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Mall Vacancies At Highest Level In Eight Years

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Some geographies are coping with the upheaval in retail better than others, as vacancies in U.S. However, the retail vacancy rate was under 7 percent in 17 cities, with San Francisco taking the lead at 4.1 But 24 cities experienced vacancy rates that exceeded 12 percent, with the inclusion of Buffalo, Memphis and Albuquerque.

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Retailers Look To Digital Technologies After Beating The Street

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Retailers and retail landlords are reporting strong first-quarter earnings results, beating analysts’ expectations in many cases. But mall owners and operators are occupied with a different focus: what to do with closing anchor tenants that once filled valuable space in their malls. billion, according to news from Retail Dive.

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Are Robots Last-Mile Delivery’s Future?

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To provide retailers with an automated option for last-mile deliveries, shipping carriers are entering the world of robotics technology. According to the announcement, the company plans to experiment with the bot in markets such as Memphis, Tenn. — “pending final city approvals.”.

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

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billion, on an 82 percent increase in retail sales. That is the most organic growth of any automotive retailer ever in the U.S. This year we expect another year of market-leading growth. Our cohort growth was broad based with many markets crossing key milestones.”. New Markets. In 2019, we increased GPU by $750.

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DHL: Strengthening Fulfillment’s Weakest Link

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And in an interview with Karen Webster, Adrian Kumar, global head of operations, science and analytics at DHL Supply Chain , said that better inventory management can be aided by ergonomic design and automated processes through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. The Weakest Link(s). The McDonald’s Example.

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FedEx Teams With Walmart, Target On Same-Day Delivery Robot

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FedEx said it wants the robot to be part of its SameDay service, which currently operates in 1,900 cities around the world. We are excited to bring this technology to address new markets and better support our customers. The robot has two smaller wheels in front that can lift up, and two large wheels on each side.

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Fixing Meal Delivery By Ditching The Subscriptions 

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Blue Apron is still in existence — which is more than a lot of the follow-on meal kit businesses that entered the market in Blue Apron’s wake can say as of late 2019 — but its fortunes have been rocky since it entered the public market in the summer of 2017. They just want the product. are planned to follow along.

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