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Retail Pulse: Walgreens To Test Drone Deliveries; Walmart To Relaunch Scoop

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Retailers are testing drone delivery to grow their omnichannel offerings and provide “store to door” on-demand service to their customers. Walgreens , in one case, plans to pilot drone deliveries in Christiansburg, Virginia starting in October by partnering with Wing, a member of the Alphabet family of companies.

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Retail Pulse: CVS, UPS Test Drone Potential; Birchbox Grows Walgreens Partnership

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Brick-and-mortar retailers are teaming with logistics firms to test drones for delivery — and making progress on their experimental flights. Hourican continued, “CVS is exploring many types of delivery options for urban, suburban and rural markets. UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward Inc. per news in September.

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US Card Skimming Grew Nearly 5x in 2022, New FICO Data Shows

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For 2022, we saw a significant increase in compromised cards resulting from skimming activity. Total compromise cards were up 368% from 2021, with more than 161,000 impacted cards identified — nearly a 5x increase over 2021. Now that we have data from the entire year to review, we are seeing the alarming trend continue.

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Curating Greeting Cards In A Digital World

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When Jesse moved to California and Ross went to the University of Virginia, they were connected in the sense that they posted on one another’s Facebook walls or liked each other’s photos. The two brothers ended up co-founding Scribe , an eCommerce website that sells paper greeting cards.

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Why 7-Eleven Is Betting On Voice Commerce To Keep Customers Loyal

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As the company’s chief digital officer, Sethia and his team have built what is arguably the most valuable loyalty program in retail with more than 33 million members. It announced this week that it is piloting Fuel Loyalty at participating 7-Eleven stores in North and South Orlando, Florida; North Texas; and Woodbridge, Virginia.

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Mastercard, Instacart To Provide Grocery Delivery Benefits To Cardholders

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The feature is also available for debit, small business and prepaid card users, according to the announcement. Instacart, a San Francisco-based startup, partners with more than 400 retailer chains to offer delivery and pickup of groceries from more than 30,000 stores across 5,500 cities in the U.S. Starting Thursday (Oct.

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Prime Members In San Francisco And Atlanta Get Free Whole Foods Delivery

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“We’re happy to bring our customers in San Francisco and Atlanta the convenience of free two-hour delivery through Prime Now and access to thousands of natural and organic groceries and locally sourced favorites,” John Mackey, Whole Foods Market co-founder and CEO, said in a statement. throughout 2018.