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AUGUST 2, 2019

Mastercard has teamed up with retailer Fred Segal Sunset and Made to sell limited-edition products that showcase female artists and designers, as well as demonstrate Mastercard’s blockchain-based Provenance solution, which illustrates the journey of a product from start to store. Luxury brands are especially susceptible, with $30.3

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JANUARY 11, 2017

Alibaba is at the forefront of a bid that would take Intime Retail Group private, with a price tag of as much as $2.6 We could be seeing renewal of a sunset industry.”. billion, part of a larger strategy to broaden its brick-and-mortar reach. What it’s shown is that department store chains are still relevant and of value.

Retail 40

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

But social media is also driving retail innovation, and those trends are going to help shape commerce in the all-important fourth quarter and beyond into the 2020s. One recent example of the intersection of social media and retail comes from Facebook-owned Instagram. Regulation might be in the future.

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JULY 19, 2017

Mastercard is expanding its QR-based programs to create greater choice in retail mobile payments. Once the QR code has been scanned, the online payment will be processed through the Mastercard network using M/Chip technology and the secure EMV infrastructure that retailers already have in place.

Securities 59

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Consumers are four times likelier to make retail purchases online than they were when the pandemic began, and this new digital default has merchants scrambling to stand out on the web. So how can retailers catch the eye of eCommerce shoppers spoiled for choice? New Data: How Online Merchants Build Consumer Trust In The Digital 3.0

Banking 70

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JANUARY 26, 2017

Industries around the world have caught AI fever. Clarifai offers customers an image and video recognition API that users can teach to automatically tag, organize and search visual content using machine learning. “If For video, Clarifai’s API doesn’t just send back one set of tags. “We

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FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The next stop on the road to technological evolution in the transportation industry may just be unattended. Across the industry, from carmakers and road regulators to bike share programs, companies are looking to unattended retail tech to improve efficiency and unlock new revenue opportunities. But it isn’t just the automakers.

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AUGUST 29, 2020

That’s a big price tag, but it’s not so bad when one considers that doing that using humans to perform that kind of plant surveying work would cost roughly $300,000. An increasing number of manufacturers are making biped and quadruped robots available for industrial production. Such robots aren’t cheap. Robotic Hotel Workers.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Brick-and-mortar retailers have an opportunity to surprise and delight shoppers with digital, connected and omnichannel experiences in the physical store, but many are struggling to make that opportunity pay off. To be fair, reimagining an entire industry is no easy task. AR Best Practices.

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JULY 16, 2020

Within a few short years, major distributors like Ingram Industries and W.R. He did it again when VHS then DVD were the bleeding edge of home entertainment, and movie studio executives suddenly had to offer terms to Bezos typically reserved for their biggest retail whales.

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JUNE 14, 2016

6, put a $800 price tag on Amazon’s share value, CNBC reported. “We believe eCommerce sales will continue to account for a greater percentage of retail sales, driven by convenience and faster and less expensive delivery,” they noted.

eCommerce 40

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MAY 10, 2017

The role social media can play for SMBs is exemplified in the case of Spearmint LOVE , the online baby and children’s clothing and accessories retailer recently selected to sit on Facebook’s 2017 U.S. Long-term, the company aims to become the largest native eCommerce retailer in the baby and kids space.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

But retail will not be any less busy for it, as there is still the rush to return gifts that didn’t quite make the cut. On the shoe front, both Nikes and Louboutin heels were returned at a much higher than average rate with tags still on, in the box and never worn. Christmas is over and the rush of holiday gift giving has ended.

Manufacturing 44

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AUGUST 24, 2020

The eCommerce retailer has reportedly registered many entities in the country in recent times. The social media firm purportedly contravened an Illinois state law via a “Tag Suggestions” functionality that enabled users to identify their friends from photos put on the platform in the past.

Compliance 61

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

Retail performance mobile marketing expert Fidzup recently announced it raised $3.7 All of the big players in the app-tech industry have built their platforms to optimize and measure how many clicks are generated by digital advertising,” said Fidzup Cofounder and CEO Olivier Magnan-Saurin. All of this data was lost.

Marketing 70

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JULY 4, 2019

Thanks to eCommerce and digital payments, the global travel industry is undergoing significant disruption. Those consumers — given their travel habits, and relatively high sense of adventure — are looking for seamless experiences that go beyond the price tag. Awayco serves that market as well, including Japan and Indonesia.).

Manufacturing 57

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MARCH 17, 2017

Sometimes all it takes is a new way of looking at things to open up a world of possibilities — at least, that’s what retailers investing in augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) believe. Meanwhile, other industry projections show that more than 800 million AR apps for retailers will be downloaded by consumers by 2019.

Retail 41

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MARCH 28, 2016

Adobe is a household name to people in dozens of industries. And it’s that exact legacy that may have some retailers rejoicing and Adobe’s competitors fretting that it’s now entering the battle for in-store marketing supremacy. ” While the name is decidedly unsexy, how it operates decidedly is.

