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Google’s New Features Help Advertisers’ Products Stand Out In Search Results

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Advertisers will be able to tag ads with the new information. Google also is letting users configure Smart Shopping campaigns in a way that prioritizes the acquisition of new customers in the deployment of an ad budget. The advertising announcements were among several Google has made in recent days.

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Google’s Connected Economy Efforts, Overshadowed By Antitrust Suit?

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More recently, embedded payments came to Waze and the firm announced functionality that lets consumers pay at the pump at ExxonMobil and Shell Oil (using, for example, QR codes at the pumps themselves). That brings the total to nine, we note, and helps consumers manage their daily financial lives through budgeting and other tools.

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Apple Expected To Invest $500M+ In Video Games

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The big price tag to acquire new video games also highlights the fact that competition is fierce to land exclusive rights to top content. Apple announced Apple Arcade in March at a celebrity-filled event that included Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg. The budget for the games is expected to surpass $500 million, noted the report.

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Tariffs And Shipping Could Shape 2019 Holiday Retail

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Best Buy also announced it will offer a similar shipping option for thousands of its items, and Target shoppers can get items shipped the same day by paying a flat fee of $9.99 As many as a fifth of consumers say their holiday budgets will be reduced this year if tariffs increase the prices of items more than 10 percent.

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Video Games Provide Fresh Fuel For Retail Innovation

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In a statement , the company said it had “announced a strategic partnership with global innovation design firm R/GA to strengthen its focus on creating unique in-store experiences as part of its strategic move in reaffirming its place in the video gaming culture.”. The budget for the games is expected to surpass $500 million.

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Amex Inadvertently Confirms Ripple Blockchain Platform Plans

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New data from Greenwich Associates put a price tag on that effort: According to Bloomberg reports Tuesday (June 12), the financial services market spends an estimated $1.7 billion dollars every year on blockchain as banks and other companies emerge from proof-of-concept stage into market launches and commercial products.

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Reinventing The Baby Care Market With Exclusive ‘Premium’ Brands

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Major retailers are pitching premium baby care products at a less-than-premium price tag with the help of exclusive brands: Walmart is offering Hello Bello exclusively at its stores and its website (and that of the brand). It is also reportedly the inaugural brand rolled out under a platform called Launched.LA.,