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Retail Pulse: Kohl’s To Curate Brands With Facebook; Domino’s Rolls Out eBike Tie-Up

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Brick-and-mortar retailers are teaming up with social media platforms to curate labels for their stores and their websites. Kohl’s , for instance, will bring emerging brands to over 50 physical retail locations and online starting in the fall through Curated By Kohl’s. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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DoorDash Unveils Latest Growth Strategy: Digital Convenience Stores

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DoorDash is rolling out digital convenience stores in a bevy of major cities as it ups the ante in the fierce battle for market share in the fast-growing delivery sector. DoorDash said it plans to add more cities in the coming months, including Baltimore, Denver, Sacramento and Concord, California. DoorDash on Wednesday (Aug.

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One Food-Ordering App To Rule Them All

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At the same time, former retail rivals and now-partners Grubhub and Yelp are agreeing to a five-year alliance that includes the integration of Grubhub ordering into Yelp’s listings. Both Groupon and Grubhub are Chicago-based, although OrderUp calls Baltimore home. Grubhub pays a “partnership fee” for orders placed through Yelp.

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Target, Walmart Adjust Holiday Delivery Processes As Shipping Crisis Peaks

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The issues with getting the digital-first economy to become the deliver-first economy have led big retail names like Target, Walmart and eBay to make last-minute adjustments to their delivery processes, and will most likely lead to frustration with consumers who expected their gifts to arrive on time. What’s a retailer to do?

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Tencent Says Big Tech Needs Greater Oversight; Group Seeks To Block Maryland Online Ad Tax

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Marylanders for Tax Fairness is preparing for a battle in January over the state’s attempt to make a digital advertising tax, the Baltimore Sun reported. The European Commission told Amazon of its “preliminary view that it has breached EU antitrust rules by distorting competition in online retail markets,” according to the statement.

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Big Brick-And-Mortars Double Down On Same-Day Delivery

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As brick-and-mortar retailers continue to struggle to bring in consumers, a few are taking a page out of Amazon’s book and working instead to meet consumers where they live. However, of late, its expansion has been rapid, and it is now in 17 major metro markets. Baltimore markets. And quickly.

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Amazon Shutters London Restaurant Delivery Service

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After two years on the market, Amazon will shut down its restaurant delivery service in London, according to the Evening Standard. It is currently available in Baltimore, Tampa, San Jose and Chicago, among others. The company told customers about the change in an email, saying the service would be discontinued after Dec.

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