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Perfect Corp. partners with Sally Beauty on AI hair color experience
December 23, 2019
Perfect Corp., a beauty technology solutions provider behind the YouCam Makeup virtual reality app, has teamed with Sally Beauty Holdings Inc., to power its…
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Verizon, Rakuten offer rewards to Yahoo online shoppers
December 20, 2019
Verizon Media launched a program with Rakuten to offer cashback rewards for Yahoo customers using Yahoo Shopping and Yahoo Mail.
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Discover Card adds Alexa skills for account data
December 20, 2019
Discover Card cardmembers will now be able to access account information using Amazon Alexa, the AI-based voice control technology used in Amazon Echo smart…
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Epson debuts 'all-in-one' thermal printers
December 20, 2019
Epson America Inc. has introduced the OmniLink TM-T88VI-DT2 and OmniLink TM-T70II-DT2 all-in-one thermal receipt printers, according to a press release.
read nowAnytime Fitness taps LG as display vendor
December 19, 2019
Anytime Fitness, has selected LG Business Solutions USA as its preferred display vendors for more than 2,800 locations in the U.S. LG will deliver the displays…
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Café X debuts robotic coffee bar at airport
December 19, 2019
Cafe X has opened at San Jose International Airport with the latest version of its robotic coffee bar, according to a press release.
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Gap between retail winners and losers getting bigger
December 18, 2019
Retailers must not only embrace the customer experience evolution but the customer experience revolution taking place, according to a Confirmit report…
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Nets trials facial-recognition payments
December 18, 2019
Under the tagline "Hungry? Face it," Nets, a Nordic provider of digital payment services, has launched a pilot testing facial recognition as a payment method…
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Cash payments in Canada declined 40% in 5 years
December 18, 2019
Cash payments in Canada declined 40% in volume over the last five years, according to a recent report from Payments Canada, an organization that operates a…
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Amazon expands delivery options with bike brigade
December 17, 2019
In the esclating battle to provide consumers with even faster delivery options, Amazon is teaming up with UPS and DHL to put bike delivery into play in New…
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Report: Retail is in flux
December 17, 2019
A white paper on customer experience within the apparel store environment reveals why shoppers switch stores and the impact big box and fast fashion brands are…
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Majority of UK consumers find online shopping more convenient
December 16, 2019
More than half, 52.5%, of U.K. residents prefer online shopping due to its convenience and the fact they don’t have to deal with crowded stores. Of those…
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Dollar General has big growth plans for 2020
December 16, 2019
Dollar General aims to launch 1,000 stores next year, opening in new cities and towns.
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Mobile messaging taking deeper root among consumers
December 16, 2019
Consumers are 35 times more likely to open a mobile message than an email from retailers, yet businesses have been slow to provide a mobile communication…
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Aptos study reveals brick-and-mortar still king, BOPIS gaining popularity
December 13, 2019
Consumers in the U.K. and U.S. still prefer the physical store as their shopping channel, as they like to touch, feel and try products before purchase, and…
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Consumers want more value from loyalty programs, reveals report
December 12, 2019
Over a third of consumers, 38%, avoid retail loyalty programs with many stating that they don't feel there is enough value in participating. For those opting…
read nowRetailer offers unique customer journey
December 12, 2019
The Canada Goose store in Toronto promises coat-buyers a different type of shopping and purchase experience in that there is no inventory to put in a bag and…
read nowPurolator installs one-stop 'shop and ship' kiosk at mall
December 11, 2019
Purolator has unveiled its Quick Stop Kiosk that allows shoppers to buy gifts and ship them from a convenient location at the CF Toronto Eaton Centre.
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Unicol debuts digital kiosk enclosure
December 11, 2019
Unicol has introduced the Obelisk Digital Signage System, a column style kiosk/totem enclosure for large format screens that allows for a wide range of…
read nowBiometrics to secure $2.5T in mobile payments by 2024
December 11, 2019
Biometric authentication will be used to secure $2.5 trillion in mobile payment transactions by 2024, a tenfold increase from the $228 million forecast for…
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