By partnering up with CashStar, the brand is now able to allow customers to instantly purchase and send personalized digital gift cards from any smartphone, tablet or desktop.

Source: www.mobilecommercedaily.com

The brand has also experienced a 51 percent redemption rate from consumers within the first month of activation, and an initial purchase value 30 percent higher compared to plastic gift cards, proving that mobile offers a layer of much-needed convenience to on-the-go consumers.

How our end-to-end baggage portfolio is improving passengers experience

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In this video interview PaymentEye Editor Lucy England speaks to Michael Kent, founder and CEO of remittance specialist Azimo, about the future of the market.

Source: www.paymenteye.com

Western Union with 15% and conventional payment is the big player but the growth belongs to digital payments. WU and MoneyGram both know that mobile is quicker, easier and most importantly, cheaper.

 Inside Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station underground complex, AAFES recently revamped their shoppette into a 24/7 Avenue C marketplace. The unmanned micro-market provides healthier food options with the touch of a thumb.

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To install an Avenue C in a work area there needs to be at least 500 employees in the work area and/or a 24-hour facility. Avenue C provides vending at Schriever AFB, Peterson AFB, the Air Force Academy and many locations in the Colorado Springs and Pueblo area

The retailer will open the new stores as it strives to compete with its bulked up Dollar Tree-Family Dollar competitor and new pushes by Wal-Mart Stores and Target.

Source: www.retaildive.com

E-commerce came naturally to the retailer, which has sold boots, apparel, and gear through its catalog for more than 100 years. But now it needs more stores.

Source: www.retaildive.com

Google is taking its biggest step yet into the world of bricks-and-mortar retail.

Source: mashable.com

On Wednesday, the Internet giant opened its first branded store in London, which is being used to showcase a range of Google products, including Chromebooks, Android phones and Chromecast dongles.

Unlike the Apple Store, however, the Google store is really a store within a store. In this case, it’s housed inside of is Currys PC World, a UK electronics retailer.

SALT LAKE CITY–( BUSINESS WIRE )–At Adobe Summit, Adobe’s annual Digital Marketing conference in the U.S., Adobe today unveiled major new innovations in Adobe Marketing Cloud that enable brands to bring highly personalized experiences to physical spaces…

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New angle for Adobe becoming data warehouse used in personalization.

The model is changing irrevocably, driven by the growing threat of online retailers like Amazon.comwho are forcing retailers to provide better service in stores, worker advocacy groups lobbying for change, and public sentiment from adverse publicity. And so we have come to 2015: the Year of the Retail Store Employee.

Source: www.rsrresearch.com

The role of the employee in retail store contrasted with endless information, recommendations but “just out of reach” online consuming.