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Apple Provides Soundtrack For Retail Stores With Music For Business

Apple Provides Soundtrack For Retail Stores With Music For Business
Apple Provides Soundtrack For Retail Stores With Music For Business
November 20, 2019  |  Retail

To provide a soundtrack for brick-and-mortar retail stores, Apple has been quietly testing out an Apple Music version for use in business, including at Harrods...

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Behind The Drive To Bring Better Consumer Experiences To Physical Retail
Behind The Drive To Bring Better Consumer Experiences To Physical Retail
November 20, 2019  |  Retail

Providing a top consumer experience is becoming more important and is a rising trend in retail, and that will almost certainly increase in the 2020s....

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Making Coffee And Clothing More Accessible With Retail Innovation
Making Coffee And Clothing More Accessible With Retail Innovation
November 20, 2019  |  Today In Data

Food brands are making coffee more accessible by packing the energy-boosting ingredient into snack bars sold by one-time purchase and subscription. In tech, smart mirrors can help shoppers try...

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Automating Access To The Perfect Cup Of Coffee
Automating Access To The Perfect Cup Of Coffee
November 20, 2019  |  Retail

Blanchard’s Coffee Roasting Co. has been a wholesale coffee roasting merchant in Richmond, Virginia, for years, but has recently started to include direct-to-consumer sales. The operation...

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Target’s Online Sales Jump 31 Pct. In The Quarter
Target’s Online Sales Jump 31 Pct. In The Quarter
November 20, 2019  |  Retail

Offering a “safe haven” of sorts after multiple retailers unsettled investors, Target Corp. increased its full-year outlook on profitability as well as strong sales. Online sales jumped...

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How Scotiabank Manages Fraud Protection For A Data-Driven Future
How Scotiabank Manages Fraud Protection For A Data-Driven Future
November 20, 2019  |  Digital Banking

With more than 4.1 billion user credentials exposed in the first half of 2019 alone, financial institutions (FIs) are rushing to artificial intelligence (AI) to...

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Deep Dive: Giving Healthcare Payments A Real-Time Upgrade
Deep Dive: Giving Healthcare Payments A Real-Time Upgrade
November 20, 2019  |  Faster Payments

The healthcare market is not immune to payment frictions, as costly inefficiencies can force hospitals to chase payments and prompt 47 percent of patients to...

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Trade Finance Disruption With The Bank In Mind
Trade Finance Disruption With The Bank In Mind
November 20, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The world of trade finance has no shortage of friction points. It’s why many FinTech innovators have flocked to the space, with statistics like the...

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Australia’s Westpac Nailed For 23M AML Violations 
Australia’s Westpac Nailed For 23M AML Violations 
November 20, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Aussie banking giant Westpac was accused of violating anti-money laundering (AML) laws 23 million times, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Nov. 19). Get the Full Story...

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