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Starbucks launches in-store digital network
Seattle -- Starbucks on Wednesday launched an in-store digital network for customers with mobile devices, in a partnership with Yahoo.
The network will provide customers with six channels: News, Entertainment, Wellness, Business & Careers, My Neighborhood and Starbucks. It is powered by free WiFi and developed for screens big and small. Customers with WiFi enabled laptops, tablets or smartphones can visit the network while in line or while enjoying their favorite beverage in the cafe. -
Report charts Walmart’s banking strategy
Madison, Wis. -- A new report maps out the shape of Walmart's retail financial services footprint in the United States and Mexico. The study, The Blended Walmart Business Model, published by the Filene Research Institute and written by Robert Manning, PhD, knits together the many angles of Walmart's involvement in banking services: from its 2007 charter travails to its foray into Mexican banking and, most importantly, to its long-term strategy of providing financial services to ever more of its many customers -- with or without a formal bank charter.