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Standard Cognition Raises Additional $35 Million For AI-Powered Checkout

Standard Cognition, an autonomous checkout startup, has raised $35 million in a Series B funding round led by the EQT Ventures fund, with participation from existing investors Initialized Capital, CRV…

News July 25

Starbucks Will Expand Delivery Nationwide By 2020

Starbucks will expand its Starbucks Delivers coffee delivery service across the U.S. by early 2020, extending its partnership with Uber Eats. The expansion follows an 11-market pilot rollout, which “demonstrated…

News July 25
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How A New Approach To Customer Segmentation Can Reduce Returns And Boost Profitability Up To 30%

Customer returns are reaching pandemic proportions. Increasingly, shoppers are being conditioned to return unwanted items, ‘nearly unworn’ or over-ordered clothes in a sector with already tight margins. Through a new…

Executive Viewpoints July 25

BlueSnap Launches Integrated Payments Capabilities For Software Vendors

BlueSnap, an online payments solution provider, has launched Integrated Payments for Platforms to provide embedded payments for independent software vendors (ISVs). The tool enables ISVs to scale and monetize their…

News July 25

NEC Display Solutions Launches Automated Content Creation Tool

NEC Display Solutions, a digital signage solution provider, has launched the NEC Analytics Learning Platform (ALP) Pro, which offers automated content creation and recommendations for targeted customers using AI-based analytics.…

News July 25

Amazon Plans 3 New Go Stores In 2 Cities

Amazon Go will be expanding its presence in Chicago and Seattle with three new stores, although no opening dates for the locations have been announced. The retailer’s newest Seattle location will…

News July 24

Google Unveils Personalized Shopping Portal, Sets Sights On Amazon’s Product Search Share

Google has introduced numerous retailing iterations over the years, including Google Express, Google Shopping Actions and even buy buttons, but the search giant is hoping its latest version of Google…

News July 24

Bed Bath & Beyond Eliminates COO Position, Cuts Corporate Staff By 7%

Bed Bath & Beyond will cut its corporate staff by 7% and eliminate the role of COO as part of a cost restructuring. President and COO Eugene Castagna has left…

News July 24

Will Walmart’s Executive Reshuffling Produce A Smoother Supply Chain?

Walmart is making major changes to its organizational structure, adapting to evolving shopper needs by integrating various store and digital operations positions, most notably within the supply chain. The timing of…

Executive Viewpoints July 24
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