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Online Liquor Sales Are Booming – Can Digital ID Keep Up?

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As online food delivery services proliferate amid the battle for customer loyalty, and as grocery and related stores strive to gain more digital footholds, the online sale of alcohol is growing and becoming a bigger part of all those plans. Online food delivery is in the midst of what might one day be called a golden age.

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Amazon To Build Logistics Capabilities With Carbon-Neutral Electric Trucks

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With the formation of an in-house armada of carbon-neutral delivery trucks, Amazon will soon integrate another step of the online shopping pipeline. With those plans, the eCommerce retailer said it would purchase a fleet of electric vans to begin sending packages to shoppers in 2021.

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‘Ghost’ Kitchens Take A Bigger Role In Food Delivery

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As restaurants continue to wrestle with the questions that come with food delivery — how to make enough money, whether to work with third-party operators, how to manage customer relationships — a new factor is gaining significance. Keatz already operators ten “ghost” kitchens in Europe. Keatz reportedly has raised about $13.5

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Shopify’s 2Q Earnings Illustrate Growing Digital Shift For Merchants, Shoppers

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“Over the past few months, we’ve seen the COVID-19 pandemic firsthand, [and] it has catalyzed eCommerce – introducing major changes in buyer behavior and pulling forward what retail would look like in 2030 to 2020,” Chief Operating Officer Harley Finkelstein said on the company’s earnings call.

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Restaurant Business Serves Up Mixed Plate For 2020

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In fact, by 2030, the National Restaurant Association expects that technology could completely change the face of dining. Accelerating trends in technology and consumer demand will lead to more “cloud kitchens” and “virtual restaurants” — restaurants that exist only online or via an app,” the report says.

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Warehouse Robots Pave The Way For More AI Logistics

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Hot on their trail are machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) technology — the software and algorithms promising to reduce the risks of overstocking and understocking, and providing other benefits that can boost retailers’ revenue. This minimizes the amount of time it takes to complete the majority of the company’s online orders.”

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AI/Bot: Dole’s Secret Artificial Intelligence Weapon

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From virtual personal assistants to video games, smart cars, online customer support, and music or movie recommendations, AI has infiltrated nearly every aspect of consumers’ everyday lives. While AI certainly makes consumers’ lives easier, it’s also working in nearly every industry to help streamline operations.

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