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Meijer To Offer Self-Scanning Mobile App In Chicago
Meijer To Offer Self-Scanning Mobile App In Chicago
April 18, 2018  |  Mobile

As grocers ramp up their digital offerings, Meijer is gearing up to launch a self-scanning mobile app in the Chicago area that allows shoppers to scan...

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JD.com’s CEO Says Robots Will Replace Retail Workers
JD.com’s CEO Says Robots Will Replace Retail Workers
April 18, 2018  |  Retail

JD.com Chief Executive Richard Liu is predicting that robots will eventually supplant human workers in the retail industry. While Liu believes the change is inevitable,...

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How Restaurants Can Tap Into Full-Time Delivery Staff
How Restaurants Can Tap Into Full-Time Delivery Staff
April 18, 2018  |  Retail

Restaurants are designed to cook great food — not operate delivery networks. “They are not meant to be logistics companies,” EatStreet CEO and Co-Founder Matt...

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How Secondhand Apparel Marketplaces Evolved From Brick-And-Mortar Consignment
How Secondhand Apparel Marketplaces Evolved From Brick-And-Mortar Consignment
April 18, 2018  |  Retail

The resale clothing trade is becoming fashionable: One in three women are reporting that they shopped secondhand within the past year, according to research by thredUP....

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Best Buy And Amazon’s Surprise Smart TV Team-Up
Best Buy And Amazon’s Surprise Smart TV Team-Up
April 18, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Retail makes for strange bedfellows at times — and in this week’s odd annals is the pair-up of putative rivals Best Buy and Amazon. The...

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Getting A Glimpse Under The Payments And Commerce Hood
Getting A Glimpse Under The Payments And Commerce Hood
April 18, 2018  |  Today In Data

Appearances can be deceiving, which is why avoiding assumptions is often the better part of valor. One might assume major banks are out of subprime home...

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Home Depot’s High-Tech Hiring Spree
Home Depot’s High-Tech Hiring Spree
April 18, 2018  |  Retail

Home Depot, unique among the big-box store retailers, has not only survived in the age of the Amazon-effect, but thrived. Stock prices have grown 135...

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What To Do When The Fraud Call Comes From Inside The House
What To Do When The Fraud Call Comes From Inside The House
April 18, 2018  |  Startup Check-In

In the age of data breaches, there’s a lot of talk and tools emerging in the fraud prevention and risk mitigation spaces, but many merchants...

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Delinquencies Up, But Canadian Firms Prove Resilient Through Market Turmoil
Delinquencies Up, But Canadian Firms Prove Resilient Through Market Turmoil
April 18, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Two trends uncovered in PayNet’s Canadian Small Business Lending Index may be cause for concern: the first, loan origination remains weak; the second, short-term delinquencies...

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