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  • Watch this: Walmart CEO McMillon on 'Mad Money'

  • Amazon predicts the hottest toys of holiday season

    Amazon.com has joined the cadre of retailers weighing in on the hottest toys of the holiday season by curating a list of more than 1,000 toys for kids.

    The retailer’s Hot Toy List includes products for kids of all ages and interests. In addition to highlighting Mom Picks and Kid Picks, Amazon’s holiday toy list also features new trend-focused categories: STEM, Movie Favorites, Retro, and Toys That Go.

  • 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.

  • Things are looking up for Downtown Los Angeles

    Downtown Los Angeles is in the middle of a profound revitalization, one that is bringing new energy to a sprawling area that had long been written off as a cultural wasteland — and ghost town after 5 p.m. New residential construction has brought an influx of new residents into the area, with retailers and restaurants rushing in to meet the new demands.

  • 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.

  • Visa keeps up with cyberdangers

    There seems to be a new cyber threat every day, and Visa Inc. is doing its best to stay up to date.

    Visa and FireEye Inc. have launched a new service for the payments industry called Visa Threat Intelligence, Powered by FireEye. This service will deliver real-time threat information on cyberattacks to merchants and issuers.

  • Top retail CMOs to be honored in New York City

    Top marketers at Neiman Marcus and Home depot were among a group of marketing executives recognized by the CMO Club this week.

    The CMO Club, established to celebrate the marketing industry's brightest leaders and to provide a forum to share their successes with other CMOs, determined four winners in various categories.

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