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1.5KToday In DataToday In Data: Mobile Order-Ahead
As the popularity of mobile devices continues to rise, speedy and convenient on-demand services are becoming mandatory for restaurants and other food...
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944AmazonAmazon Tracker: Strategies And Partnerships Deliver
In this week’s tracker, Amazon slowly spreads into trickier territory: prescription pharmaceuticals, smart glasses, and shipping alcohol (which is a logistical nightmare)....
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892DeliveryWalmart Wants To Make In-Home Deliveries Easier
Walmart and smart door lock maker August are collaborating on a new service that will make it easier for Walmart shoppers to receive...
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1.1KAmazonAmazon Kicks Off Restaurant Delivery With Olo Partnership
Would you like a side of fries and instant gratification with that? Amazon’s got you covered. Friday morning, Sept. 22, Amazon and...
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2.3KRetailThe Meal Kit Survival Guide
Gazing into the pantry, the kids whine that there is nothing to eat — and they’re partially right. There’s no ready food, only...
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4.1KData DiveLabor Day Edition — American Express, Pizza Wars And Wells Fargo
Today, nationwide, Americans are celebrating the joys of hard work and earning an honest day’s living by sleeping late, going one last time...
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1.4KResTechBezos Vs. Ma: Who’s Ahead In Grocery?
Those who prophesied the death of brick-and-mortar retail in favor of online alternatives may have been premature. Sure, merchants without an online...
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1.7KRetailMiddle East Online Marketplace Slowly Taking Shape
eCommerce has become a natural part of life in many parts of the world, but that hasn’t been the case in the...
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2.7KeCommerceWalmart Takes To The Sky For New Warehouse Locations
As Walmart continues its eCommerce bid to go head-to-head with retailer Amazon, the company is hoping to establish new warehouses positioned in the sky...
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1.7KRetailBest Bang For Your Buck Via Amazon Assistant
Bargain shopping is nothing new to almost any consumer out there today. People are always looking for high-quality items at a reasonable...
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2.0KRetailThis Week In Retail: Finances, Delivery And IT
This week in retail, there has been news coming in from opposite sides of the spectrum. We saw a huge surge in...
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1.9KMobileApple’s iPhone The Leader In Terms Of Q2 Shipments
Apple was the world’s largest smartphone maker in the second quarter, shipping 16.9 million iPhones in the three-month period ended in June....
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2.4KToday In DataToday in Data: Amazon’s Powerful Presence
Amazon is a powerful presence in the retail industry. There’s no doubt about the magnitude of the effect it has had on...
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2.2KAmazonAmazon Rolls Out Instant Pickup In Five Markets; More To Come
Amazon, the eCommerce giant, announced Tuesday (Aug. 15) the launch of Instant Pickup, a free service for Prime and Prime Student members in...
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3.2KToday In DataToday in Data: Delivery Dive
While the retail industry is undergoing its transformation, there’s one clear winner on both brick-and-mortar and eCommerce delivery services. Today’s retail practically...
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2.9KRetailThe Vitamin Shoppe Launches Subscription Service
The Vitamin Shoppe customers can now subscribe to the retailer and receive personalized sample kits, Chain Store Age reports. The company designed...
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1.7KRetailTarget to Buy Grand Junction To Expand Delivery Abilities
Target announced Monday (Aug. 14) that it has inked a deal to acquire Grand Junction, a transportation technology company in an effort...
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2.0KRetailAldi To Test Home Delivery Via Instacart
Aldi, the discount grocery chain, is gearing up to test home delivery with Instacart at the end of August. According to a...
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2.7KDeliveryWegmans Kicks Off NY Grocery Delivery Service
Grocery delivery services have become all the rage as consumers lives get increasingly busier and eCommerce grows. New York-based Wegmans is the...
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3.0KEarningsWayfair Beats Earnings Expectations – Again
In the eCommerce landscape, conventional wisdom tends to the idea that Amazon’s gravity in digital commerce is so overpowering that it is...
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1.8KRetailCouriers, Messenger Companies Helped July’s Job Growth
The jobs report for the month of July was strong, and the U.S. may have online sales to thank for the jump...
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1.7KRetailWalmart Ramps Up Curbside Pickup in California
It’s safe to say that online shopping has changed the way in which consumers shop and altered expectations when it comes to...
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2.6KRetailMcDonald’s Earnings Deep Fry Wall Street Expectations
“The [McDonald’s] brand is about fun. We really create delicious ‘feel-good’ moments for everybody that are also light hearted.” That was McDonald’s VP of...
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1.8KInternationalNoon And The Race For Middle Eastern eCommerce
Until fairly recently the Middle East was a rather underdeveloped region from an eCommerce point of view. According to McKinsey, 50 million...
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2.9KRetailDirect To Consumer: Brick-And-Mortar Stores As Warehouses
E-Commerce is having a big moment in retail. It’s causing retailers to do something that hasn’t been done in years — think outside...
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3.6KResTechPanera Bought By JAB, Parent Of Caribou, Peet’s And Keurig Green Mountain
How about some coffee with that bagel? Panera Bread has gone from publicly-traded to private, bought out by JAB Holding Company, the...
