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

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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. number one grocery delivery brand.

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Mall Vacancies At Highest Level In Eight Years

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Some geographies are coping with the upheaval in retail better than others, as vacancies in U.S. Reis data indicates that the proportion of units sitting empty in some cities – with the inclusion of Birmingham, Alabama and Indianapolis, Indiana – is roughly four times higher than San Francisco, the Financial Times reported.

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Walmart Tests Digitally Enhanced Stores

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Walmart has started trialing new digital services in its Mobile County, Alabama supercenter, including ModiFace , a new device that enables customers to digitally test makeup. With the technology, customers can see how nail polish will look when applied and how makeup will look with their skin tones.

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Instacart, Publix Team On Digital ‘Pub Sub’ Offering

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As of today, it’s available in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia, Instacart said in announcing completion of the Digital Deli rollout. Instacart and Publix initially launched the service in Florida earlier this year.

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Target Wants To Ramp Up Shipt Deliveries In The New Year

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It was one of the largest acquisitions at the time for the company, and it moved the retail giant closer to its goal of providing same-day delivery for all of its customers. With Shipt, same-day delivery became a reality for our guests across the country, making Target the first retailer to offer the service coast to coast.”.

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Chase Plans Expansion In Top US Markets In 2019

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Chase has announced it is expanding its retail footprint into nine of the top American markets, as well as opening dozens of new locations in the greater Washington, D.C Chase said it will also open branches in locations close to major universities in Auburn, Alabama and Lincoln, Nebraska. area, Philadelphia and Boston.

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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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