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Google Wallet offers a convenient way to make contactless payments using your Android device, regardless of the budget Android phone. You can store and manage payment cards, loyalty programs, tickets, and digital keys on your Android phone. While it uses near-field communication (NFC) technology for payments (similar to Apple Pay and Samsung Pay), its acceptance may vary among US retailers. However, it’s supported by major stores. The main difference between Google Wallet and Samsung… Source link

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Google launched several new tools for retailers using generative artificial intelligence to improve online shopping experiences and other retail operations, its cloud business announced in a release Thursday.  The suite of new products includes a generative AI-powered chatbot that retailers can use on websites and mobile apps. The virtual agents can talk to consumers and offer product recommendations based on shoppers’ preferences, Google said. “In only… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]More US retailers adopt ‘keep it’ returns policies to shelter profits in holiday surge  Yahoo Finance Source link

Google Cloud is launching four new and updated AI tools to provide customers with a smoother online shopping experience and assist retailers with in-store inventory management. A personalized search and browsing experience for ecommerce sites. An AI-powered solution for checking in-store shelves. An AI-driven product recommendation system. A tool that uses machine learning to arrange products on websites. Here’s more about each of the new tools. Personalized Search & Browsing For Ecommerce… Source link

Google Cloud said it has developed a new artificial intelligence tool designed to help big-box retailers better track the inventory on their shelves, aiming to improve a technology that has struggled to work well in the past. Google Cloud said Friday its algorithm can recognize and analyze the availability of consumer packaged goods products on shelves from videos and images provided by the retailer’s own ceiling-mounted cameras, camera-equipped self-driving robots or store associates. The… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Monday, December 19, 2022 Today’s newsletter is by Brian Sozzi, an editor-at-large and anchor at Yahoo Finance. Follow Sozzi on Twitter @BrianSozzi and on LinkedIn. Read this and more market news on the go with Yahoo Finance App. So there I am on Super Saturday — the final big shopping day before Christmas — at my local Target. My first two… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Monday, November 21, 2022 Today’s newsletter is by Brian Sozzi, an editor-at-large and anchor at Yahoo Finance. Follow Sozzi on Twitter @BrianSozzi and on LinkedIn. Read this and more market news on the go with Yahoo Finance App. There’s optimism in the air, based on some early Black Friday projections. Mastercard SpendingPulse sees Black Friday… Source link

About 80% of household retail in sub-Saharan Africa is delivered through informal channels, which perennially face several challenges like stockouts, leading to an instability in earnings, and a lack of attractiveness to financiers. These challenges befall millions of micro-retailers across the continent, and Betastore, a B2B retail marketplace for informal retailers, is working to resolve in Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Senegal. The Betastore marketplace enables informal traders to source fast… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, May 19, 2022 Today’s newsletter is by Brian Cheung, an anchor and reporter covering the Fed, economics, and banking for Yahoo Finance. You can follow him on Twitter @bcheungz. Yesterday, Target’s (TGT) earnings were a huge whiff. The stock market did not care for this news, and equities across the board tanked with the S&P 500 turning in… Source link

Retail theft is soaring across the U.S., with large chains like Best Buy (BBY) and Walgreens (WBA) beset by increasingly brazen and widespread instances of shoplifting that’s hurting their bottom lines. In recent weeks, reports of “smash and grab” robberies in major cities — featuring crowds of thieves making it off with electronics, clothing and footwear, have flooded social media.  Security experts cite a litany of reasons including fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, overwhelmed law… Source link