The TJX Companies plans to add 146 net new stores during its fiscal year 2027, which ends Jan. 31, 2027, increasing its store count by about 3%. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
AT&T boosted the efficiency of its internal Ask AT&T personal assistant by reworking the orchestration layer and shifting more of the work from large language models (LLMs) to small language models (SLMs), VentureBeat reported Thursday (Feb. 26). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
The biggest risk in B2B payments today isn’t failing to modernize. It’s assuming that modernization alone delivers value. 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...
Dots raised $8.9 million in a Series A funding round to continue expanding the capabilities of its global payouts platform for marketplaces and service-based businesses. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Trade finance has a dirty secret. While containers can be tracked in real time across the world’s oceans, the documentation required to release those goods often moves at the speed of courier envelopes and manual approvals. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Project Prometheus, an artificial intelligence lab co-founded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and former Google executive Vikram Bajaj, is raising “tens of billions of dollars” to buy businesses disrupted by AI and then use the technology to improve their margins, the Financial Times reported Thursday...
InComm Payments and SKUx announced Friday morning (Feb. 27) a strategic partnership to improve how digital payments are distributed for humanitarian aid and other applications for emerging markets. The announcement lands as disaster recovery funding faces tighter scrutiny, shifting more responsibility to state and local...
When it comes to the Amazon-Walmart competition, grocery has become a key battleground. Why? It’s the closest thing U.S. retail has to a weekly subscription. Win the cart, and you earn repeat trips and durable customer habits. That’s why recent consumer-tracking data showing Walmart’s grocery...
The RealReal’s latest earnings message is less about a single quarter’s sales tally and more about how the luxury reseller thinks artificial intelligence can rewire the work behind every listing, from deciding which sellers to pursue to getting more items authenticated, described and priced fast...