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Walmart Partners With Meredith for AI-Informed Contextual Grocery Commerce
Walmart Partners With Meredith for AI-Informed Contextual Grocery Commerce
September 08, 2021  |  Retail

Walmart, the world’s largest grocer, continues to be an industry leader in contextual commerce. The retailer announced on Wednesday (Sept. 8) that it is partnering...

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Shake Shack Bets on Food, Fun and Connected Consumers with New Casino Partnership  
Shake Shack Bets on Food, Fun and Connected Consumers with New Casino Partnership  
September 08, 2021  |  Commerce Connected

In Boston, Shake Shack is opening a location in a casino. The restaurant will be at the Encore Boston Harbor resort, and it will open...

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Cyberattack Victimizes New Zealand Banks, Post Office
Cyberattack Victimizes New Zealand Banks, Post Office
September 08, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

New Zealand was briefly the center of the cybersecurity world on Wednesday (Sept. 8), when several financial institutions (FIs) and the national post office were...

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eCommerce Aggregator Rainforest Raises $20M
eCommerce Aggregator Rainforest Raises $20M
September 08, 2021  |  Investments

Singapore-based eCommerce aggregation firm Rainforest has raised $20 million in a pre-series A round led by Monk’s Hill Ventures. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Insurance FinTech Marshmallow Lands $85M
Insurance FinTech Marshmallow Lands $85M
September 08, 2021  |  Investments

The insurance FinTech Marshmallow got some sweet news this week, as it reached a valuation of over $1.25 billion to become the U.K.’s newest tech...

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Insurance App Provider Ranking Underwrites Risk With Computational Aplomb
Insurance App Provider Ranking Underwrites Risk With Computational Aplomb
September 08, 2021  |  Mobile Applications

We simply adore reading futuristic accounts of how insurance and its adjacent industries will work “someday.” A self-flying jetcar arrives, an embedded insurance offer pops...

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SEC Threatens Coinbase With Lawsuit Over Lending Scheme
SEC Threatens Coinbase With Lawsuit Over Lending Scheme
September 08, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is threatening to sue the cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase over its loan product Coinbase Lend — and the...

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In-Store Fulfillment Creates ‘New and Unusual Workloads’ for Retailers
In-Store Fulfillment Creates ‘New and Unusual Workloads’ for Retailers
September 08, 2021  |  Retail

Not too long ago, cashiers would be able to process maybe a couple of hundred orders in an eight-hour shift, repeatedly scanning items brought to...

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Sneaker Startup IPOs Take a Run at Nike
Sneaker Startup IPOs Take a Run at Nike
September 08, 2021  |  Retail

In the past two weeks, two different direct-to-consumer (D2C) sneaker brands have each filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with the U.S. Securities and...

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