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Costco Is Finally Testing Curbside Pickup, But Is It Too Little, Too Late?

Costco Is Finally Testing Curbside Pickup, But Is It Too Little, Too Late?
Costco Is Finally Testing Curbside Pickup, But Is It Too Little, Too Late?
January 21, 2021  |  Retail

Costco is waving the white flag and testing curbside pickup at three New Mexico locations after long resisting the idea. But is it too little,...

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Retailers No Longer Compete Against Each Other, But Against Amazon Marketplace
Retailers No Longer Compete Against Each Other, But Against Amazon Marketplace
January 21, 2021  |  Retail

The COVID-19 crisis and the digital shift that it accelerated are making five lessons clear that tradition brick-and-mortar retailers must heed if they want to...

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New Approaches To Retail And Restaurants
New Approaches To Retail And Restaurants
January 21, 2021  |  Today In Data

Jennifer Lopez recently made a deal to utilize Flowcode’s system to market her new skincare line, starting with quick-response (QR) codes embedded in an advertisement spread. In brick-and-mortar, retailers...

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High-End Fashion Site Mytheresa To Start Trading On NYSE
High-End Fashion Site Mytheresa To Start Trading On NYSE
January 21, 2021  |  Retail

Mytheresa is set to go public at a value of $2.2 billion, with its stock priced at $26 per share, above its planned range of...

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Southeastern Grocers Rolls Out IPO
Southeastern Grocers Rolls Out IPO
January 21, 2021  |  Retail

Southeastern Grocers, the parent company of brands such as Winn-Dixie, HAS unveiled a rollout of an initial public offering (IPO) of 8.9 million shares of...

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GIACT: It’s Time To Fight Back Against Fraud
GIACT: It’s Time To Fight Back Against Fraud
January 21, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Melissa Townsley-Solis, head of GIACT, discusses one of the negative effects of COVID-19: the escalation of fraud in the payments arena. In “A Look Forward:...

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New Jobless Claims Dip Below Forecasts
New Jobless Claims Dip Below Forecasts
January 21, 2021  |  Economy

New jobless claims dipped to 900,000, down 26,000 from the previous week’s revised level and below economists’ forecasts of 925,000, according to the weekly report...

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Multichannel Commerce Craves The Clarity Of Back-Office Optimization
Multichannel Commerce Craves The Clarity Of Back-Office Optimization
January 21, 2021  |  Omnicommerce

As many cash flow fixes as have flowed into the marketplace since the pandemic’s onset, large gaps persist — even among treasury banks — in transparency...

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GeoGuard: Forget Space — 2021 Is A Digital Odyssey
GeoGuard: Forget Space — 2021 Is A Digital Odyssey
January 21, 2021  |  Digital Payments

David Briggs, founder and CEO of GeoGuard, explores how the pandemic has triggered the acceleration of digital in the payments arena, and why he believes...

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