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1.2KRetailWalmart Opens State-Of-The Art Online Fulfillment Center In Florida
Walmart has opened a massive eCommerce fulfillment center in Florida, creating 1,500 jobs and enabling faster shipping to customers or to stores...
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2.0KDeliveryPizza Hut To Hire ~14k New Drivers, Debuts New Delivery Tech
The on-demand concept has effectively revolutionized the way retailers interact with consumers. With basically anything at the tip of their fingers, consumers...
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2.6KMatchmakersWhy OnTruck Isn’t The “Uber For Trucks”
Iñigo Juantegui, co-founder of OnTruck, tends to hear the word “Uber” a lot. As the head of a platform that connects short...
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1.8KWhat's HotAnalyst Accuses USPS Of Giving Amazon Huge Subsidy
One shipping industry watcher is accusing the United States Postal Service of effectively subsidizing the price of shipping Amazon’s packages. According to...
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2.7KBankingUrban FT Acquires iParse To Bridge The Mobile Banking Gap
When it comes to mobile banking, there’s often a massive gap between the consumer’s experience with a big bank and with a...
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3.1KRetailTarget Raises Its Comparable Sales Target For Q2
Citing an improved traffic and retail shopping trend, retailer Target upped its comparable target sales for Q2 2017. In a press release...
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2.2KAmazon AcquisitionsUS Lawmaker Calls For Hearings On Amazon’s Whole Foods Bid
Amazon is facing calls from a U.S. lawmaker for Congressional hearings on its $13.7 billion bid for grocery store chain Whole Foods...
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5.6KRetailSay Hello To The New Retail Intermediary
“There is also no question that doing business with [XXX] can give a supplier a fast, heady jolt of sales and market...
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5.4KSecurity & FraudThe Part Of Fraud That’s On The Decline
Catching fraudsters isn’t as easy as just checking the IP address of an order anymore. Today’s fraudsters are smart, well-funded and coordinated,...
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2.0KRetailWalmart Invests Heavily In eCommerce Back-To-School Experience
Back-to-school season is about to put Walmart’s revamped online ordering system to the test. The big-box giant has invested a lot of...
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3.0KRetailWhy eCommerce Will Create More Jobs Than It Kills
One of the casualties of the ongoing retail death spiral seems almost certain to be the retail workforce. That has become an...
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2.3KRetailPeapod And Alexa Deliver Greater Grocery Ordering Convenience
Peapod was one of the earliest Internet startups to offer grocery delivery services, so it only makes sense that the company would...
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1.8KRetailBank Of America Latest To Lower iPhone Shipments Forecast
Apple has seen Bank of America Merrill Lynch join a growing list of Wall Street firms that are lowering their shipment forecasts...
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1.5KAmazon DeliveryAmazon Air Cargo Planes Ready For Prime Day For First Time In The U.S.
As Amazon Prime Day launches for the third year in a row, the online retailer has its Amazon Air Cargo planes fueled...
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Amazon Takes On Best Buy With Its Take On The Geek Squad
Amazon is taking on Best Buy in the home installation and service market where Geek Squad has dominated by quietly rolling out...
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2.6KResTechBaskin-Robbins Rolls Out Ice Cream Delivery
Baskin-Robbins, the quick-serve ice cream retailer, has started ice cream delivery in certain cities around the country. According to a news report,...
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2.4KRetailSam’s Club Is Testing Delivery For Business Customers
Warehouse retailer Sam’s Club is testing a delivery service for its business customers in Dallas, Texas. According to a report, the new...
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2.3KAmazon CommerceAmazon Prime Now Deals Added To Prime Day
In case Amazon Prime Day 2017 savings weren’t enough, there’s even more good news: The eCommerce giant is now offering two-hour Prime...
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2.3KAmazonAmazon Trails Japanese Competitor Rakuten
Amazon isn’t giving up on Japan, despite trailing homegrown Japanese competitor Rakuten basically since it launched. The American eCommerce giant launched its...
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3.2KRetailAlibaba Is Taking On Alexa, Google Home, DingDong and Little Fish With New Smart Speaker
In its latest effort to keep up with its American big brother Amazon, China’s eCommerce giant Alibaba has announced the debut of...
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3.0KSecurity & FraudOnline Retailers Warn About Shipping Delays After Cyberattack
Online retailers are warning customers to prepare for delays after a cyberattack caused major disruptions within the shipping industry. According to AP...
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1.8KRetailWalmart Denies It Wants Truckers To Stop Delivering For Amazon
Walmart Stores is reportedly putting pressure on its delivery truck operators, warning them they will have to stop hauling goods for Amazon...
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2.8KBlockchainBlockchain Tracker: Making Strides To Mainstream
While blockchain technology can be tough to regulate, it is making small strides into mainstream use. Some countries are timid about venturing...
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1.7KRetailTarget Pilots Next-Day Delivery
Target Restock has officially arrived to consumers. As we reported early last month, Target was exploring its offering of next-day home-delivery dubbed...
