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Amazon Plans Chainwide Rollout of Palm-Based Payments at Whole Foods

Retail TouchPoints

Amazon will expand its Amazon One palm payment technology to all 500+ Whole Foods Market stores by the end of 2023. The identification, payment, loyalty membership and entry solutions are currently deployed at a total of more than 400 locations in the U.S., Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017 for $13.7 billion.

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Consumers and Merchants Should Look Before They Leap into BNPL Services

Retail TouchPoints

The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated demand for buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment options. Research by The Ascent showed that among people who have used a BNPL service, 45% first did so in 2019, 21% first did so in 2020, and only 7% had used a BNPL service prior to 2015. billion, according to IBISWorld.

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Target to Spend $5B to Enhance Operations in 2022, Plans 250 More Ulta Beauty Shop-in-Shops

Retail TouchPoints

Other areas of investment announced by the retailer include: Top-to-bottom renovations of 200 existing stores, bringing the total percentage of remodeled stores to more than half its fleet since the effort began in 2017.

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CVS Continues Medtail Expansion with $8B Acquisition of Signify Health

Retail TouchPoints

“Signify Health will play a critical role in advancing our healthcare services strategy and gives us a platform to accelerate our growth in value-based care,” said CVS Health President and CEO Karen S. Lynch in a statement. In 2022, Signify Health’s clinicians expect to connect with nearly 2.5 million unique members.

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How to Protect Your Supply Chain From Cyberattack

Retail TouchPoints

Before the NotPetya attack rampaged through Europe in 2017, affecting companies including FedEx and shipping giant Maersk, few people would have thought a vulnerability in a piece of accounting software could create such devastation. Critical vulnerabilities can be found in unexpected places. Adopt a zero trust approach.

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Buy now pay later: What’s retailers’ responsibility?

Inside Retail

In many ways, the switch to easy online retailing, with its lower operating models, has driven the retailing rebound. And it’s a powerful driver with ASX-listed BNPL providers processing about $10 billion worth of purchases in Australia and New Zealand, during 2019/20, according to the RBA. Until a payment is missed.

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10 Zelle Scams to Watch Out For

Small Biz Trends

READ MORE: Zelle Forecasted to Soon Be Most Popular P2P Payments App, But Can It Help Your Business? When using payment apps like Zelle, it’s important to be aware of the most common scams. Zelle Business Accounts Scams. Here are the next five common Zelle scams to watch out for to help keep your bank accounts safe: 6.