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Flipkart To Compete With Amazon Via Video Streaming
August 05, 2019

Borrowing from the playbook of Amazon, Walmart’s Flipkart reportedly intends to begin a free video streaming service in India in the coming months. The eTailer is looking to launch video streaming for Flipkart Plus loyalty program members by September before the peak Diwali shopping season,...

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Powering Protein Snacks With eCommerce And Rockfish
August 05, 2019

OneForNeptune Founder and CEO Nick Mendoza was a marine scientist before starting his fish jerky business scaled from small-scale fisheries. (He also partly grew up on a cattle ranch in New Mexico.) After working in research, Mendoza left his job and career to move back...

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Self-Driving Vehicles — And All Their Retail Benefits — Hit Speed Bumps
August 05, 2019

Connected and self-driving cars and truck stand as some of the next big frontiers when it comes to retail and retail innovation, but challenges to that future — real and potential problems that could slow down progress when it comes to autonomous vehicles — are increasing...

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Shake Shack Teams With Grubhub For Delivery
August 05, 2019

To make its food more accessible to consumers via an increasing number of channels, Shake Shack has entered into an integrated partnership with Grubhub. The online and mobile food ordering and delivery marketplace, as well as its Seamless brand, will be the national delivery partner of...

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Walmart’s Answer To Facebook’s Libra: The Walmart Coin
August 05, 2019

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To Dream The Impossible Meatless Dream?
August 03, 2019

In the year 2000, if one had stood on a street corner and predicted that in two decades, the biggest craze to sweep through fast food since the drive-thru window would be artificial meat – well, let’s just say there would be a lot of disbelievers...

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Mastercard Teams Up With Fred Segal Sunset And MADE
August 02, 2019

Mastercard has teamed up with retailer Fred Segal Sunset and Made to sell limited-edition products that showcase female artists and designers, as well as demonstrate Mastercard’s blockchain-based Provenance solution, which illustrates the journey of a product from start to store. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Digital And Delivery Innovation Drive Retail Sales For QSRs
August 02, 2019

Innovations in digital technology and online-enabled delivery services continue to be a hot part of the quick service restaurant (QSR) retail landscape, and the latest example of that came late this week from Yum! Brands. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Creating Customized Fashion Online, And (Nearly) On-Demand
August 02, 2019

For years, it was thought that apparel, if not an eCommerce-proof area of retail, was at least an eCommerce-resistant one. For ultra-casual clothing, where fit isn’t a hugely important consideration and the price point is low enough, buying online was viewed as a reasonable option....