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APRIL 22, 2020

There are hundreds of use cases across all industries,” that can benefit from such enhanced connectivity, “but there are often only a limited number of companies that have done this,” he said. He said that an elevator firm can set up “expert centers” that can help maintenance workers do repairs. Measuring The Returns.

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JULY 6, 2018

As such, grocers are turning to old retail standbys — sales and discounts — to help spur purchases, and for good reason. Michael Klein, director of industry strategy, retail, travel and CPG (consumer packaged goods) at Adobe Systems , believes Intelligence of Things (IoT) may provide a stronger solution yet.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

Gone are the days of being embarrassed by shopping at a thrift store like Goodwill Industries International or The Salvation Army. From thredUP to The RealReal , Tradesy and SnobSwap , every retail segment out there today seems to be looking for some sort of deal on discounted items, especially clothes.

Retail 41

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

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). which seeks to start consumer packaged goods (CPG) lines tied to celebrities or industry leaders.

Marketing 51

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

With the company’s artificial intelligence technology, dubbed Vue.AI, Mad Street Den provides eCommerce sites with a slew of AI-powered offerings, including visual search, recommended automated emails to customers and tagging of products without human intervention. But the startup isn’t stopping with the retail industry.

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APRIL 22, 2016

In tech, perhaps more than any other industry, the eternal conundrum is to build or buy – innovation. Through a survey of 16,000 retail banking customers, nearly two-thirds are tapping into FinTech offerings, and 55 percent are looking to recommend families to these tech-savvy firms. The affordability goes beyond the price tag.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Foldable phones are among the freshest trends in the smartphone industry, as demonstrated at the 2019 CES show earlier this year. Suggested retail price for Galaxy Fold in the U.S. Last year in California, Samsung gave a first look at its foldable phone , which has a screen similar to a small tablet. starts at $1,980.”

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Consider the beacon technology used at Frames in Tokyo, the robotic waitstaff in Shanghai or even the Brekk-E-Tag at Hungry Jack’s in Australia. For the latest in unattended retail news, trends, and developments, take a look at the PYMNTS.com Unattended Retail Tracker™ , powered by USA Technologies. While the U.S.

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JUNE 8, 2018

Additionally, demand for the iPhone X might have soured due to its price tag: It retails for around $1,000. One industry insider told the Nikkei Asian Review that, as a result, “Apple is quite conservative in terms of placing new orders for upcoming iPhones this year.”.

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JUNE 13, 2017

Before bareMinerals was a household name in cosmetics – its parent, Bare Escentuals , was a smallish bath and body retailer with an unusual product that had a small problem. That partnership carries a steep price tag – Nilsen will be paid $500,000 to be the face of the of the firm – making it one of the larger brand–blogger hook-ups to date.

Retail 40

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MAY 28, 2019

million buyers who operate in industries such as website development, logo design and blog writing. Smartphones contributed one trillion dollars to overall retail sales in the United States during 2018. Special tags can trigger purchases with Apple Pay without the need for a special app through the function.

Communication 63

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AUGUST 11, 2016

The term “ Internet of Things ” has become a big buzzword in business lately, but what exactly is it and why might it shape the future of the retail industry? It also offers tons of opportunities for retailers who know how to take advantage of it. But the rapidly expanding Internet of Things (IoT) is changing that.

Retail 50

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FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Dreamscape Immersive, a new virtual reality technology startup, is looking to find growth and opportunity in the film and entertainment industry. Dreamscape Immersive’s VR experiences are reportedly expected to run around 10 minutes each, each coming with a production price tag of over $1 million to produce.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

But when it comes to retail technology , those sectors of the restaurant world have recently been making significant strides — progress that counters the image of a merely a place to go after a long day shopping, for instance, or where your mom will agree to eat because she demands “normal” food instead of that new sushi joint down the street.

Education 67

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MAY 18, 2016

Mishandling inventory has usually been brick-and-mortar retail’s forte. But just when it looked like new retailers hip to the omnicommerce game had escaped the pitfalls that plagued their less-mobile counterparts, it’s starting to look like inventory might be the common anchor that, at one time or another, holds everyone back.

Retail 40

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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. industrial research for real estate firm CBRE Inc., David Egan, head of U.S.

Manufacturing 40

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JANUARY 16, 2019

And, generally speaking, they’re buying big — in terms of both the number of items they buy and the price tags on those items. The Resetting Retail Landscape. But as goes physical retail, so go physical design centers: busy interior designers don’t have the time to visit multiple design centers to find what they need.

eCommerce 56

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NOVEMBER 27, 2017

But we have more than 2,500 unique tags and classification terms that can be added to any recipe. For example, those tags and categories power AllRecipes.com’s shoppable recipes. To the end user, a recipe on the site looks like just a recipe,” Williams said. That data has now evolved to help improve other features on the website.

Technology 40

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MAY 16, 2017

To help bring high-end pieces of furniture to the public without having an out-of-reach price tag, the company works directly with two factories to help build on-demand custom sofas. One company that’s helping to move the ball for many living in various space sizes is startup on-demand furniture company Interior Define, based out of Chicago.

eCommerce 46

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