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Walgreens to Offer Pay-With-Points Option
Walgreens is launching a pay-with-points option to give customers more payment flexibility for in-store purchases. Starting in October, Walgreens customers will be given the option to pay with points at…
News October 21
Sam’s Club to Deploy Robots at All 600 Stores
Sam’s Club will roll out an additional 372 autonomous floor scrubbers this fall, a move that will put robots in every one of its nearly 600 U.S.stores. The retailer also…
News October 21
‘Checkout-Free’ Solution Provider Raises $30 Million
AiFi has raised a total of $30 million in its latest funding round. The AI-powered solution provider will use the money to speed up deployment of its autonomous shopping offering…
News October 21
Product Discovery Platform Raises $40 Million in Funding and Debt
Syte has raised $30 million in Series C funding and an additional $10 million in debt in a round that brings the solution provider’s total funding to $71 million. The…
News October 21
How Innovative Partnerships, Business Agility and Verticalization Can Revive Brick-and-Mortar Retailing
Bankruptcies and store closures are, unfortunately, ongoing features of the retail ecosystem. However, COVID-19 has undoubtedly accelerated both. Many of the affected companies, such as JCPenney and Neiman Marcus, faced…
Features October 21
Best Strategies for Engaging the Lucrative Millennial Market
They’re a force to be reckoned with and still somewhat maligned. Millennials — the age cohort generally agreed to have been born between 1980 and 1996 — might be called…
Executive Viewpoints October 21
Australian Solution Provider Raises $7.5 Million for Product Recognition Software
Tiliter, maker of a solution designed to recognize products without scanning barcodes, raised $7.5 million in a funding round led by Investec Emerging Companies. The proceeds will be used to…
News October 20
Klarna: From B2B Fintech to End-to-End B2C Experience Provider
Payment has often been defined as a “last step” in the buying journey — the finale of a customer’s journey through the immersive and exciting elements that make a brand or retailer stand out. Klarna is…
Executive Viewpoints October 20
David’s Bridal Buys Online Resource Rustic Wedding Chic
David’s Bridal has acquired online wedding resource Rustic Wedding Chic. Maggie Lord, the founder of Rustic Wedding Chic, will join David’s Bridal to lead strategic partnerships, reporting to Chief Marketing…
News October 20
