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pymnts | August 13, 2019

You can probably tell by the happy looks on all the children’s faces, but in case not back-to-school season is upon us. Not only is it a big time for retail but, in a sense, a kind of dress rehearsal for the upcoming all all-important holiday shopping season. Retail back-to-school spending for families will hit an average of $696.70 this year, up from $684.79 last year, according to the National Retail Federation, a trade group. “Families with college students are expected to spend a...

cloudcomputing | January 14, 2020

Google Cloud has announced it is expanding its retail acceleration program (RAP) among other initiatives designed to scale up retailers’ cloud projects. The moves were announced at NRF 2020, the biggest event in the retail space, with Google doubling down on its message to accelerate retailers’ digital growth and customer experience pinned together with its data expertise. Alongside RAP, which is Google’s overarching term for services which help retailers optimise their website...

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Aptos, LS Retail | January 13, 2021

Aptos, a perceived market pioneer in retail technology solutions, today declared that it has gone into a definitive agreement to secure LS Retail, a world-driving designer and supplier of across the board software solutions for retail, hospitality, food service, pharmacy and forecourt businesses. The blend of Aptos and LS Retail will make a retail technology stalwart that is exceptionally prepared to help retailers across all levels, verticals and topographies with cutting edge an...

trtworld | January 13, 2020

Lindsey Vonn was among the luminaries on hand last month to christen "Big Snow," North America's first indoor ski facility, part of a new $5 billion mega-mall in New Jersey. For about $30, consumers can ski for two hours on a 300-metre hill of man-made snow, the glare of the sun replaced by a metal ceiling in a venue that will be kept below freezing even in the dog days of August. Big Snow is a flagship experience at the partially opened "American Dream," an ambitious, lo...