Amazon Technology

Amazon has opened a smaller version of its cashier-free Amazon Go food stores in one of its Seattle offices, according to a report by the...

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