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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Legal marijuana may have a massive payments problem, but that’s not stopping retail innovation in perhaps the newest area of legitimate commerce in the U.S. Trends in legal cannabis retail are just now emerging, and fresh numbers from Colorado are providing insight into how the industry is evolving. Big Retail. and Canada.

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APRIL 8, 2020

By utilizing robots , stores are eyeing ways to save money and improve operations in a chaotic time. Washington D.C.-based based Broad Branch Market has recently welcomed 44-pound, six-wheel, self-driving robots, all equipped with sensors and AI and able to make deliveries. Walmart will use the robots in 1,860 of its 4,700 U.S.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The electric scooter and bike race in Washington, D.C. And in retail innovation, Indonesia’s Blibli.com has opened a cashierless brick-and-mortar store location for its BlibliMart brand. s program for dockless electric vehicle operators. 200B: Value of the grocery market in Indonesia. All this, Today in Data.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Case in point, Stockwell: a self-service retail venture that got off on a very wrong foot with customers by, among other things, choosing the wrong name. The Washington Post branded Bodega the most hated startup in America. Most brands hope to make a big splash when they enter the market – but not for this type of reason.

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MARCH 11, 2020

A Newark Airport store will start using Amazon’s Just Walk Out cashierless technology on March 16, just days after the company announced it was licensing the platform to retailers, according to reports on Wednesday (March 11). . OTG operates 350 restaurants and shops in 10 airports, including in Minneapolis, Washington D.C.,

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APRIL 16, 2018

HP is reportedly stepping into the cannabis industry with a new partnership to provide businesses with financial management software, according to The Washington Post. In a statement to Bloomberg last week about the partnership, HP said that “retailers across a wide range of industries use our hardware in their store operations.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

Online retailers are expanding their brick-and-mortar footprints – and using feedback from eCommerce customers to inform the selections in their new stores. A data team from the eCommerce retailer determines what is sold at the locations, Amazon Physical Stores Director Drew Sheriff told MetroWest Daily News.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

Supermarket chains dominated a list of hottest retailers in 2015, according to information released by the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) STORES magazine. The NRF released its annual list of Hot 100 Retailers on Aug. domestic sales with sales of at least $300 million based on figures compiled by Kantar Retail.

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MAY 2, 2019

Convenience store operator 7-Eleven is launching beer and cider delivery in select U.S. ” According to Fortune , the company will test the service in 18 markets: Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas-Ft. .” Customers can place their beer orders via the 7Now app.

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APRIL 13, 2018

It was a record-breaking first quarter for retailers in the U.S. According to a report issued by Moody’s earlier this week, the retail sector managed to notch a record number of defaults during Q1 2013, with nine retailers defaulting on their debt. As a result of the series of retail fails, the default rate of high-risk U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Retail stores are rarely built by accident, particularly in the real world, if for no other reason than retail is sort of an intentional thing. But Recology CleanScapes — an operating company under Recology — is different from most of what is out there in retail. What does one buy at a Recology CleanScapes store?

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APRIL 30, 2018

The sandwich chain will be redirecting its focus to international expansion even as it loses market share in the U.S. We’re focused now on strengthening market share.”. It’s just not what people want anymore,” Bob Phibbs, CEO of New York consultancy The Retail Doctor, told The Washington Post. “If

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OCTOBER 5, 2017

The Amazon Go prototype grocery stores will enable customers to make purchases without the need for a cashier, and are currently in testing in Seattle, Washington. According to the Reuters article, Amazon has approached several French supermarket operators with interest in distribution deals or acquisitions within the country.

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MARCH 22, 2019

Custom eCommerce framing startup Framebridge is opening its own in Washington, D.C., The coffee chain, which operates in 78 global markets, opened its first store in Seattle in the 1970s. On another note, retailers like Costco and Target are increasing their own sales quicker than those of iconic American names. “You

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JUNE 2, 2017

3,500 more McDonald’s markets are going to be lovin’ it by the end of June as delivery service rolls out to even more restaurants. On Wednesday (May 31), McDelivery with UberEATS launched at locations in the New York Metro Area, Fresno, Seattle, Denver, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Washington, D.C.

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MAY 5, 2020

With the retail industry sliding into Mother’s Day in just a week, the return issue is bound to raise its head. Some stats around the issue show just how substantial it is for retailers. And if a retailer charges too much (or charges at all) 57 percent of millennials will bail on future business. Now add a pandemic.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Territory Foods , among other health-optimized services, seeks to serve this market by creating an offering that fits its customers’ lives, diets and tastes – and fills a void in the market. To order a meal from Territory Foods, customers start by selecting one of the four regions – Washington, D.C.;

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AUGUST 30, 2018

India-based eCommerce marketplace Paytm Mall wants to work more closely with regional retailers and team up with eCommerce grocery service BigBasket to compete with Flipkart and Amazon, according to recent Reuters reports. It is currently the third-largest company competing in the country’s retail space. “We

