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Grocery Retail Ups Its Autonomous Delivery Game

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The pilot will provide service to customers in Olmos Park, just outside of downtown San Antonio where the grocery retailer is based,” according to TechCrunch. the grocery retailer, and Nuro, the SoftBank -backed robotics company, announced in March the launch of their autonomous grocery delivery service in Houston.

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Facebook To Open Small Biz Pop-Up Concept In Select Macy’s

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The move will bring 100 popular small businesses and digital brands on Facebook and Instagram into retail stores — just in time for the holiday shopping season. And the retailer is flexible on timing: brands can stay for as short a time period as a month. Compared to traditional pop-up stores, Macy’s own staff services the brands.

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USAA Rules Latest Net Promoter Score Survey

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A study from Temkin Group released today puts San Antonio-Texas-based USAA head and shoulders above every other corporation in America in terms of Net Promoter Score. Net promoter Score is a slightly controversial metric that measures customer loyalty. A company’s NPS is supposed to correlate with revenue growth.

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eCommerce Search Merger Aims To Address Amazon Pressure Cooker

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Today’s online retailers are facing increased pressure to stand out against the convenience that online marketplaces like Amazon offer to consumers,” Searchspring said in the Tuesday (Feb. To do so, retailers and brands must differentiate through their brand and shopping experiences. 4) announcement. “To

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AT&T Jumps On The 5G Bandwagon

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Together with Samsung, we plan to bring the best in technology and innovation to our customers. San Antonio and Waco, Texas. There are plans to expand service in the first half of 2019 to parts of 7 additional cities, including Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Nashville, Orlando, San Diego, San Francisco, and San Jose, Calif.

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7-Eleven Launches Beer Delivery In Select US Markets

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Lauderdale, Florida; New York, New York; Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia; Orlando-Daytona, Florida; Phoenix, Arizona; Portland, Oregon; Sacramento, California; San Antonio, Texas; San Diego, California; San Francisco, California; Seattle-Tacoma, Washington; St. We’re always looking to innovate and disrupt,” Singh said.

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Why The Transportation Sharing Economy Isn’t Just For Cars

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If someone wanted to make a two-mile journey in San Antonio, Texas, to see the Final Four at The Alamodome, for example, the trip would be “an exercise in 25 to 35 minutes by car,” Blue Duck Scooters Co-Founder Eric Bell told PYMNTS in an interview. And the scooters? They happen to be a lot of fun too,” Bell said. Dockless Technology.