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Retail Pulse: Luckin Taps Into Automated Retail; Little Caesars To Team With DoorDash

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Coffee retailers are tapping into digital technology that helps them grow their reach beyond their stores, especially in China, where competition has been brewing between Chinese coffee chain Luckin Coffee and Starbucks. Luckin is hardly the only retailer tapping into the potential of vending machines. states and 24 countries.

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Amazon Takes Territory In US And Beyond

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Oakland, San Jose, San Francisco, Detroit, Austin, Boston and Chicago. Amazon is opening a 1 million-square-foot warehouse in metro Detroit and plans to hire 1,000 employees to fill it. Township leaders are ecstatic, yet some fear the company could kill more jobs than it creates because of its threat to the retail sector.

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Retail Pulse: Shopify, Warby Parker Open The Doors On Digital-First

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Online brands continue their march into the offline world as Shopify and Warby Parker announce plans to open brick-and-mortar locations in the coming months. Warby Parker CEO Neil Blumenthal said, unequivocally, that he doesn’t believe retail is dead or dying — only “mediocre retail experiences.”

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Giving The Gift Of Michigan With Curated Boxes

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The company carries brands such as the Detroit Spice Company and Lush Gourmet (Nuts). When people try a crazy recipe for a hot sauce that uses locally grown peppers or other high-end ingredients and put it next to a regular national brand, “it doesn’t even compare,” Wright said.

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DoorDash Dives Into Grocery Delivery Business

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Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Detroit and Indianapolis customers can order from Meijer and Fresh Thyme. DoorDash’s on-demand grocery service is a nice addition to our online shopping options, and with delivery in under an hour, we know Smart & Final customers are going to appreciate it.”.

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Most Macy’s Closures Coming To The Midwest

PYMNTS

While it is at this point well known that Macy’s will be closing the doors on 100 retail stores by early next year, emerging data indicates most of those closures will likely be coming to Midwestern cities and areas. Targeted for closure are locations where the value of the real estate outstrips the value the retail stores bring in.

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Innovation on Display: The 2017 Ford GT and FIS Connect 2017

Celent Banking

As sharp-eyed Celent retail banking subscribers know, I'm an avid collector of good analogies. The Ford GT showcases Detroit's recent focus on platform engineering — the configuration of common unibody structures and drivetrain components to create unique products that can appeal to disparate customers.