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  • Retail and CPG marketing made easier

    Aside from some massively complex challenges, retailer and consumer packaged goods marketers have never had it so good, according to Bob Fair, president of marketing applications

  • Target increases food focus with eye toward future

    Target Corp. has made grocery and perishable products a big part of its turnaround strategy, and is committing to do so for the forseeable future.

    Target is partnering with the MIT Media Lab and global design firm Ideo on a multi-year collaboration, known as the Food + Future coLAB, to explore the future of food. The work will focus on areas such as urban farming, food transparency and authenticity, supply chain and health.

  • Walmart donates nearly $1 million to help retail's front line

    Walmart is one step closer to fulfilling its mission of donating $100 million toward increasing the economic mobility of entry-level workers.

    The retailer and its Walmart Foundation are donating nearly $1 million to Innovate+Educate to fund research and build recommendations that support the advancement of entry-level workers in retail and adjacent sectors.

  • 3 ways voice is driving omnichannel retailing

    Spoken word is the oldest form of human communication. It’s also one of the newest technology trends enabling omnichannel retail.

    Voice-based communications are having on a dramatic impact on how retailing is seamlessly executed. Here are three key areas where voice is supporting omnichannel operations across the retail enterprise.

  • Tech Bytes: Three Ways Voice is Enabling Omnichannel Retail

    Spoken word is the oldest form of human communication.

    It’s also one of the newest technology trends enabling omnichannel retail. Voice-based communications are having on a dramatic impact on how retailing is seamlessly executed. Here are three key areas where voice is supporting omnichannel operations across the retail enterprise.

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  • New player joins mobile payment ranks

    Another company is offering in-app mobile purchase functionality, but this time it’s not a retailer or a technology provider.

    U.S. bank Capital One is partnering with MasterCard and Visa to offer contactless mobile payment capability in its Capital One Wallet app. Leveraging the MasterCard Digital Enablement Service (MDES) and Visa Token Service (VTS) platforms, Capital One will use NFC-enabled Android phones to transmit a secure payment token to the point-of-sale.

  • Is Whole Foods Market on its way to being a tech trailblazer?

    Whole Foods Market and a key technology partner are creating a new retail platform that the retailer promises will be unlike anything on the market.

    In a partnership that Whole Foods said will “redefine retail management software,” the supermarket company is partnering with cloud-based business application provider Infor to develop a new enterprise platform called Infor Cloudsuite Retail. The retailer hopes to make a profit of the comprehensive, cloud-based retail suite by selling it to other retailers.

  • Hackers hit southeastern thrift store chain

    The latest retail data breach demonstrates that hackers will victimize whoever is vulnerable.

    America’s Thrift Stores, an Alabama-based, 18-store for-profit chain that sells donated items and then contributes a significant portion of the profit to local charities, has been breached, Hackers used malware to compromise the systems of a third-party service provider, which gave them access to the America’s Thrift Stores network.

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