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1.5KSous-Vide Food Delivery For Man’s Best Friend
Some entrepreneurs find inspiration in their pets: Ruth Stedman Marriott helped start Grocery Pup with her husband when they got their dog....
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1.7KDoorDash And Keeping Pace In The Delivery Race After Losing A Step
In many ways, 2019 started out strong for DoorDash. The San Francisco food delivery startup brought in $400m in new funding as...
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1.4KHow QSRs Are Enhancing The Dining Experience With Digital Innovations
To enhance diners’ experiences in quick-service restaurants (QSRs), managers are utilizing digital innovations, enabling everything from faster orders to more efficient kitchens....
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1.4KStarbucks Upgrades Rewards Program; Opens Store No. 30,000
Ahead of plans to open hundreds of locations annually in China, Starbucks hit a retail milestone by opening its 30,000th location in...
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2.2KGoop Inc Taps Into Booming Wellness Market
While Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Inc. is most famous as a luxury goods platform, it has also reportedly grown into the center of the wellness...
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2.9KVisa Rolls Out Promotions As Sponsor Of Hudson Yards
As the official payment technology partner for Hudson Yards, New York City’s newest neighborhood offering shopping and entertainment options, Visa is offering exclusive...
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2.3KRefill Startups Go Green With Sustainable Packaging
When cleancult Co-Founder Ryan Lupberger looked at other brands of cleaning products, he noted that the same problems always appeared to arise...
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2.2KHow Digital Verification Creates Seamless Experiences For Shoppers
In the digital age of subscription boxes and rideshares, consumers expect seamless experiences, whether they are ordering clothes for their wardrobes or...
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1.6KJouer Hits Reset As It Starts Second Decade In Beauty
There is no shortage of up-and-coming cosmetics brands promising consumers a more personalized, customized experience. Jouer, a makeup brand that entered the...
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1.7KMajor Retailers Boost Private-Label Sales
With low prices and high-quality items through private labels, retailers like Target and Costco are increasing sales of their own items quicker...
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2.4KInvestors Predict Retail Slowdown In US
Weaker-than-expected holiday spending has led to concerns that it’s the start of a retail slowdown, leading Wall Street to slash profit estimates. According...
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3.5KJudge: Rent-A-Center Doesn’t Have To Complete Merger
A judge has ruled that Rent-A-Center will not have to complete a $1.37 billion merger by Vintage Capital Management, and that the...
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3.8KDeliveroo Serves Up Fully Automated Dining In Singapore
Food delivery services opening up kitchens of their own is not exactly a shock to the system in 2019. Industry doomsayers have...
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2.5KRetail Pulse: AMC Theatres Premieres Mobile Ordering, Papa John’s Teams With DoorDash
Cinema chains are driving customer convenience and building loyalty with the help of digital innovations to make for more seamless moviegoing experiences....
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3.0KFitness Apps That Prescribe Digital Workout Subscriptions
Digital subscriptions are charting a course to help provide runners with an alternative to working out alone, through the guidance of coaches...
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3.7KKroger Expands Marketing Relationship With Pinterest
Kroger and Kroger Precision Marketing (KPM) have announced a strategic integrated media and measurement relationship with Pinterest. The partnership will allow advertisers...
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2.3KTaking The Pain Out Of Luxury Beauty Pricing
There is an old French saying that most people have heard in some form or another, usually while on the verge of...
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3.1KWhat Really Works With Digital Innovation In Grocery?
Take a closer look at grocery retail these days, and you’ll find an interesting story. Sure, technological innovation is gaining speed in...
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2.6KKroger Sells YouTech To Inmar For $565M
Inmar has bought You Technology (YouTech), a digital coupon and digital rebate publishing platform, from Kroger for $565 million. But the national...
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2.3KPapa John’s, DoorDash Team Up For Pizza Delivery
Papa John’s has announced a national partnership with DoorDash, giving customers the option for delivery from more than 1,400 of the pizza...
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2.3KFebruary Smartphone Shipments In China Plummet
The decline in smartphone demand in China continued last month, with the market suffering its worst month in years as shipments fell...
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2.4KJack In The Box Launches Mobile App
Hamburger chain Jack in the Box is launching a mobile app. The app, which is available at more than 2,200 of the...
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2.8KHow eCommerce Platforms Are Enabling Craft Beer Discovery
Entrepreneurs are creating platforms for beverage discovery after becoming inspired by personal experiences. When LocalBrews Founder Drew Harrilchak turned 21, he realized...
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2.9KAmazon Debuts Exclusive Beauty Brand
First there was K-beauty, beauty regimens and products inspired by Korean beauty secrets. Is the next trend in beauty L-beauty, products and...
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3.0KNeiman Marcus Builds ‘Multi-Level Retail Experience’ Amid Luxury Transformation
Luxury department store retailers are combining digital shopping technology with dining experiences in their latest locations as part of their overall innovation...
