Retail
January 19, 2017
Printemps partners with Wirecard and becomes the first department store in France to accept payments via Alipay. Photographer Paul Blind (PRNewsFoto/Wirecard AG)
By Brielle Jaekel
NEW YORK – Luxury retailers must learn to shed their long-standing store operation strategies for one that incorporates digital and blurs offline and online to cater to the new consumer, says a Microsoft executive.
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