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T-Mobile MONEY’s Checking Account: Game Changer?

Forrester eCommerce

On April 18th, T-Mobile officially launched its T-Mobile MONEY checking account, after a soft launch late last year. This is not the first time we’ve seen a telecommunications firm enter the banking space – it’s already been happening for years in Europe and Asia, with large telcos such as Orange and KDDI.

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Best Buy Canada to Operate 165 Small-Format Bell Canada Stores Under Renamed Banner

Retail TouchPoints

Best Buy and Bell will invest in an updated store experience and expanded product assortment, customer experience and training. The Best Buy Express small-store format will be designed to provide an easy-to-navigate shopping experience and also will serve as pickup points for online orders. “By

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Crypto Payments Adoption in FinTech: How Do Retailers Fit in?

Retail TouchPoints

No matter how fast the modern payment ecosystem is developing, the pursuit of the best customer experience isn’t going anywhere. To answer customers’ demands, business leaders must find the balance between adapting services to consumers’ digitally-driven shopping behaviors and staying true to the company’s strategy.

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Bundling matters: why telecom companies seek an API-based commerce solution

GetElastic

In September 2017, T-Mobile announced that it would include a free Netflix subscription for family plan members. While on the surface this might seem to be just a promotion, it highlights how T-Mobile can layer on additional services into a bundle that customers actually want,” said BTIG research analyst Walter Piecyk.

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Retail Customer Experience: The Key to Success

OrderDynamics

Retail Customer Experience: The Key to Success. I have participated in many vendor presentations and retailer discussions where the phrase “customer experience” has been used. Everyone agrees that a positive customer experience is a necessity for retail “winners”. Retail Customer Experience and Inventory.

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Apple Store Creator’s ‘Commerce-at-Home’ Startup Enjoy to Go Public via SPAC

Retail TouchPoints

Enjoy , which Johnson founded in 2014, brings the store experience to consumers’ homes via a technology-powered “mobile store” operation. . “In According to the company, this at-home experience is achieved through proprietary technology and data science tools that manage inventory, routing and staffing.

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How Swisscom lost its “head” to create a unified commerce experience

GetElastic

As Switzerland’s largest telecommunications agency in business since 1851, Swisscom had been running operations on a monolithic commerce platform for some time. By the mid-2010s the outdated system had run its course and the lack of flexibility were negatively impacting customer experiences and expectations. Source: IT magazine.