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2019’s three key payment technology trends
With consumer desire for speed and efficiency driving new payment technologies, here are the top trends retailers should focus on.
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How to Create an Effective Customer Journey Map
Whether you’re looking to recruit new customers or boost loyalty with your existing customers, it all starts with the same thing: getting to know...
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Amazon tests video ads in its shopping app, Bloomberg reports
Amazon is testing video ads in the Apple iOS version of its shopping app, with plans to expand to Google's Android mobile operating system...
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The 50 Best Digital Marketing Tools
Digital marketing has never been more important to businesses than right now.
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Walmart launches voice-activated grocery shopping
Walmart has partnered with Google to allow customers to voice order groceries from their Google Assistant enabled devices including Google Home, iPhones and Android...
Walgreens Boots Alliance’s heavy focus on digitalization to save up to $600M
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As Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) continues its "digitalization" efforts, the company stands to reduce annual IT cash spend by between $500 million and $600...
L’Oréal offers first line of virtual makeup for social media, video calls
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L'Oréal Paris introduced its first line of virtual makeup for social media. The cosmetics giant's "Signature Faces" augmented reality (AR) filters are available on...
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5 retailers winning despite the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic disrupted virtually every segment of the retail industry and created an incomparable sense of uncertainty.
Between dealing with both supply and demand...
Alibaba in crosshairs of growing antitrust scrutiny in China
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s dominant position in the online retail and digital payments markets make it the most likely target of growing antitrust scrutiny...
GameStop lost $673M last year
GameStop on Tuesday reported that in its fourth quarter, which had one less selling week than the year-ago quarter, total global sales fell 7.6%...
Senreve appoints chief operating officer and new board members
Luxury handbag brand Senreve has named Jenny Oh as its new chief operating officer, effective November 11, alongside the appointment of two new board...
Under Armour faces investigation into accounting practices
Under Armour is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department over its accounting practices, particularly around whether the retailer...
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What’s hot in retail technology investments right now?
1. M&S
Hermes UK has announced that Marks & Spencer is its first retail partner to use its new video technology – Hermes Play.
This allows...
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Will Self-Checkout Ever Win Over Its Critics?
Self-checkout stations show little signs of slowing their expansion across retail, yet critics only appear to be getting louder.
In a recent article in The Atlantic,...
American Express expands small business perks as it reportedly falls under federal investigation
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Days before The Wall Street Journal reported federal investigators were looking into American Express' sales to business owners, the company introduced more incentives...
Digital Shift Leads Mastercard To Take Contactless Payments To The Cloud
If the sky’s the limit for contactless payments, which the pandemic has certainly shown, and if the technology is deployed across mobile devices ......
