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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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Warehouses Aren’t Keeping Up With eCommerce

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Retail continues to migrate toward eCommerce, but warehouse space is not designed to keep up with the increasing pace of online orders. Construction of new warehouses is occurring in areas such as California, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Atlanta. are in areas such as New Jersey, Boston, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.

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Tide Launches Omnichannel, On-Demand Laundry Service

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There are currently boxes in Dallas, Boston, Cincinnati, Nashville, Denver, Washington D.C. There are also more than 125 mostly locally franchised Tide Cleaners stores that operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week in cities like Omaha, Houston and Phoenix. The app will notify customers when the laundry is ready.

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Nearly 100 Pizza Huts To Test Beer Delivery

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The restaurant chain had begun testing the service in Phoenix back in December, Reuters reported. In 2017, it gobbled up at least three different food delivery competitors: Boston-based Foodler, Groupon ’s OrderUp and, most recently, Yelp ’s Eat24. And customers typically spend more when they order delivery, according to McDonald’s.

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Uber Of X: goPuff Is The Uber Of Convenience Store Items

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RI and YG: Our pricing model works very similar to any retail convenience store. Building a service that works with our customer’s lifestyle, not against it, no matter the lifestyle — this is the essence of the goPuff mission. PYMNTS: How does the pricing model work, and how does goPuff get paid?

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The Great Grocery Race Shifts Into High Gear

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Boston, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. The world’s largest retailer announced it has acquired the crowdsourced, on-demand delivery marketplace Cornershop for $225 million. Same-store sales, one of the favored metrics for judging retail, excluding fuel, increased 1.6 are reportedly next on the list of expansions.

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Mobile Payments: What’s In It For Me?

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London transportation that accepts Oyster will support mobile payments of up to ÂŁ30 only, and for larger amounts, users can use Vodafone Pay at retailers, which requires a PIN. “You want to get into as many use cases as possible,” said Greg Weed, director of card performance research at Phoenix Marketing International.

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