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BeyondTrucks Adds Orderful’s Data Platform Into Transportation System
BeyondTrucks Adds Orderful’s Data Platform Into Transportation System
December 26, 2024  |  Partnerships

Transportation management system provider BeyondTrucks teamed with electronic data interchange (EDI) platform Orderful. The collaboration will see BeyondTrucks embed Orderful’s EDI platform into its multi-tenant...

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Samsung’s C-Lab to Showcase AI and Health Projects at CES
Samsung’s C-Lab to Showcase AI and Health Projects at CES
December 26, 2024  |  Technology

Samsung says startups from its C-Lab will display a range of products at CES 2025. The startups will showcase efforts in the fields of artificial...

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Recurring Unemployment Claims Hit Three-Year High
Recurring Unemployment Claims Hit Three-Year High
December 26, 2024  |  Economy

Continuing unemployment benefit applications are now at their highest in more than three years. Data released Thursday (Dec. 26) by the U.S. Labor Department showed...

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Boxing Day Gives UK Retailers Little Reason to Celebrate
Boxing Day Gives UK Retailers Little Reason to Celebrate
December 26, 2024  |  Retail

Boxing Day appears to be a muted affair for Great Britain’s merchants and shopping centers. Morning footfall on U.K. high streets was down 10.1% compared...

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Russian Companies Reportedly Using Crypto for International Payments
Russian Companies Reportedly Using Crypto for International Payments
December 26, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Russian businesses are reportedly using bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to make international payments. It’s a trend that comes in the wake of legislative changes that...

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Tech Giants Bet Big on AI as Data Shows Clear Winners
Tech Giants Bet Big on AI as Data Shows Clear Winners
December 26, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Companies embracing artificial intelligence (AI) are pulling ahead of competitors, with Bridgeline’s HawkSearch reporting new customers each week, IBM finding open-source AI users seeing higher...

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Alibaba Reportedly Plans $4 Billion eCommerce Venture With Korea’s E-Mart
Alibaba Reportedly Plans $4 Billion eCommerce Venture With Korea’s E-Mart
December 26, 2024  |  Partnerships

Alibaba is reportedly establishing an online shopping venture with South Korean retailer E-Mart. The two companies are set to combine the assets of their respective...

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Retail Returns Have Reportedly Jumped 60% Since 2012
Retail Returns Have Reportedly Jumped 60% Since 2012
December 26, 2024  |  Retail

There’s good news and bad news for online retailers this year. The good is consumers are expected to spend almost $241 billion on eCommerce purchases...

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What to Watch as the Debit Interchange Fee Battle Heats Up in 2025
What to Watch as the Debit Interchange Fee Battle Heats Up in 2025
December 26, 2024  |  Regulation

Sweeping changes to debit card interchange fees — and the ways debit transactions are facilitated — may come in 2025. As a result, the economics...

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