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Why Brick-And-Mortar Merchants Are Tapping Into Unattended Retail

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New digital innovations, however, provide the promise of offering valuable customer data to merchants. These are just some of the ways that merchants are using digital innovations to better serve their customers with the help of kiosk and unattended retail technology: . In the U.S.,

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Airbnb Challenger WhyHotel Scores $20M For Luxury Room Rentals

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Since its launch in 2017, WhyHotel has been creating relationships with real estate companies and landlords to help new apartment buildings earn revenue before they’ve sold or leased the units. The company has properties in Seattle, Houston, Arlington and Tysons Corner, Virginia.

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Popeyes Teams Up With Uber Eats As Consumers Crave Delivery

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Inspired by tweets from customers hungry for delivery, Popeyes has teamed up with Uber Eats in select markets. The move comes as the delivery market seems ripe for Popeyes’ fare: Uber Eats said that orders for fried chicken have jumped by 54 percent and orders for biscuits have skyrocketed 83 percent over the past year.

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How QSRs Bring Mobile And Digital Payments To The Table

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In the age of quick-service restaurant (QSR) dining technology innovation, restaurants are frantically looking into ways to provide consumers with mobile ordering bells and whistles like third-party payment integrations, rewards programs and surprise-and-delight offers.

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Retail Pulse: Mattress Firm Mulls Bankruptcy; Walmart Plans Robotic Grocery Pickup

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And, as a brand, Mattress Firm itself has faced some challenges: In 2017, former supplier Tempur Sealy International Inc. told the Houston Chronicle that “bankruptcy for Mattress Firm would make sense, as it would allow them to reposition their real estate portfolio and close stores to become profitable.”.

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Retail Pulse: AMC Theatres Premieres Mobile Ordering, Papa John’s Teams With DoorDash

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Cinema chains are driving customer convenience and building loyalty with the help of digital innovations to make for more seamless moviegoing experiences. As it stands, mobile ordering is available at the chain’s Denver, Boston and Houston locations — and more markets are said to be in the works for this year. million in 2017.

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The Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: The Delivery Edition 

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Walmart is signing on to a recent trend and has announced it will be partnering with autonomous vehicle company Nuro to launch a new pilot program to test autonomous grocery delivery in the Houston market. When I joined Walmart in the summer of 2017, my goal was to leave the company better than I found it,” Dunn said in the post.