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Automated Retail Speeds Up Delivery And Checkout

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Automated retail might conjure up images of robot cashiers, but beyond a few convenience stores in Japan and Korea, that sci-fi development hasn’t yet become reality for the wider world. Last month, Domino’s Pizza announced it would be testing autonomous pizza delivery in Houston with robotics company Nuro.

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Texas Halts Reopening Plans As COVID Cases Spike

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The hardest-hit counties in the state were Bexar, Dallas, Harris and Travis, which include the state’s most populated cities, including Houston, San Antonio, Dallas and Austin. In those areas, Abbott has ordered hospitals to postpone elective procedures and make room for more COVID-19 patients.

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Uber Eats Sees 59 Pct Spike In European Grocery Delivery

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In Britain, Uber Eats has nine networks of convenience stores and over 700 shops on its platform, and is in talks with other retailers and supermarket groups, Ficaja said. She said Uber Eats enabled the market to bring necessities to people in a way that is safe as well as convenient.

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Carvana Opens Largest Car Vending Machine In Tempe

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Tempe joins 11 other cities that have Carvana vending machines, including Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Nashville (Tenn.), It’s the third Car Vending Machine launch in June, with Tempe the 12th location for the vending machines. Raleigh (N.C.), Charlotte (N.C.), Jacksonville (Fla.), Tampa (Fla.), Orlando (Fla.)

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And Then There Were 20 — The Amazon HQ2 Finalists

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Austin, Boston, New York and D.C. Austin, Texas. Higher paying technology-focused employment positions mean higher demand for higher-priced homes and retail, too — and also potential changes in the political standings of whomever green lights an Amazon deal. all made the cut, as did some surprises like Columbus, Ohio.

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The On-Demand Alternative To Self-Storage

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The company currently operates in Austin, Houston, Phoenix and Seattle. “We Austin was ranked 18 on the fastest-growing city list, for example, according to a Wallethub report from October 2018, and Seattle took number 25. Callbox Storage its headquarters in Dallas, and notched $3.5 million raised in 2017.

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Rescuing The Restaurant Business From App Decline

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Huge cities like New York and Miami and even smaller culinary Meccas like Charleston, South Carolina and Austin, Texas will experience more visitors and growing residents from around the world using the Internet to find, try, judge, and comment online for the rest of the world to see — even more so than they do today, or ten years ago.”.

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