Retail

As delivery is one of the most perturbing issues of online retail, Walmart is planning to solve the enigma one blockchain patent as per now. The Bentonville, Arkansas-headquartered big-box retailer was heavily awarded a patent on July 5 detailing an invention looking on the delivery of all packages plus scheduling the delivery of these great packages. Dubbed "Delivery Reservation Apparatus and Method" the patent that was filed early 2017 points at delivery hubs that use a public ledger to ascertain effectual capacity and create reservations.

With many amateur crypto traders and retail investors beginning to lose interest in the fast-growing fintech industry because of the long decline on the digital currency market, big names are just starting to develop new opportunities that have huge potential. Given this, it is likely that hackers will target this industry very heavily.

Formerly providing services to private clients only, crypto asset management firm Salmanazar Capital has opened its doors to the public with the launch of several new offerings for cryptocurrency investors and traditional investors seeking liquid exposure to the cryptocurrency asset class.  

Today we speak with Alexey Shirobokov, CEO of AITrading, an AI-powered platform that levels the playing field between professional wealth managers and retail investors. Alexey has spent the past 13 years working in finance and corporate planning. Today, he will tell us more about his upcoming project.

INS Ecosystem, the direct-to-consumer retail marketplace powered by blockchain, today announced the partnership with a German robotics start-up Pickertonn, which is working in a stealth mode out of Karlsruhe, Germany. Pickertonn is an innovative intra-logistics company with an outstanding experience in robotics, lo-gistics and warehousing. The team behind the company has developed some of the most innovative solutions being used by industry giants like Schaeffer, Kardex, WRH Walter Reist Holding, Ferag and Siemens-Dematic.

No matter the number of television personalities talking about bitcoin, or how large the growing cryptocurrency market capitalization gets, blockchain will only be considered successful when a significant portion of our everyday online interactions are occurring on its networks.

The U.S. Census Bureau publishes a monthly report that measures the strength U.S. retail industry. By surveying 4,900 firms each month, the Census Bureau is able to report the total sales for the previous month as well as the percentage change from month to month.

So far, cryptocurrency trading and retail trading have largely existed in their own silos. ZeroSum harnesses the versatility of the Ethereum blockchain to create a platform where participants can gain an understanding of all forms of trading by engaging in peer-vs-peer fantasy prediction competitions.

Hamster Marketplace, the decentralized alternative to Amazon and other online retailers like Overstock.com, is announcing the launch of their token pre-sale. Previously, the project had secured $600,000 in private investment and hopes to build off that financing success with the sale of Hamster’s native token.