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RetailRetail Pulse: Dine Brands Teams With Postmates; Walmart Rolls Out Alcohol Pickup
Fast-casual restaurant groups are teaming with online food delivery firms to offer on-demand ordering to consumers through digital platforms. For instance, Dine Brands,...
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RetailRetail Pulse: Walmart Tests ‘Great Workplace,’ Sainsbury’s Opens Cashierless Store
Brick-and-mortar retailers are changing the way they manage their workforces in the age of Amazon: Walmart, for instance, is testing multiple versions...
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RetailBell And Howell CEO: Why Next Gen Click-And-Collect Isn’t Just About Convenience
When Bell and Howell (BH) first examined how it could compete in the automated, self-service delivery kiosk and locker space a few years ago, it was...
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RetailThe Eight Retail Stories That Shaped 2018
News travels fast in payments and commerce. The world does not perhaps look terribly different, at first glance, than it did a...
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RidesharingLyft Teams With Nonprofit For Grocery Access Program
To provide families with access to groceries in Washington, D.C., Lyft is teaming up with nonprofit Martha’s Table for its Grocery Access...
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EarningsWill Walmart Become The Third-Largest eTailer?
It would be an overstatement to say that Amazon should be incredibly worried about Walmart these days — as Amazon is undeniably doing...
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InvestmentsInstacart Raises $271M On $7.8B Valuation
Grocery delivery startup Instacart raised an extra $271 million in November, bringing its latest round of funding to $871 million. A source...
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RetailInstacart Debuts Grocery Pickup Nationwide
Instacart, the online groceries company, announced Wednesday (Nov. 7) the national expansion of Instacart Pickup, a new grocery click-and-collect service. In a...
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RetailWalmart Canada Launches Mobile Pickup In 22 More Stores
Walmart Canada announced that it has expanded its mobile pickup service in 22 additional stores. The company plans to expand the feature...
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RetailKroger Teams Up With Walgreens For Grocery Pickup
To help customers retrieve their online grocery orders, Kroger and Walgreens are teaming up for an experimental program. Shoppers will be able...
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RetailWalmart Plans Pick-Up Grocery Store
To allow customers to pick up grocery orders, Walmart is proposing a drive-up grocery store in a Chicago suburb. The potential store...
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AmazonAmazon Launches Prime Now Grocery Delivery In More Cities
In a continued expansion of its Prime Now delivery offering, Amazon and Whole Foods Market are bringing the service to more cites:...
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DeliveryWalmart Expands Grocery Delivery, Eyes 40 Pct Of Households
Walmart announced it is now offering grocery delivery in 50 metro areas across the United States. “When it comes to grocery delivery,...
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RetailRetail Pulse: Mattress Firm Mulls Bankruptcy; Walmart Plans Robotic Grocery Pickup
Brick-and-mortar retailers have sought to reduce their retail footprint in hard times, and Mattress Firm, Inc. is no exception. The brand could close...
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Sizzle/FizzleMarketplace Lending And Curbside Delivery Sizzle, Ridesharing Fizzles
The biggest story this week in grocery came, as it often does, care of the new Whole Foods Market as operated by...
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Kroger Rolls Out New Grocery Delivery Offering
Amid its digital push through its Restock Kroger initiative, Kroger has rolled out a delivery service dubbed Kroger Ship that uses third-party...
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RetailWalmart Bites Into Meal Kits With In-Store Options
As big-box stores and grocers move into the meal kit space, Walmart has begun selling meal kits and “one-step meals” in more...
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RetailWalmart Pilots Food Stamps Program For Online Groceries
Walmart is expanding its Online Grocery Pickup to more people, rolling out an option that enables customers to use their EBT card...
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RetailThe Pros And Cons Of Robots In Retail
Between automated checkout lines, online grocery ordering and meal kit services, it seems like the inexorable tide of progress is determined to...
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RetailPeapod 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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Merchant InnovationWalmart Lets Customers Pick Up Online Orders Via Vending Machines
Breaking mobile order ahead news: it’s not just for food anymore. Walmart is now letting customers place orders on its website and...
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RetailGrocery Tracker: European Discount Supermarket Lidl Is Coming To U.S.
Americans, it’s pronounced “LEE-dil (Lidl),” and you’d better get used to it because the popular European discount grocery chain is coming to the...
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RetailWalmart Takes On AmazonFresh With Grocery Pickup Kiosk
Hopefully AmazonFresh enjoyed its two weeks as the only drive-up grocery pickup kiosk in town, because Walmart has been testing one of...
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Mobile ApplicationsAn App A Day Keeps Grocery Shoppers Coming Their Way
Serving society’s appetite for socially conscious company behavior, Longo’s grocer in Toronto has introduced Flashfood, a mobile app that enables its shoppers...
