Whole Foods Investigates Card Breach, Plus IKEA's TaskRabbit Acquisition And Taco Bell And Forever 21 Make Restaurant Fashion.  | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Why Alcohol Delivery Is Harder Than It Looks | | Delivering alcohol is everyone’s next big thing in the blurring of the online and offline worlds. But Bill Simon, Walmart’s former CEO, recently joined the Drizly board, and he says that going from pop open an app to pop open a beer at home is mired with complex state laws and regulations. Those rules makes it harder than most any other online business — harder for even the biggest players in the space, including Amazon, to navigate. Here’s why. | | |
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| | | |  | | | Amazon Tracker: Tech Giant Drama With Apple And Google | | As predicted, Amazon has a new Echo coming out just in time for the holidays — and yes, it plans to compete with Apple’s HomePod. Speaking of competing with Apple, the two are now in a price war over ultra HD video streaming, while Amazon’s free hand battles Google over the search engine giant’s surprise (or not) decision to stop supporting YouTube videos on the Echo Show. This and more in this week’s Amazon tracker. Read More... | |
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| |  | | | Unlocking The Power Of VR With Payments | | VR has moved from a gaming niche to something that retail brands believe is a piece of retail’s reinvention. But for VR to become a commerce catalyst — Mastercard’s senior vice president of commerce for every device, Kiki Del Valle, told PYMNTS in an interview — it’s going to need a payments solution that is as seamless as the one a shopper enjoys in real life. Here’s what that might look like. Read More... | |
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| | |  | | | Hearables: Taking Voice Control Beyond Smart Speakers | | What’s better than being able to boss Alexa around at home? How about being able to boss her around everywhere else, too? It’s becoming possible with hearables — and no, that’s not a typo. Hearables may be the next big wearable devices if the voice activation trend continues the way it’s been going. The world already has Bluetooth earpieces and wireless earbuds. Why not take it to the next level? That’s exactly what many tech companies are now trying to do. Read More... | |
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