Editor’s Picks

2023 Travel Outlook May Be Dimming as Prices Clash With Layoffs and Inflation
2023 Travel Outlook May Be Dimming as Prices Clash With Layoffs and Inflation
April 10, 2023  |  Travel Payments

Even as pent-up travel demand was unleashed throughout 2022 with airlines and lodgings firms reporting strong performance and outlook, the word “uncertainty” was used a...

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Amazon Closes the Book on Book Depository, Underscoring eCommerce’s Evolution 
Amazon Closes the Book on Book Depository, Underscoring eCommerce’s Evolution 
April 07, 2023  |  Amazon

Every so often, we get a reminder of how far we’ve come — and where we’ve come from. It’s hard to recall, at least for...

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Retail Drone Delivery At Scale Needs More Runway, But Datasets Can Shorten It
Retail Drone Delivery At Scale Needs More Runway, But Datasets Can Shorten It
April 07, 2023  |  Retail

As robotics and drones get added to the tech roadmaps of retailers of every stripe, the fact remains: it’s hard creating commercial robots and autonomous...

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Restaurants Refine Rewards Models to Deliver Loyalty 
Restaurants Refine Rewards Models to Deliver Loyalty 
April 06, 2023  |  Loyalty & Rewards

This week in restaurants, major brands step up loyalty rewards, and drone delivery takes off. Fast-casual chain Noodles & Company, for one, which has more than...

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India Allows Banks to Issue Credit Lines Via UPI
India Allows Banks to Issue Credit Lines Via UPI
April 06, 2023  |  Payment Methods

India’s digital transformation of financial services continues — and now pre-approved credit lines are linked to the United Payments Interface (UPI). In an announcement Thursday (April...

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MLB Says Three Strikes and You’re Outdated to Concessions Payments
MLB Says Three Strikes and You’re Outdated to Concessions Payments
April 06, 2023  |  Payment Methods

With the return of baseball season, major teams are upgrading their in-arena ordering and payments. Take, for instance, New York’s Yankee Stadium, which this year...

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Calls to Pause AI Development Miss the Point of Innovation
Calls to Pause AI Development Miss the Point of Innovation
April 05, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Innovations transform the economy and change the realities of daily life. The sign of a healthy, competitive market is one where the doors are open...

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Small Businesses Slow Hiring Amid Uncertain Consumer Demand
Small Businesses Slow Hiring Amid Uncertain Consumer Demand
April 05, 2023  |  Economy

Main Street businesses are pulling back on hiring. Preparing, perhaps, for the impact of a pullback in consumer spending that’s already in motion. The logic...

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Amazon Blocked Opening of 800,000 Fake Seller Accounts in 2022
Amazon Blocked Opening of 800,000 Fake Seller Accounts in 2022
April 04, 2023  |  Amazon

Amazon said it stopped six million counterfeit products from entering the ecosystem in 2022 as the marketplace expands its Project Zero initiative to get fakes off...

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