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How Gift Certificates Evolved From Paper To Wearables
How Gift Certificates Evolved From Paper To Wearables
March 20, 2018  |  Retail

In the 1930s, gift certificates made their debut at major department stores. But they weren’t available to everyone. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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A Tisket, A Tasket, Building Stronger Shopping Baskets
A Tisket, A Tasket, Building Stronger Shopping Baskets
March 20, 2018  |  Today In Data

The U.S. Census Bureau claims 92 percent of retail still happens in a store, but those who’ve really been paying attention over the last few...

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How Food Delivery Platforms Can Move Beyond Big City Takeout
How Food Delivery Platforms Can Move Beyond Big City Takeout
March 20, 2018  |  Retail

Before Chris Meaux started Waitr, he was living in a quiet area of the Dallas Metroplex called Southlake in the early 2010s. But he realized...

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FedEx Launches New Returns Management Product For High-Volume Merchants
FedEx Launches New Returns Management Product For High-Volume Merchants
March 20, 2018  |  Retail

In an effort to help high-volume eCommerce retailers and merchants improve their customer experiences, FedEx has unveiled a new returns management product. Trade publication Logistics...

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Instagram Expands Shoppable Posts To Eight More Countries
Instagram Expands Shoppable Posts To Eight More Countries
March 20, 2018  |  Retail

After testing shoppable photo tags in 2016 and bringing the Shopping on Instagram feature to U.S. users last year, Instagram is now rolling out the...

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Alipay Partners With Openpay In Mexico
Alipay Partners With Openpay In Mexico
March 20, 2018  |  Latin America

Pushing its footprint even deeper into the Americas, Ant Financial’s Alipay — China’s leading payment provider and the primary means of online and mobile payment for Chinese consumers...

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Digitization Could Halt Corporate Banks’ Shrinking Profits, Analysts Say
Digitization Could Halt Corporate Banks’ Shrinking Profits, Analysts Say
March 20, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has released a new report that suggests corporate bankers may be able to halt shrinking profits through digital transformation. Get...

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FinTechs To Surpass Banks As Aussie SMBs’ Top Finance Choice
FinTechs To Surpass Banks As Aussie SMBs’ Top Finance Choice
March 20, 2018  |  B2B Payments

FinTechs and non-bank financial service providers are set to take over traditional banks as the preferred choice for small business (SMB) customers in Australia, a...

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Eximchain Secures $20M For Blockchain Platform
Eximchain Secures $20M For Blockchain Platform
March 20, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Eximchain, a blockchain-based platform developed in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s media lab, has raised $20 million for its supply chain financing solution. Get the...

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