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Delivering Restaurant Innovation With Mobile Tech

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According to the new PYMNTS Order To Eat Tracker , the volume of mobile app orders rocketed 130 percent from 2016 to 2018, and the overall mobile order market value is set to reach $38 billion by 2020. And digital innovators are devising new ways to deliver food to consumers. Indiana University will have them this month.

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Retail Pulse: IKEA To Open ‘Planning Studio’ In NYC; Pizza Hut Will Acquire QuikOrder

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Big retailers are opening smaller-format stores in major U.S. Already, the retailer has opened a Planning Studio across the pond in London in October. In the announcement, IKEA Retail U.S. In other news, two Safeway stores in Arizona now have artificial intelligence-powered medical clinics via an Akos Med Clinic partnership.

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7-Eleven Launches Beer Delivery In Select US Markets

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” According to Fortune , the company will test the service in 18 markets: Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas-Ft. .” ” According to Fortune , the company will test the service in 18 markets: Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas-Ft.

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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. Plans are in place to have roughly 30 locations in different markets before the conclusion of fiscal year 2021. In separate news, ALDI plans to open more than 70 new stores by the end of 2020.

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The Innovation Lessons Behind Walgreens’ Breakup With Theranos

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” That’s been a law of the natural retail world for as long as head-to-head competition has been the means by which one brand sinks and another brand swims. And like Walgreens is now painfully aware, sometimes the mad dash to gobble up innovative startup partners can lead merchants down a dark path.

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Fabletics Announces Brick-and-Mortar Expansion

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Activewear brand Fabletics , which was co-founded by Kate Hudson in 2013, announced plans for a retail expansion across the U.S. The company confirmed that the new locations will bring the brand’s total retail store count to 30 locations throughout the U.S.

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Kroger Expands Home Chef Meal Kit Offerings To New Stores

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“Last October, Kroger introduced Home Chef retail meal kits, and we’re now expanding to add the easy-to-prepare recipes to hundreds of new locations, providing convenient access to the meal solution at more than 700 stores. .

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