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APRIL 24, 2018

Companies recognize the need for IoT security, but few are acting on those concerns. Microsoft isn’t the only company upping its game. New funding also came to Contguard, a supply chain shipment monitoring and business intelligence services company. Israeli firm Armis recently raised $30 million in new funding.

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CFO Simplified

APRIL 15, 2022

In fact, most of a company’s concentrated efforts go to the creation of what they’re going to sell, and with good reason. Because that IS the only purpose of any company – product development, so they have something to sell. Companies need to be able to deliver it to the consumer, or all of your efforts are wasted.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

And last week in payments and commerce was particularly drizzly — between real money launderers making use of fake video game funds, regulatory fines and earning fumbles, all kinds of players were reaching for their umbrellas over the course of the week. And using Fortnite in-game funds to launder real stolen money is certainly creative.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Online retailers are expanding their brick-and-mortar footprints – and using feedback from eCommerce customers to inform the selections in their new stores. There are also digital price tags for every item, and Prime members can pay the discounted online price for their selections at the store.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2017

First up, Panasonic just debuted a system that could change the grocery checkout game for good. As of now, customers must still manually scan their purchases before the system bags for them since not every item in the store has been fitted with an electronic pricing tag. Lawson said every item should have a tag by the end of February.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2017

The process is one of sense, analyze and act, said Kanniganti, adding that the Zebra SmartSense combination of ultra-high-frequency radio frequency identification (RFID), video and microlocation tagging acts as a “platform for retailers … with a big picture view of what matters to retailers.”. “We

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2018

Finding a pair that fits her waist comfortably without needing to be hemmed six inches is a nearly impossible task even in a store, where she can try on pair after pair — let alone online, where she essentially has to guess whether the jeans will fit, and then go through the rigmarole of returning them if they don’t. Fashion Tech.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2019

So Copaken did what everyone does when they want to buy something online: She went to Amazon. It’s a big problem, which is why this week, Amazon announced that it is stepping up its game in an attempt to wipe the phonies and fakers from its platform – and keep them off. Can they drive counterfeits to zero?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2018

Why shop at a department store when there’s an online marketplace where the same goods can be found for less money? The company has shuttered hundreds of stores — with hundreds more to go in 2018 — and laid off a staggering number of workers as it has moved to streamline its operations.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2016

Ever since consumers made it clear that they weren’t going to give traditional brands the benefit of the doubt if they couldn’t pivot toward online sales, it’s largely been big-box merchants, like Target and Macy’s, that have blamed supply chain issues for empty shelves, delayed delivery estimates or overflowing stock rooms.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

The space, however, is now getting a pseudo makeover treatment thanks to the online arena. Some second-hand stores that have sprung up online, like thredUP , have recently gone “old school” by opening brick-and-mortar locations. In fact, reselling of thrift apparel is projected to reach $33 billion by 2021.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2018

eCommerce companies lost $6.7 According to LexisNexis , chargeback fraud accounts for 28 percent of all fraud that occurs at an eCommerce company, tied for first place with “ friendly fraud.” Customer trust is lost, reputations are damaged, but putting a price tag on these implications is difficult.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2016

Whether or not they can afford it, it’s no secret that express delivery has become a defining offering for online retailers, and failing to meet these expectations is not looked upon kindly by shoppers. Amazon gets a lot of credit, and rightly so, for changing the way the average consumer expects to shop.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The physical retailer is joining forces with the online juggernaut and is debuting a “smart home” experience across 10 stores in Chicago and Los Angeles. Audio games (and parental controls) abound and will bring a whole new generation into the voice platform fold. Alexa is debuting a slew of skills aimed at kids. SpongeBob unnerve you?

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JULY 19, 2019

According to data from eCommerce research company Edison Trends, shoppers spent more than 10 times as much money at Amazon during the first 24 hours of Prime Day than they did on Walmart and eBay combined. But sharp-eyed members noticed a glitch: The site had marked down almost all of the Prime Day-tagged camera equipment to around $94.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

From there, Johnson got into modifying cable boxes and game machines. It made him a lot of money in not a lot of time, which scared him into looking for a fake ID – and that’s when he got involved with the online fraud forum that he would eventually take over and transform into ShadowCrew. He got caught. Third Time Is The Charm.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 1, 2023

We have mixed messaging, lethally bad advice on airborne tranmission, confusing guidance, a broken website, with an inexplicable hash-tag to wrap it all up. Alan MacMasters: How the great online toaster hoax was exposed BBC. Xmas Post-Game Analysis. 4] Great, back to “personal risk assessment.”. [5] 6] Yeah, what about it?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

Undeterred by the steep price tag, hundreds and even thousands of walk-in customers queued up outside Apple stores hours, days, and in some cases, months before the new device hit shelves. They knew to bring the cushions, jackets and games. There’s nothing like a touch of tradition to go along with the thrill of innovation. Pokemon GO?

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 30, 2023

And how is it that you, what’s this car that’s in the parking lot, it’s got plates on it and a tag and it’s brand new. He had a construction company and he’d bid a job at $1,000, it cost $1,200, but he’d outbid the other guy who was bidding the job at $1,400. You don’t do any dirty work.

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 25, 2023

HAMBURGER: Yes, and so — RITHOLTZ: How could you not put money into this company? But her understanding of it is, they must know the rules of the game better than others. So, I always assumed the reason compliance departments always said no was simple game theory. RITHOLTZ: It was compelling. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 2, 2023

Jeff Fowler has been CEO of the company for just about two years. We had no clout whatsoever in a giant company like at UBS, and they said basically, like, look, you’re probably going to get laid off. RITHOLTZ: “We’re a big company.” ” CLYMER: We’re a huge company, you wouldn’t understand.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

And we literally talk about during the show, I got a tag to present to the SEC, about their new single stock product. My theory is post great financial crisis, mom and pop said, “You know, we’re done playing this game.”. That is a mug’s game, right? Why don’t you speak to him? And they said, “We already do.”

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