With roughly 30 million Americans with at least one debt in collections according to the Federal Reserve, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is looking at new rules ...
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When it comes to delivering products by drone, Walmart and Amazon are going head-to-head in what many believe is the future of fast deliveries for online shoppers. According ...
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Facebook unveiled its plan for a new global digital currency called Libra and a financial system to change how money moves globally. It has the potential to transform ...
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It’s never a happy day when a 109-year-old retailer files for bankruptcy. That’s certainly the case with FTD as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and begins ...
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Amazon robotics help product picker Imagine working ten hours a day picking and packing products in an Amazon warehouse and fulfillment center. It’s labor-intensive, it’s hard physical work, ...
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Artificial intelligence (AI), including chatbots, is definitely on the horizon for retail in the future, according to a new Juniper Research report. The company predicts the global number ...
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Amazon fired another shot over the bow of the grocery business with the addition of 13 new cities now able to get home delivery service from its Whole ...
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A study by Coresight Research and Celect estimates non-grocery retailers lost more than 12% of annual sales or more than $300 billion due to markdowns in 2018. Just ...
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A new PwC report says by 2022, “Open Banking” will provide a $9.2 billion (£7.2B) financial industry opportunity for fintech and other financial services disruptors in the UK. ...
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Walmart keeps finding new ways to challenge Amazon’s dominance of online shopping. The company announced a new in-store app that gives Walmart store associates and in-store customers access ...
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