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

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David is taking on Goliath as Shipt, an online grocery delivery startup based in Birmingham, Ala., 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. number one grocery delivery brand.

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Alabama Tests Selfie Authentication To Fight Tax Fraud

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The company recently announced a partnership with the Alabama Department of Revenue (ADR). If it’s a match, the user obtains the credential and is able to prove their identity online. “By The app compares this information against the driver’s license database record.

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ALDI Plans 70 New Store Openings In Expansion Push

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As it begins a new period of growth, ALDI intends to open over 70 new retail locations by the conclusion of 2020. The value grocery chain also said it intended to come into the greater Phoenix market and continue to support Gulf Coast store growth with a new Alabama distribution center, according to a Tuesday (July 21) announcement.

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Online Grocery Ordering Coming To SNAP Recipients

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Big news is in the offing for Walmart , Amazon and other chains that offer grocery ordering online – they have gotten a formal “green light” from the USDA to offer that service to recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Reports indicate other retailers will join the program next month.

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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. There are also digital price tags for every item, and Prime members can pay the discounted online price for their selections at the store. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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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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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.