Facial detection technology can enable a machine to present a customer with items they would typically purchase based on their physical characteristics.

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Beauty care products, particularly items that the customer has previously purchased, will be more easily transferable to online sales.

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He told the store to hold the items until the customer arrived.

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It changes how a company prices a product and what items it charges the customer for.

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Points can be redeemed for a dizzying array of luxury items, and at the very highest echelon, the customer gets to decide where she or he wants the points to be spent.

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Even when they did, more than 72% excluded the customer names from their original message and more than 61% omitted abandoned items.

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The catalog's merchandising team receives hundreds of inquiries every week from vendors, manufacturers and retailers who want their items to be featured, said Joey O'Donnell, customer experience manager for SkyMall.

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Items are routed to Zulily's Kentucky distribution center only after a customer places an order.

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Among other items, FBW alleged that on April 4, 2007, it received a customer complaint alleging that Kuta had engaged in an unsuitable investment strategy and also improperly used discretion and generated high commissions.

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If cashiers are tasked with the responsibility of explaining to one customer after another is and is not allowed to be included in a coupon offering, the pricing on such items should be evaluated.

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