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Checkout-less Shopping: Faster Payments, Smarter Customer Data

GetElastic

As early as 2013, Walmart’s wholesale division, Sam’s Club already had a “Scan and Go” app that let customers scan product barcodes and then pay at a special fast lane. With the 2016 update, people can pay straight from their phone.

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Checkout-less Shopping: Faster Payments, Smarter Customer Data

GetElastic

As early as 2013, Walmart’s wholesale division, Sam’s Club already had a “Scan and Go” app that let customers scan product barcodes and then pay at a special fast lane. With the 2016 update, people can pay straight from their phone. Within seconds, they receive an e-receipt to show to the “greeter” at the store in order to exit.

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Retail Loyalty’s Moment is Now

Retail TouchPoints

Put simply, Marketing in the Moment is the next evolution in personalization and a way for retailers to connect with their customers using all the information available to them in the most effective way possible. He joined as chairman in January 2016, moving to CEO in September 2016. Tim Mason is CEO at Eagle Eye.

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NRF Big Show to Spotlight Innovative Consumer Products and Workforce Solutions

Retail TouchPoints

Inspired by his own experience — starting Chobani as a Turkish immigrant who himself hired refugees and found they were among his best employees — Ulukaya founded Tent Partnership for Refugees in 2016 to mobilize businesses to hire, train and mentor refugees.

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From Obligation to Opportunity: Make Compliance Your Biggest USP

Retail TouchPoints

When it comes to sharing customer data, for example, banks are heavily regulated whereas non-bank digital wallet providers like Apple Pay are not. Obtaining customer consent will become even more critical, especially for multinational payments businesses operating in different jurisdictions.

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Brands Need a Dedicated Balance Sheet for Customer Health

Retail TouchPoints

Brian Goldfarb is the Chief Marketing Officer at Amperity , a leading enterprise customer data platform. Previously, he was the CMO at Splunk from 2016 to 2019, leading that business through a major digital marketing transformation.

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How to Use Blockchain in Marketing Data Security

Kissmetrics

You can use blocks to store information like: financial transactions contracts medical data supply information confidential customer data. How Does Blockchain Work for Data Security? Blockchain is a possible solution to giving customers peace of mind over their data. Decentralized Social Media.