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

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And some eCommerce brands are bringing the convenience of self-service technology into their brick-and-mortar stores. and SoftBank -backed robotics firm Nuro recently announced the rollout of their autonomous grocery delivery service in Houston. The number of Kentucky Fried Chicken locations to adopt kiosks by 2020 is 5,000.

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eCommerce Shift Helps Fuel Strong Sales At Pier 1 Imports, Dressbarn

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Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV) , the incubator that relaunched Pier 1 Imports and Dressbarn in 2020, noted that the migration to eCommerce in addition to trends such as the “quest for comfort at home” fueled formidable sales at the two brands, according to an announcement. And like Jeff Bezos did, they start with low-risk items.

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Barneys, Pier 1 And Other Iconic-But-Bankrupt Retailers Are Coming Back To Life 

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Barneys became the latest brand to rise from the dead recently when the retailer reopened as “ Barneys at Saks ,” a store within a store at the flagship Manhattan site of its former rival, Saks Fifth Avenue. The launch of Barneys at Saks is a seminal moment to reignite the brand for the future.”.

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CVS Health On Track To Rehab Over 1,000 Stores

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Dallas-Fort Worth, Boston, Ohio and North Carolina are among the next markets the pharmacy chain is targeting for the growth of HealthHUB in 2020. In separate news, reports surfaced last April that Walgreens and VillageMD were teaming to offer primary care services for adult patients in the Houston, Texas area.

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Walgreens Accelerates Digitalization In Q1

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As Walgreens made “substantial progress” on accelerating its digitalization, among other strategic priorities, the pharmacy chain had fiscal 2020 first-quarter revenues of $34.3 billion and adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.37 per an announcement from the company on Wednesday (Jan. as well as the U.K., billion in revenues and $1.41

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Tide Launches Omnichannel, On-Demand Laundry Service

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Tide, the laundry brand owned by CPG Detergent, is introducing a service called Tide Cleaners, an on-demand dry cleaning and laundry service, at 1,000 locations in cities across the country, according to reports. The company’s goal is to have Tide Cleaners at more than 2,000 spots across the United States by the latter part of 2020.

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Path To World Series Brings Changes To Online Gambling

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It’s not exactly high time for legal online gambling yet – that comes in early 2020, with the Super Bowl and then the NCAA college basketball tournament – but the betting season is certainly heating up on more ways than one. million on the Houston Astros to win the 2019 World Series. is still in the process of finding a firmer footing.

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