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Payroc Acquires iTransact Group To Expand Payments Business

Payroc, a merchant services and payment processing company, has acquired the assets of The iTransact Group, LLC, a payment gateway and merchant account provider. With the transaction, Payroc will be…

News October 11

Amazon’s Next Venture: Convenience Stores?

After establishing its first brick-and-mortar store and rolling out a nationwide pop-up presence, Amazon may be tackling another physical store concept: the convenience store. The e-Commerce giant may build small…

News October 11

Verizon Lays Off Retail Employees As Cost-Cutting Measure

Verizon has laid off employees within its U.S. stores as part of a restructuring within its retail department. The job cuts stem from Verizon’s decision to combine two of its…

News October 11

How To Turn Personalization Into A Real Strategic Asset

In retail, we like to throw terms around like they’re magical words. “Personalization” was the term of the moment during the Shop.org Digital Summit (#ShopOrg16) in Dallas last week. But…

Editor's Perspective October 11

Container Store Co-Founder: 5 Ways To Make Sustainability Practical

By Adam Blair, Executive Editor When people think about shrinking their carbon footprint, the image that comes to mind is going “off the grid”: raise (or kill) your own food,…

Executive Viewpoints October 11

How “Smart Sneakers” Are Creating A New Baseline For Customer Experience

“Smart” products are everywhere, it seems. Tennis shoes are no longer just shoes; today they track fitness levels or alert you when their sole is wearing thin. Your standard refrigerator…

Executive Viewpoints October 11

Machine Learning And Artificial Intelligence: Creating A Retail Innovation Boom

Artificial intelligence (AI), boosted by machine learning, is feeding off the massive data available across the retail industry to transform everything from manufacturing to marketing. Amazon uses AI to make…

Executive Viewpoints October 11

ShopAdvisor Unveils Enhancements To Proximity Marketing Platform

ShopAdvisor has added new features to its Product Intelligence, Context Intelligence and Shopper Intelligence modules, as well as its appNET network and retail partner program. The new version of the…

News October 11

Make A List, And Check It Twice This Holiday Shipping Season

  The 2015 shipping season was the biggest ever, with 524 million packages delivered by the United States Postal Service (USPS) alone, according to USPS. The upcoming 2016 holiday season…

Executive Viewpoints October 11
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