Study: Consumers Skittish on Spending in 2023
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Study: Consumers Skittish on Spending in 2023

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Strong labor markets and a growth in wages have helped consumers maintain spending on discretionary items until now, but a new study released by the National Retail Federation and Affinity Solutions paints a less optimistic picture of the year ahead.

With AI for Shelf Checking, Google Gives Retailers What They Want
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With AI for Shelf Checking, Google Gives Retailers What They Want

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Google’s announcement that it would be enhancing Google Cloud for Retailers with shelf checking got people talking at the National Retail Federation’s conference in New York earlier this month, but the push to turn physical stores into digital assets has been underway for years.

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LBMA Presents Location Weekly: Google Buys Pointy; TourByLocal Nabs $25M

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We start off with TourByLocal getting $25M to match tourists with 4,000 guides in 162 countries, Albertsons launching Pinterest-Powered In-Store mobile recipes, and Google buying Pointy to boost brick&mortar retail.

After the Worldline interview from NRF, we continue with news from our two member companies: Gimbal giving mobile users control over their location data and Delta reducing travel stress with updated app features.

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