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

With more than 3,000 stores already in operation in the country, another 2,000 are in plans and slated for opening by 2021. “To China is Starbucks’ second largest — and fastest growing — market. CEO, Kevin Johnson, the company builds more new company-operated locations in China than in its home country. percent this year, up 1.1

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Digital delivery service goPuff will acquire BevMo , a specialty beverage retailer based on the U.S. Philadelphia-based goPuff, which bills itself as a kind of catch-all service for helping customers with various everyday shopping needs, is hoping to use the announcement to enter into the California market, the blog post stated.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Albertsons will be converting its existing pharmacies to Rite Aid stores, while current Rite Aid locations will operate as standalone pharmacies. Together, the company will operate around 4,350 pharmacy counters and 320 clinics across 38 states and Washington. percent in afternoon trading.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

At Kroger’s two high-tech test stores in Cincinnati and Redmond, Washington (near Kroger and Microsoft’s respective HQs) the shelves can interact with the Kroger’s mobile app to guide them through the store to the items they’ve selected. And so while Kroger is testing its new smart shelf technology, so are several other retailers.

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APRIL 11, 2016

As brick-and-mortar retailers continue to struggle to bring in consumers, a few are taking a page out of Amazon’s book and working instead to meet consumers where they live. Macy’s, Best Buy and Kohl’s have all recently stepped up same-day delivery options that were in testing mode to full-scale operations in some locations.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

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.”. along with DEKA Founder Dean Kamen (of Segway fame).

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NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Analysts at Jefferies have also identified additional licenses for operations in Washington, New Mexico and Indiana, which could signal bigger plans for Amazon as well. According to reports, Amazon has hundreds of thousands of staff already employed, and its recent decision to add new headquarters in New York City and Washington, D.C.

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MARCH 13, 2020

Stemming from a popular blog and a popular Pinterest account, Oh Happy Day was started by design visionary Jordan Ferney, who sold the company to Natalie and Jake Bowman of Equals Awesome, LLC of Tacoma, Washington. Bowman earned her retailing chops at Neiman Marcus. Bowman earned her retailing chops at Neiman Marcus.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

But Foxtrot, a small company out of Chicago, is reinventing convenience store retail and taking it uptown. Instead of grabbing a mass-market six-pack of beer and some Slim Jims, Foxtrot wants you to try a local craft beer, or maybe a legendary local food brand. This spring it will launch two Washington, D.C. percent.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

But Foxtrot, a small company out of Chicago, is reinventing convenience store retail and taking it uptown. Instead of grabbing a mass-market six-pack of beer and some Slim Jims, Foxtrot wants you to try a local craft beer, or maybe a legendary local food brand. This spring it will launch two Washington, D.C. percent.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Albertsons will convert its existing pharmacies to Rite Aid stores, while current Rite Aid locations will operate as standalone pharmacies. Together, the company will operate around 4,350 pharmacy counters and 320 clinics across 38 states and Washington, and will be worth around $83 billion. The net result?

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JANUARY 20, 2019

Meanwhile, a study by data firm Chainalysis has found that bitcoin as a form of payment doubled in 2018 on darknet market sites. Bitcoin transaction volumes on darknet markets, where people can buy illegal goods, saw an increase over the entire year to reach an average of $2 million daily.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

There’s arguably no more polarizing macroeconomic issue in the retail world than the fate of the American mall. The problems start with how retailers view and serve the customer. The ability to help our tenants get to the other side of the mandated closures became front and center of our marketing efforts.

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OCTOBER 4, 2017

Fresh off its acquisition of Whole Foods Market , Amazon is eyeing further retail expansion — this time in Paris, France. The unsourced report said the company aims to open the stores over the next two years, with inspiration from its noncash Amazon Go concept stores currently in testing in Seattle, Washington. .

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Envoy operates a blockchain platform built with R3’s Corda, with a focus on streamlining financial processes in the global trade space — including facilitating payments via tokenization technology. The company plans to use the funding to ready its software for enterprise adoption and explore additional verticals into which it can expand.

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MARCH 11, 2020

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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SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

As PYMNTS prepares to BBQ and drink sangria and maybe even hum some union solidarity anthems in honor of this holiday weekend, we ask you to take a few moments to join us on a “greatest-hits tour” of this past summer of retail. One example was provided by retail chain Urban Outfitters. New Subscription Push. Voice and Tariffs.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The European Commission told Amazon of its “preliminary view that it has breached EU antitrust rules by distorting competition in online retail markets,” according to the statement. Like Washington, Beijing has a love-hate relationship with its tech champions,” Trivium China Partner Kendra Schaefer said, per CNBC.

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JUNE 22, 2018

Five Supreme Court justices may have settled one of the longstanding issues of online retail, but that does not mean everything has suddenly cleared up. First, no sense of sky-is-falling doom emerged from any reliable retail or payments source. And then there is this: eCommerce isn’t going away. It accounts for more U.S.

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