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Ron Johnson’s Enjoy Technology Files for Bankruptcy, Set to be Sold

Retail TouchPoints

Back in 2016, Ron Johnson was asked in a fireside chat at Shoptalk about the biggest mistake he had ever made. The idea was to bring the store experience to consumers’ homes via a technology-powered “mobile store” operation, with an initial focus on telecommunications and consumer electronics ( AT&T and Apple are partners in the U.S.).

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Cardlytics Bolsters Digital Advertising Offering with $275M Acquisition of Dosh

Retail TouchPoints

To date, Cardlytics has provided more than $500 million in cash back to consumers in partnership with advertisers across a variety of industries, including retail, restaurant, telecommunications, direct-to-consumer, grocery and travel. This creates real value for consumers, advertisers and our bank partners.”.

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Telstra fined $50m for unconscionable conduct toward Indigenous Australians

Inside Retail

Telstra has been hit with the second-biggest fine in Australian history, $50 million, for engaging in unconscionable conduct against more than 100 Indigenous customers across Australia between 2016 and 2018.

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‘A time to extend kindness’: How retailers can help in Afghanistan crisis

Inside Retail

Meanwhile, US telecommunications company Verizon is doing its bit to help by waiving charges for calls to Afghanistan from August 24 through to September 6. The move will apply to consumer and business wireless customers as well as residential landline customers. ” Australia’s response. .

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Jason & Scot Show Episode 270 – Microservice based commerce platforms with Kelly Goetsch

Retail Geek

Almost like building blocks spread they’re not wanting to buy a website in a box instead what they’re doing is they’re consuming pieces of us incrementally and they’ll start by using us for product catalog and then they’ll chip away at their monolith. Jason: [18:12] I love it.