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After Billions In Capital, India’s Reliance Jio Tackles Drop In Active Users

After Billions In Capital, India’s Reliance Jio Tackles Drop In Active Users
After Billions In Capital, India’s Reliance Jio Tackles Drop In Active Users
October 08, 2020  |  Mobile

Startup unicorn Reliance Jio, India’s largest mobile operator, is confronting the harsh reality of active users falling off despite a growing number of total subscribers,...

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Financial Wellness Startup Bloom Credit Closes $13M Series A Funding Round
Financial Wellness Startup Bloom Credit Closes $13M Series A Funding Round
October 08, 2020  |  Investments

The New York-based financial wellness startup Bloom Credit announced on Thursday (Oct. 8) that it has secured $13 million in Series A funding, led by...

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Lyft Links Up Ride-Hailing With Epic’s Medical Records System
Lyft Links Up Ride-Hailing With Epic’s Medical Records System
October 08, 2020  |  Ridesharing

Ride-sharing firm Lyft is teaming up with Epic, which offers electronic health records (EHR), to offer services that will allow healthcare workers “to schedule a Lyft...

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10.10 Shopping Festival Gains Traction With Kroger, Ulta
10.10 Shopping Festival Gains Traction With Kroger, Ulta
October 08, 2020  |  Retail

The big story for holiday retail so far this year has come down to one word: early. In previous years, Thanksgiving kicked off the season,...

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Digital Approaches To Retail And Onboarding
Digital Approaches To Retail And Onboarding
October 08, 2020  |  Today In Data

Black Friday will be a digital-first holiday – and possibly even digitally dominated – at a time when consumers who have shifted to digital say they will...

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Augmented Reality Expands Its Applications Amid The Pandemic
Augmented Reality Expands Its Applications Amid The Pandemic
October 08, 2020  |  Retail

Augmented reality (AR) is finding some killer applications during the pandemic, most notably in the cosmetics and automotive businesses. Recent developments in both categories show...

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Digital Kiosks Upgrade To Voice Commerce
Digital Kiosks Upgrade To Voice Commerce
October 08, 2020  |  Retail

The voice commerce category continues to find ways to be innovative. Case in point: Israeli startup Touchless.ai recently introduced a new intuitive voice management solution that turns...

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Feedzai Reports 44 Pct Increase In First Half Of 2020
Feedzai Reports 44 Pct Increase In First Half Of 2020
October 08, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Risk management platform Feedzai announced a 44 percent increase in growth for the first half of the fiscal year for 2020, which a press release...

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Kroger Teams With ClusterTruck To Serve Up ‘Ghost Kitchens’
Kroger Teams With ClusterTruck To Serve Up ‘Ghost Kitchens’
October 08, 2020  |  Retail

The supermarket giant Kroger Co. is launching two “ghost kitchens” in its stores in partnership with Indianapolis-based ClusterTruck, which operates delivery-only restaurants. The kitchens will...

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