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Amazon Go has highlighted the possibility of a cashier-less store, but how can other retailers get in on the action? Companies such as Standard Cognition provide systems for stores that enable customers to pay for their purchases without visiting a cash register. Standard Cognition Co-Founder and COO Michael Suswal explains how the technology works — and where it is headed in the future. Read More...

Seventy-two years ago, the courts ruled that the largest retailer in the world — The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company — violated antitrust laws, and for a very peculiar reason: Its innovations lowered prices for consumers. Shoppers weren’t complaining, but competitors were. That verdict did little to stop the A&P train, until 30 years later when something else did: the consumer. Karen Webster says there’s a lot that innovators and regulators can learn from the A&P story. Read More...

A few years ago, it seemed the phrase “there’s an app for that” was everywhere one turned. And while consumer enthusiasm for downloading any and every app out there has dimmed, these days apps that come with a way to pay — and perhaps mend a broken commerce experience — are getting a whole lot of love from customers. Read More...