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2.7KChipotle’s Loyalty Program And Developing A Digital Experience
Though Chipotle rolled out its points-based loyalty system nationwide yesterday, the upgrade itself has been a long time coming. The fast casual...
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2.5KDICK’S Net Income For 2018 Falls Short
DICK’S Sporting Goods revealed that its net income in the fourth quarter and for the year fell short, despite the fact that...
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3.7KInstacart Expands Alcohol Delivery Across The US
Instacart, the online grocery company, announced Tuesday (March 12) it has expanded alcohol delivery for customers across the U.S.. In a press...
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3.0KKlook’s Global Ambitions For One-Stop Activity Shopping
In the digital age, booking travel is pretty easy for consumers when it comes to getting to a destination or finding a...
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2.8KThe Farmers Market Meets The Digital Age With eCommerce Platforms
Some entrepreneurs are inspired by their backgrounds to develop marketplace solutions for agriculture. Market Wagon’s Co-founder and CEO Nick Carter grew up...
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2.7KStitch Fix Launches New Styling Algorithm Amid Focus On Data Science
Amid a focus on data science to meet customers’ tastes, online personal styling service Stitch Fix. Inc. beat analysts’ revenue and earnings...
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4.1KHow Neighborhood Goods Is Breathing New Life Into The Department Store Model
For physical retail, and department stores in particular, it’s both the best of times and worst of times. The headline topping the...
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3.8KCan Merchandise Make A Presidential Campaign?
The presidential running season, like the holiday shopping season, seems to get a little longer every time. The next presidential election is...
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2.3KSugarMoo And Delivering Dessert On Demand In Dubai
Raki Phillips was tired of cupcakes. There are many reasons to found a business — to save the world, to make one’s...
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2.1KUS Retail Sales Increase In January
With a rise in discretionary spending and building materials purchasing, retail sales in the U.S. increased by 0.2 percent in January. At...
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3.2KWhy Retailers Are Making mPOS Technology A Top Priority
In the age of digital payments, mobile point of sale systems (POS) are making inroads with the promise of time-saving conveniences for...
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2.5KRenting Recreation Land In The Sharing Economy Age
Digital platforms are connecting landowners with outdoor enthusiasts who want to use their land in the age of Airbnb. PrivateAcre is “a...
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2.3KTesla Plans To Keep More Stores Open Than Expected
Amid plans to scale back its brick-and-mortar footprint, Tesla announced it intends to have more locations stay open than it had planned....
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3.3KRetailers’ Store Closures Reach 4,800 This Year
Retailers kept up the trend of shuttering stores last week, with Dollar Tree, Abercrombie & Fitch and Amazon making announcements on that...
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2.4KJohnny’s Chop Shop Comes To Select Walmart Stores
Barbershop brand Johnny’s Chop Shop will be coming to 3,500 Walmart stores. Johnny’s founder Steven Ross revealed the news to Women’s Wear Daily....
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3.7KRetail Pulse: rue21 Taps Into BOPIS With Mastek; Kohl’s Teams With Planet Fitness
Retailers are bringing omnichannel experiences to consumers by bridging the worlds of online and brick-and-mortar commerce through offerings such as buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS)....
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3.0KDollar Shave Club’s Next Act: Holistic Male Wellness
When the world first encountered the brand in 2011, Dollar Shave Club didn’t have much more than an innovative idea for selling...
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3.4KCostco Wholesale Broadens Online Selection Amid eCommerce Growth
Amid growth in its eCommerce sales and online selections, Costco Wholesale Corporation beat analysts’ estimates for earnings, but fell short on top-line...
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2.7KBarnes & Noble’s Comp Sales Rise 1.1 Pct Amid Strong Holiday Season
Amid a strong holiday season, Barnes & Noble, Inc. reported an increase of 1.1 percent in comp sales. The result showed “the...
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2.5KLaCroix Maker National Beverage Corp. Reports Drop In Sales
Marking its first fall in quarterly sales in half a decade, LaCroix sparkling water maker National Beverage Corp. reported revenue of $220.9 million...
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3.1KRent The Runway, West Elm And The Oversharing Economy
Millennials, we’ve often been told, are a generation of renters, as opposed to buyers. Maybe it was all the early childhood focus...
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3.2KKroger Sees Potential Opportunity In Healthcare Field
Grocery giant Kroger is thinking about starting a new business venture related to the healthcare field, according to a report in Bloomberg....
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3.0KBloomscape And Tapping Into The Hip Houseplant Phenomenon
“I’m so excited to go houseplant shopping this weekend!” said no one. Ever. People like plants — in fact people love plants...
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3.3KWhy More Than Six In 10 Shoppers Use Mobile Beyond Payments
To make purchases online and in brick-and-mortar stores, consumers are tapping into technology such as mobile phones and voice assistants. These devices...
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2.5KRent The Runway Takes Rental Business Model To Home Goods
To help customers rent home goods such as linens, throw pillows and blankets, Rent the Runway is teaming up with West Elm....
