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FDA Concerned About CVS, Walgreens Selling CBD Products
April 03, 2019

The Food and Drug Administration’s outgoing Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Wednesday (April 3) he’s not sure about the move on the part of Walgreens and CVS to sell CBD products in their stores. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Creating Cookware For A Generation That Doesn’t Cook
April 03, 2019

Do millennials cook? 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 Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications...

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Goodwill, Price.com Take On Amazon With Lower Price Visibility
April 03, 2019

To help tell consumers about less expensive alternative offerings, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey is teaming with Price.com. The organization is tapping into Price.com’s browser extension, which lets shoppers searching for new items on other platforms find cheaper used options...

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Smoothie Order-Ahead Via Robotics
April 03, 2019

Food preparation is going to the robotic overlords, with entrepreneurs tackling the tasks of making products such as smoothies with the help of automation. Take Blendid, which Co-Founder Vipin Jain defined in a PYMNTS interview as a fully autonomous “robotic kiosk that prepares food on...

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Voice Shopping: Walmart’s Newest Grocery Play
April 03, 2019

Retailers are turning to voice assistants to make it easier for customers to shop for groceries amid strong competition. Walmart, in one case, has rolled out an offering called Walmart Voice Order by working with partners such as Google. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Chinese eCommerce Pet Startup Boqii Eyes IPO
April 03, 2019

In a move that could raise at least $100 million, Goldman Sachs-backed online pet shop Boqii Co. is planning an initial public offering (IPO), per unnamed sources. The eCommerce firm, which is based in Shanghai, is mulling offering shares in U.S. or Hong Kong, Bloomberg...

Moving C-Stores From A Fuel-Plus To A Plus-Fuel Model
April 03, 2019

Convenience stores (C-stores), overall, are in an innovation rut. While there are some larger chains that have made great leaps and bounds into the digital age of commerce and mobile omnichannel experiences, the encounter one has at the average corner C-store today bears an uncanny resemblance...

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Travel Startups Take A Personalized Approach To Airport Pickups
April 02, 2019

Travel companies often tackle the odyssey from home to destination and back, but Welcome Pickups is taking a different approach. The Greece-based company focuses squarely on transportation and other services once a consumer has arrived, such as airport transfers or airport pickups. The company aims...

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Heyday’s Digital And Physical Reformation Of The Facial
April 02, 2019

The concept for Heyday, a New York-based startup aiming to bring facials to the masses, was dreamt up by Co-Founder and CEO Adam Ross when it occurred to him that the world of facials had a hollow middle. A consumer already very into them could...