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No Pain, No Gain: Amazon and Walmart Fight for Electronics Share Stagnates
No Pain, No Gain: Amazon and Walmart Fight for Electronics Share Stagnates
September 08, 2021  |  Retail

Amazon and Walmart have both seen their share of electronics and appliance sales remain relatively unchanged for the past two quarters, with Walmart struggling to...

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Most Returns Come During Setup, Amazon Closes Auto Parts Gap, Inside PYMNTS’ Shopping Survey
Most Returns Come During Setup, Amazon Closes Auto Parts Gap, Inside PYMNTS’ Shopping Survey
September 08, 2021  |  Today In Data

PYMNTS research looks at how brick-and-mortar retailers fit into the bring-it-to-me economy. Plus, why almost two-thirds of product returns come during the unboxing or installation...

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Amazon to Pilot ‘Just Walk Out’ Tech at Whole Foods Locations
Amazon to Pilot ‘Just Walk Out’ Tech at Whole Foods Locations
September 08, 2021  |  Amazon Innovations

Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology will be trialed at Whole Foods locations in Washington, D.C.’s Glover Park neighborhood and Sherman Oaks, California, giving shoppers the...

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Barry M Pairs with Perfect Corp for Virtual Try-Ons
Barry M Pairs with Perfect Corp for Virtual Try-Ons
September 08, 2021  |  Retail

Artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) beauty tech company Perfect Corp. has joined forces with U.K. cosmetics brand Barry M on the brand’s first...

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Nextech AR to Make SaaS Option Available in October
Nextech AR to Make SaaS Option Available in October
September 08, 2021  |  eCommerce

Nextech AR Solutions Corp. is making its eCommerce-focused augmented reality (AR) offering available as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution in early October, bringing the burgeoning technology...

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Coinbase CEO’s Tweet Storm Fuels Escalating Fight With SEC Over Regulation of Crypto, Stablecoins
Coinbase CEO’s Tweet Storm Fuels Escalating Fight With SEC Over Regulation of Crypto, Stablecoins
September 08, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

For cryptos in general, through the past few years and continuing into today, there has been an existential question: Security or currency? Or something else...

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New Credit Union Study: 100% of CUs Identify Portfolio Leakage as a Current Problem
New Credit Union Study: 100% of CUs Identify Portfolio Leakage as a Current Problem
September 08, 2021  |  credit union study

Payments preference calls the tune these days — and to mix metaphors, you’re either the steamroller or the road when it comes to offering the...

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FCA Chair: Investors Need Protection From Online Crypto Schemes
FCA Chair: Investors Need Protection From Online Crypto Schemes
September 08, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Investors need protection from sketchy cryptocurrency schemes, especially those being promoted online by paid influencers in “pump and dump” maneuvers, Financial Conduct Authority Chairman Charles...

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New Pandenomics Study: 76 Percent of SMBs Say Local Economies Still on Recovery Road
New Pandenomics Study: 76 Percent of SMBs Say Local Economies Still on Recovery Road
September 08, 2021  |  Pandenomics

The PYMNTS series of special reports dubbed “Pandenomics” ­­— a portmanteau of “pandemic” and “economics” for the uninitiated — continues tracking these forces as one influences...

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