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What’s The Future For NBA-Related Retail In China?

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That’s because China eCommerce giant Alibaba apparently has removed any products related to the Houston Rockets from its search results. These moves come amid a push by China to encourage more cross-border commerce and retail. billion in 2018, noted the report. The move comes after the general manager of that U.S.-based

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Team USA Launches Omnichannel Strategy For Olympic Retail

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With the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games not too far away, it’s high season for Team USA merchandise. Fanatics , a company that sells Team USA merchandise, has taken a novel approach to Olympic retail this year with a physical store in a major U.S. Fanatics is hardly the only retailer to take advantage of pop-up stores.

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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. As of today’s announcement, we’ve installed the latest mobile 5G network equipment in areas in the 12 markets where we plan to make 5G available in 2018.”. Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Fla., Louisville, Ky.,

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Are Postmates Sidewalk Robots Just The Tip Of The Self-Delivery Frontier?

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The need for food delivery keeps pushing the edge of retail innovation – and could even lead to crowding on sidewalks and competing for room with pedestrians and rented scooters – as Postmates plans to test delivery robots in San Francisco. It was reported at the time that the vehicles would be deployed in a yet-to-be-named city.

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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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Instacart Delivery Coming To Half Of Sam’s Club Locations

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Markets included in Instacart’s larger footprint will include New Jersey, Indianapolis and Houston, among others, according to the company. By November 2018, consumers will be able to make grocery orders at nearly 350 Sam’s Club locations. All in, the expansion will see the service enter 1,000 new ZIP codes and over 100 new stores.

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The Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: The Delivery Edition 

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We see more of this going forward as our new bottom-up US package model assumes Amazon Logistics US packages grow at a 68 percent [compound annual growth rate from 2018 to 2022],” Morgan Stanley said. Dunn also wrote that he had learned a lot about transforming retail in the digital age during his brief tenure at Walmart.