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Retail Pulse: Stop & Shop To Deploy Autonomous Vehicles; Chico’s FAS Plans To Close 250 Stores

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Grocers are using autonomous vehicles to help bring fresh food to the doorsteps of consumers, and news came this week that another retailer plans to use the technology: Approximately one month after Kroger announced that it had started to use autonomous vehicles in Arizona, Stop & Shop is intending to use them in the Bay State.

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Dollar General Introduces 'popshelf' Store Concept

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As an extension of its non-consumables strategic plan, Dollar General has unveiled its new popshelf retail store concept. Dollar General, which ran 16,720 retail locations in 46 states as of July 31, sells products from private brands and manufacturers like Energizer, Clorox, Hanes and Procter & Gamble, among others.

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The Great Grocery Race Shifts Into High Gear

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And — according to Jet — the new app will also be better customized regionally for shoppers, making use of local imagery and messages on the homepage and throughout the site. Jet will also factor in locality when deciding which products are featured in its assortment for that region. Worth area this week. percent increase.

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Retail Pulse: Google Mulls Chicago Flagship; Sam’s Club Repurposed For eCommerce

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It’s not uncommon for online brands to open brick-and-mortar stores, and it seems that Google may be the latest digitally native brand to take the plunge into offline retail. Recently, Casper , which already has retail stores, said it was planning to open 200 physical locations. by the end of 2018. by the end of 2018.

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Autopsy Report: 9 Startup Failure Stories And What We Can Learn From Them

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Theranos built itself in stealth mode while raising hundreds of millions of dollars and inking deals to put its wellness centers in Walgreens stores in California and Arizona. Three months later, Amazon contributed to a $50M funding round earmarked for promoting the Pets.com brand. The rise and fall of Pets.com. in 2000 to 232.1M

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