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SmartHR, a startup helping Japanese employers run HR and staffing smarter — because that’s of course its name — has raised a JPY 1.5 billion ($13.3 million) Series B round led by 500 Startups Japan. The startup is perhaps comparable to the likes of Zenefits and Gusto in the U.S. — it aims to drag Japanese HR departments into today’s digital era. “In Japan few companies think about doin...

Starting today, you can walk into a grocery store, grab what you want, and walk out — without ever dealing with a checkout line. USA Today reports that Amazon officially is opening its first Amazon Go grocery store, which eliminates all checkout lines, after testing the concept for a year. The location is in downtown Seattle, and it's open on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Advertisement Rel...

Walmart recently applied for a patent for a system that allows customers to preview food items selected for their online orders through pictures, according to CB Insights. The system, which is referred to as a “Fresh Online Experience” in the patent, would use 3D scanning to show online shoppers in-store items. The system gives customers the ability to choose the exact items that will be put i...

Amazon to open checkout-free store in Seattle CNN 6:46 AM, Jan 22, 2018 48 mins ago Share Article Amazon is about to open its long-promised convenience store with zero checkout lines. Amazon 2018 Cable News Network, Inc. Show Caption Hide Caption Previous Next Attention Seattle shoppers: Amazon is about to open its long-promised convenience store with zero checkout lines. Customers must scan the A...

Amazon is breaking into physical retail in a new way. Amazon's checkout-free grocery store opens in Seattle on Monday. The online retail giant first started testing its grocery store with employees in December 2016, when it also revealed its vision for a store without cashiers. The store, called Amazon Go, doesn't work like a typical Walmart or supermarket — instead, it's designed...

Retail powerhouse Amazon is disrupting retail yet again, with the opening of its checkout-free Amazon Go grocery store in Seattle. It looks and feels like a regular grocery store, but with one major difference: There's no checkout — and no checkout lines. Upon entering, shoppers scan a special smartphone app that registers them into the store. After grabbing their items, customers are free ...

Amazon opening "Go" store with no cashiers or checkout lines Shoppers enter the Amazon Go store located in Amazon's office building in Seattle, while store was being tested, on January 18, 2018 JEFFREY DASTIN / REUTERS Share Tweet Reddit Flipboard Email SEATTLE-- Amazon employees have been testing it, but is the public ready for a cashier-less store? More than a year after it introd...

Bloomfield Capital, a leading real estate private equity firm, announced that it recently closed its third fund, raising $100 million in total capital commitments.  The Fund, Bloomfield Capital Income Fund III (BCIF III), was oversubscribed and closed above its target of $75 million. This is the largest fund raised to date by Bloomfield, which closed its second fund (BCIF II) in 2014 with $60 mil...

By Richard Pickering, Head of Futures Strategy Happy New Year? The year seems to be off to a good start. The pound is at a high since the referendum ($1.37); economists are more optimistic about GDP growth (1.8%); and inflation may have peaked (3.0%). Although the ONS cautions against premature conclusions, the Bank of England believes that the worst inflation is behind us, easing some of the pres...

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