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How Edge Computing Enables the Retail Store of the Future

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Technology — specifically edge computing — provides the foundation for a better customer experience, real-time inventory management, enhanced security and loss prevention and in-store analytics. Innovations have slowed since then, but edge computing will usher in a new wave of personalization and self-service for modern shoppers.

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These Were the Top Retail Stories of 2022

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But backrooms filled up, investment money dried up, inflation cut into consumable income, workers sought to organize and loss prevention became a top-of-mind concern. The palm images, after being entered in a kiosk at the 65 locations, link shoppers’ palms to payment cards. Happy New Year. INFLATION ON. YOUR MIND.

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Retail x Fintech: The Importance of Security in Retail’s Adoption of BOPIS and Payment Installment Plans

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Mobile devices have become powerful payment instruments, on the way to replacing traditional cards for in-store purchases in many markets around the globe. Then the shuttering of many stores made online shopping a necessity, while social distancing measures turned contactless payments from a convenient option to a safer alternative.