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PayPal Offers Retail Media Assistance to Small Businesses
October 07, 2025

PayPal has introduced a way for its small business customers to launch retail media networks. The company on Tuesday (Oct. 7) announced the launch of PayPal Ads Manager, designed to help small businesses “create billions of new advertising impressions for brands of all sizes” using...

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Walmart Buys a Mall and Tenants Feel Lost
October 06, 2025

Walmart has entered the real estate business by purchasing a Pittsburgh-area mall. News of the $34 million acquisition first broke in February, and eight months later, it’s still not quite clear what the retail giant plans to do with the Monroeville Mall, according to a...

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Amazon Lets Prime Members ‘Add to Delivery’
October 05, 2025

Amazon now lets Prime members tack last-minute items to deliver orders with one click. It’s the basic idea behind “Add to Delivery,” rolled out by the eCommerce giant last week for its subscribers to let them avoid having to go through checkout again or pay...

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Amazon Devices Executive Robert Williams to Retire
October 03, 2025

Amazon Vice President, Device Software & Services Robert Williams plans to retire at the end of the year, he said in a Friday (Oct. 3) post on LinkedIn. Williams made the announcement after 12 years with Amazon and days after the company unveiled the next...

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Lawmakers Worry Electronic Shelf Labels Will Facilitate Dynamic Pricing
October 03, 2025

Electronic shelf labels are reportedly raising concerns among some lawmakers. The lawmakers fear that this technology would make it easier for grocery chains to use dynamic pricing, a strategy in which they could raise prices during times of high demand, CNBC reported Friday (Oct. 3)....

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Amazon Tests Loyalty as Walmart Tests Gravity
October 02, 2025

The Walmart-Amazon rivalry is becoming less a head-to-head contest than a clash of ecosystems. And the direction of travel across these retail ecosystems is unmistakable: toward a more digitized, sensor-aware and automated retail model, one that blends the physical presence of stores with data-driven logistics in...

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Amazon Courts Bargain Hunters With New Private Grocery Label
October 01, 2025

Amazon is merging two of its private-label brands to attract bargain-hunting grocery shoppers. The company launched Amazon Grocery, a new private-label brand combining its Amazon Fresh and Happy Belly brands, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 1) press release. Most products are priced at less than...

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Amazon Says Several New Devices Are Purpose-Built for AI-Powered Alexa+
September 30, 2025

Amazon unveiled the next generation of several of its devices Tuesday (Sept. 30), including Echo, Fire TV and Ring, that incorporate the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, Alexa+. The four new Echo devices are purpose-built for Alexa+, the company said in a Tuesday press release....

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Drive-Thru Coffee Purchases Hit Record 59%
September 28, 2025

America is embracing the rise of the small, drive-thru coffee chain. As the Financial Times reported Sunday (Sept. 28), hundreds of these locations — in buildings “the size of shipping containers” are cropping up around the U.S. They’re run by drive-thru chains such as Dutch...