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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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Holiday Shopping Could Take Hit As Presidential Election Results Drag Out

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Sizable blocks of absentee or mail-in ballots remain to be counted in such key states as Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona as of Wednesday afternoon, with the count in the Keystone State not expected to be done until Friday, if not later.

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Phoenix Welcomes Online Alcohol Delivery Startup, Drizly

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Boston-based eCommerce alcohol delivery startup Drizly has announced its next location in Phoenix, Arizona. Partnering to deliver alcohol from local liquor stores that include Lucky’s Liquor, Gary’s Liquor and Chandler Liquors, Phoenix residents will now be able to order and receive alcohol delivery from these retailers.

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Robinhood's Newest Funding Round Grows To $660M

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“We've raised an additional $460 million in subsequent closings to our Series G to support our core product and customer experience and new offerings like cash management and recurring investments,” the representative noted. Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz and 9Yards Capital are among some of the backers providing the new funds.

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Dillard’s Drops For Q2; Report Shows Foot Traffic Falling In Sector

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The 560-store chain, located mainly in the southeast, showed a drop in total retail sales for the 13-week period ended Aug. Total retail sales decreased approximately 35 percent for its second quarter. As it showed with its Q1 results, the company has exercised cost-cutting and overhead management that outdoes its competitors.

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Walmart Expands eCommerce Grocery Delivery Partners

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As they are busy managing jobs, soccer practice, dance lessons and social schedules we are on a mission to do more than keep a little extra money in their pockets,” Tom Ward, senior vice president of Digital Operations, Walmart U.S., Customers love our Grocery Delivery service. said in a press release.

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Food Delivery Shows No Sign Of Abating In Summer

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One of the wilder aspects of the burgeoning food delivery business is the rising application of robots in the space Food Management News reported on Thursday (July 2) that a California company’s fully automated food delivery trucks are expanding beyond the borders of Northern Arizona University into Flagstaff.

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