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How A Retail Incubator Could Produce The Next Big Innovation

How A Retail Incubator Could Produce The Next Big Innovation
How A Retail Incubator Could Produce The Next Big Innovation
June 12, 2019  |  Innovation

The myth of the lone (and possibly mad) scientist died out a long time ago, as the industrial age led to teams of researchers working...

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EU Mobile Wallet Players, Alipay Team On QR Code Interoperability
EU Mobile Wallet Players, Alipay Team On QR Code Interoperability
June 10, 2019  |  Mobile Payments

Mobile wallet players across Europe and Alipay, the Chinese digital payment player, announced Monday (June 10) they are teaming up to promote QR code payment...

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Is The US On The Verge Of A Contactless Surge?
Is The US On The Verge Of A Contactless Surge?
June 06, 2019  |  Retail

Near-field communication (NFC) technology isn’t exactly new. For some time now, retailers have been using it and radio frequency identification (RIFD) behind the scenes for...

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Lacoste To Let French Open Viewers Shop Via QR Codes
Lacoste To Let French Open Viewers Shop Via QR Codes
May 31, 2019  |  Retail

Through a televised experience, Lacoste plans to enable French Open viewers to purchase clothing via “on-air shoppable moments.” The opportunity will come through NBCUniversal’s ShoppableTV...

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Apple Teams With Bird Scooters, Bonobos
Apple Teams With Bird Scooters, Bonobos
May 14, 2019  |  Retail

To reduce friction for mobile payments for purchases such as scooter rides and clothing, Apple is teaming up with partners such as Bird scooters and...

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TV Points The Way Toward Retail (And Amazon’s) Future
TV Points The Way Toward Retail (And Amazon’s) Future
May 07, 2019  |  Commerce

Television has come a long way, not only since those first flickering experiments of nearly a century ago, but since the first shopping and retail...

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NBCUniversal Tests Shoppable Ads During ‘TODAY’ Show
NBCUniversal Tests Shoppable Ads During ‘TODAY’ Show
May 06, 2019  |  Innovation

NBCUniversal launched a test run of ShoppableTV, a new tool that displays QR codes that take viewers to eCommerce sites when they are scanned. Get...

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Amazon To Accept Bitcoin Payments
Amazon To Accept Bitcoin Payments
April 22, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin, through the lightning network, will soon be available as an option to pay on Amazon and other eCommerce sites, according to reports. Cryptocurrency payment...

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