April 09, 2023
Whole Foods Looks to Sate Consumer Hunger for Prepared Meals
Whole Foods is reportedly considering opening commercial kitchens amid rising consumer demand for prepared foods. The Amazon-owned grocer would launch these kitchens to make meals for its food bars and...
April 09, 2023
Walmart Suit Seeks to End Capital One Card Relationship
Walmart has reportedly sued Capital One to end a 4-year-old credit card partnership. According to published reports Friday (April 7), the retail giant accuses the bank of failing to live...
April 07, 2023
McDonald’s Lays off Hundreds of Corporate Employees Amid Restructuring
A weeklong, multipart series of layoffs and other changes reportedly impacted hundreds of McDonald’s employees. As part of its restructuring, the quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain laid off hundreds of corporate...
April 07, 2023
Amazon Closes the Book on Book Depository, Underscoring eCommerce’s Evolution
Every so often, we get a reminder of how far we’ve come — and where we’ve come from. It’s hard to recall, at least for some of us, that eCommerce...
April 07, 2023
Retail Drone Delivery At Scale Needs More Runway, But Datasets...
As robotics and drones get added to the tech roadmaps of retailers of every stripe, the fact remains: it’s hard creating commercial robots and autonomous vehicles, as several programs fall...
April 07, 2023
Walmart Hopes Amazon-Like Website Will Boost Subscribers and Revenue
It is an understatement to say that Amazon and Walmart have a strong presence in the U.S. retail shopping space; the two giants dominate the industry and define the market,...
April 06, 2023
Restaurants Refine Rewards Models to Deliver Loyalty
This week in restaurants, major brands step up loyalty rewards, and drone delivery takes off. Fast-casual chain Noodles & Company, for one, which has more than 450 locations, announced Monday (April...
April 06, 2023
UK To Probe Amazon’s $1.7B Takeover Of Roomba
The purchase of iRobot by Amazon is under investigation by British antitrust regulators, and the deal is receiving additional scrutiny due to its value of $1.7 billion. The Competition and...
April 06, 2023
Amazon Clinic Chief Sees Intersection of Retail and Healthcare
The future of healthcare will look a lot more like retail with customer experience coming first and artificial intelligence (AI) playing a larger role in that transformation. These were among...
