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Walmart Expands Next-Day Delivery
June 28, 2019

Walmart is expanding its next-day delivery service before the start of back-to-school shopping season. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...

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Bringing On-The-Go, Health-Focused Fare To Automated Retail
June 27, 2019

To provide consumers with fresh, on-the-go food in an eco-friendly way, innovators in the culinary space are bringing salads and other options to vending machines. FRESH.BOWL, for instance, stocks its kiosks with locally sourced meals that are approved by nutritionists and made at its New...

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The Pace Of Children’s Retail Innovation Speeds Up
June 27, 2019

Hope springs eternal. That sense of hope is a big part of childhood, and it applies as well to retail aimed as children, as least going by current developments involving Toys R Us. That news is another recent development in the world of children’s retail,...

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Navigating Flight-Sharing’s Complicated Skies
June 27, 2019

In the decade since Uber made its debut in San Francisco, all sorts of businesses and ideas have been dubbed the “Uber of” something. The Uber of apartments, the Uber of childcare, the Uber of dinner – this list goes on and on. But the French...

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Amazon To Let Shoppers Pick Up Packages At Rite Aid
June 27, 2019

To provide another option for customers to receive their orders, Amazon has added an option for consumers to walk into a store and pick up a package. The new Counter option is said to roll out with the help of Rite Aid Corp bringing the...

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Waymo Brings Self-Driving Vehicles To Lyft Passengers
June 27, 2019

To make autonomous vehicles available to ridesharing passengers, Alphabet subsidiary Waymo is teaming up with ride-hailing firm Lyft. The trips are limited to a certain area near Phoenix, Arizona, CNBC reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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OTAs Tap Into Resort Fees To Create New Revenue Streams
June 27, 2019

A little over a month ago, Booking.com sent ripples of surprise throughout the travel vertical with the announcement that it would begin collection commissions on the fees resorts charge to customers who book through the platform. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Tesco Plans For Cashierless Stores
June 27, 2019

Tesco is teaming up with an Israeli startup to become the next food retailer to go cashierless. Anonymous sources have revealed to Bloomberg that Tesco, the U.K.’s largest grocery chain, has partnered with Trigo Vision, the creator of a system of cameras and software, enabling...

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Is Better Sizing The Secret To Swimwear Innovation? 
June 26, 2019

While many of the retail innovators and entrepreneurs we talk to at PYMNTS found the inspiration for their business while trying to find a solution, Kitty and Vibe Founder and CEO Cameron Armstrong is one of the few who described being reduced to tears by...