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Automated Retail Speeds Up Delivery And Checkout

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Automated retail might conjure up images of robot cashiers, but beyond a few convenience stores in Japan and Korea, that sci-fi development hasn’t yet become reality for the wider world. Last month, Domino’s Pizza announced it would be testing autonomous pizza delivery in Houston with robotics company Nuro.

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Retail Pulse: Brookstone Files For Bankruptcy; Kroger Launches New Delivery Service

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Brookstone , a specialty retailer known for massage chairs and gadgets, used to be a must-see mall retailer. malls, Brookstone is now the latest major brick-and-mortar retailer to announce that it has filed for bankruptcy protection. Both have operations online under new owners, reported The Wall Street Journal.

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Big Brick-And-Mortars Double Down On Same-Day Delivery

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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. Kohl’s has expanded same-day delivery to Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle and Washington, D.C./Baltimore And quickly. percent.

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Oprah Enters The Restaurant World

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As of today, the international media titan has announced an investment in True Food Kitchen , a healthy eating startup based out of Houston. She purchased an approximately 10 percent stake in Weight Watchers in 2015. Oprah Winfrey is becoming a restaurateur. It was named the 2018 emerging restaurant by data firm Fishbowl.

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15 Minutes With … Jimmy Rasmussen

Independent Banker

Finally, I focus on economic news in our markets, which include five communities south of Houston. The Houston region has seen substantial layoffs, and the daily headlines predict more will be announced. We had a record year in gross loan production in 2015 and are looking to top that performance in 2016.

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Why Target Is Letting Kids Design Their Clothes

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Whitney Houston sang a song about it, and “ The Simpsons ” has spent the better part of 30 years parodying the sentiment. Collectively, they brought in over $1 billion, placing Target in second place (behind Walmart naturally) in mass retail child/baby clothes, and saw very healthy growth at 1.8 Quite the opposite.

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How Much Is Lady Gaga Worth To The Super Bowl?

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Last year’s Super Bowl on CBS drew a then record for ad sales , with a 30-second ad going for as much as $5 million, CBS executives announced on an earnings call in early August 2015, months before the teams playing in the Feb. 5, 2017, at NRG Stadium in Houston. 7, 2016 game were even known. It will be aired on Fox.