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Peugeot, Fiat Chrysler Arrive At Merger Pact

Peugeot, Fiat Chrysler Arrive At Merger Pact
Peugeot, Fiat Chrysler Arrive At Merger Pact
December 18, 2019  |  Retail

To make the fourth-biggest carmaker by output in the world, Peugeot owner PSA and Fiat Chrysler have come to a merger pact. The two firms...

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Retail Gets Even More Personal As The Year Winds Down
Retail Gets Even More Personal As The Year Winds Down
December 18, 2019  |  Retail

You can count on at least one thing for retail in 2020: Things will get much more personal. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Why QSRs Are Growing Digital Investments With Mobile, Partnerships
Why QSRs Are Growing Digital Investments With Mobile, Partnerships
December 18, 2019  |  Retail

As consumers can have their favorite foods delivered to them with a tap of an app, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are taking note of mobile ordering’s...

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How Digital Platforms Transform The Way Diners, Travelers Enjoy Meals
How Digital Platforms Transform The Way Diners, Travelers Enjoy Meals
December 18, 2019  |  Today In Data

Diner demand for mobile order-ahead is changing how brick-and-mortar restaurants are designed and updated. In the coffee industry, in one case, chains are building pickup-only locations or...

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Huckleberry Raises $18M To Expand SMB Insurance Offerings
Huckleberry Raises $18M To Expand SMB Insurance Offerings
December 18, 2019  |  Investments

Insurance purchasing and management platform Huckleberry has raised $18 million in a Series A funding round led by Tribe Capital, with participation from Amaranthine, Crosslink...

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Apple, Amazon, Google Team To Make Smart Homes Interoperable
Apple, Amazon, Google Team To Make Smart Homes Interoperable
December 18, 2019  |  Retail

To create and promote the adoption of a new royalty-free connectivity standard to make smart home products more compatible with security as a design tenet,...

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Google’s Acquisition Of Data Firm Triggers UK Watchdog Probe
Google’s Acquisition Of Data Firm Triggers UK Watchdog Probe
December 18, 2019  |  ANTITRUST

The U.K. watchdog Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) is questioning Google’s purchase of the analytics firm Looker Data Sciences and is launching an initial investigation,...

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Value-Added Services Hold Key To The MSP Future
Value-Added Services Hold Key To The MSP Future
December 18, 2019  |  Innovation

What do the biggest, most successful merchant service providers (MSPs) concur is the key to their collective future? PYMNTS got that answer, among others, in...

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Payment Rails Search For Harmony In B2B Payments
Payment Rails Search For Harmony In B2B Payments
December 18, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Innovation in the payments arena has provided more rails upon which to move money. In B2B payments, though, legacy tools continue to lead. Get the...

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