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Apple To Shutter Houston Stores Again

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As instances of the coronavirus increase in Texas, Apple will shutter seven of its Houston-vicinity retail locations once again. Stores that are reportedly shuttering again include locations at the Houston Galleria, Highland Village, Willowbrook Mall, Memorial City, Baybrook, the Woodlands and First Colony Mall.

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Grocery Retail Ups Its Autonomous Delivery Game

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The pilot will provide service to customers in Olmos Park, just outside of downtown San Antonio where the grocery retailer is based,” according to TechCrunch. the grocery retailer, and Nuro, the SoftBank -backed robotics company, announced in March the launch of their autonomous grocery delivery service in Houston.

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Apple To Shutter 30 More US Stores Again Amid Pandemic

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The tech company, which has 271 retail shops in the United States, has recently closed 47 stores again, CNBC reported. Their reclosures reportedly are a negative barometer of the ease with which retail operations are able to resume throughout the country.

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Walmart Teams With GM's Cruise For Driverless Deliveries

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10) announcement that it will be teaming up with Cruise , an autonomous electric vehicle venture controlled by General Motors , to start making deliveries to customers living near the Arizona city early next year. Walmart said in a Tuesday (Nov. This isn't the first time Walmart has teamed up with a driverless automobile company.

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Einride Presses The Pedal On Autonomous Delivery

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The pilot will provide service to customers in Olmos Park, just outside of downtown San Antonio where the grocery retailer is based,” according to TechCrunch. the grocery retailer, and Nuro, the SoftBank -backed robotics company, announced in March the launch of their autonomous grocery delivery service in Houston.

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Are Postmates Sidewalk Robots Just The Tip Of The Self-Delivery Frontier?

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The need for food delivery keeps pushing the edge of retail innovation – and could even lead to crowding on sidewalks and competing for room with pedestrians and rented scooters – as Postmates plans to test delivery robots in San Francisco. The grocer, along with Nuro, had been using a fleet of Prius cars with operators.

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Carvana Opens Largest Car Vending Machine In Tempe

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Carvana , the eCommerce platform for buying and selling used cars , announced Wednesday (June 20) that it has launched its largest Car Vending Machine to date, located in the company’s hometown of Tempe, Arizona. Tempe joins 11 other cities that have Carvana vending machines, including Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Nashville (Tenn.),