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Pokémon GO + iBeacons = Perfect Together?
Pokémon GO + iBeacons = Perfect Together?
August 25, 2016  |  Retail

They can both be used as a way to lure potential customers to a physical store front or location, according to an opinion piece that...

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Abercrombie Goes Global With Wholesale Deal
Abercrombie Goes Global With Wholesale Deal
August 25, 2016  |  Retail

Abercrombie & Fitch, the embattled teen clothing retailer, has struck a deal with a German online retailer to make its clothes available online in 15...

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GM’s Car-Sharing Service Is Rolling Up The Miles
GM’s Car-Sharing Service Is Rolling Up The Miles
August 25, 2016  |  Mobile Commerce

GM‘s car-sharing operation Maven has hit a couple of big milestones: expansion to five cities in the U.S., more than 5,000 registered members and 4.2 million...

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Has Amazon Displaced Flipkart As India’s #1 eRetailer?
Has Amazon Displaced Flipkart As India’s #1 eRetailer?
August 25, 2016  |  Amazon Commerce

It looks like Amazon‘s full court press into Indian eCommerce is paying off. According to reports by Livemint, Flipkart seems on the verge of being...

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The Big Banks’ Coming Venmo Killer
The Big Banks’ Coming Venmo Killer
August 25, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

Can the biggest banks in the United States catch up to the millennial-beloved Venmo with their own P2P payments app? They’re sure hoping so and...

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Startup Offers Financial Services For X-Border Students
Startup Offers Financial Services For X-Border Students
August 25, 2016  |  International

FinTech startup SelfScore, which launched the first dedicated Mastercard credit card designed exclusively for international students in the U.S., announced the closing of a $7...

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Australian Retailers Side With Banks In Apple Pay Dispute
Australian Retailers Side With Banks In Apple Pay Dispute
August 25, 2016  |  Apple Pay

A number of major Australian retailers and payments associations have filed letters supporting a regulatory request from three Australian banks that would make Apple collectively...

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Wayfair’s Latest VR Expansion
Wayfair’s Latest VR Expansion
August 25, 2016  |  eCommerce

Wayfair is not exactly a stranger to enhanced and virtual reality. The eCommerce home furnishing firm made some headlines waves earlier this year for a...

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Samsung Pay Reaches 100 Million Unique Transactions
Samsung Pay Reaches 100 Million Unique Transactions
August 25, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

Samsung Electronics announced on Wednesday (Aug. 24) that, on its one-year anniversary of Samsung Pay, it has had around 100 million unique transactions in seven...

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