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Grocery Delivery Alabama Startup Shipt Takes On Instacart, AmazonFresh And Google

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number one grocery delivery brand. Until now, the Alabama startup had not made any move to topple the reigning grocery delivery champs out of major coastal cities like New York and Los Angeles, but now that can finally change. The Alabama startup eliminates grocery store trips for 20 million families in 47 metro areas.

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Retail Pulse: Amazon Grows 4-Star Footprint; Forever 21 Files For Bankruptcy

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Online retailers are expanding their brick-and-mortar footprints – and using feedback from eCommerce customers to inform the selections in their new stores. A data team from the eCommerce retailer determines what is sold at the locations, Amazon Physical Stores Director Drew Sheriff told MetroWest Daily News.

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Saving Main Street: Cities Pick Up The Recovery Role

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In Birmingham, Alabama a public private partnership is creating a fund to support small businesses through low-interest loans. According to the JPMorgan Chase Institute , 47% of small businesses have less than two weeks of cash liquidity on hand, with restaurants and retail operating at the slimmest margins.

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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 service works with drop boxes in offices, storefronts and high-rise buildings.

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NEW REPORT: Hibbett Sports (Finally) Steps Up To The eCommerce Plate

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But while most merchants are embracing omnichannel strategies as the market continues to evolve, some established retailers are still looking to get the eCommerce ball rolling, dot-com-style. Meanwhile, Walmart aims to improve operations capabilities with a newly opened 2.2 In 2017, are such belated efforts too little too late?

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Will Finally Going Online Be An eField Of Dreams For Hibbett Sports?

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Despite years of revenue reports indicating that online stores had become vital lifelines for retailers in every segment from furniture to fashion — accounting for more than 10 percent of retail purchases, and bringing in more than $105 billion in the first quarter of 2017 alone — some businesses have resisted selling their inventory online.

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TGI Fridays, Fast Casual Food To Cater To Millennial Expectations

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Whole Foods and other retailers capitalizing on the at-home health food craze were able to get out in front of millennial eating trends — or, at least, start riding at the crest of the wave. The pilot store will be operating on extended hours, opening four hours earlier at 7 a.m. ” Hang out they’ll have to.