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Why Brick-And-Mortar Merchants Are Tapping Into Unattended Retail

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And some eCommerce brands are bringing the convenience of self-service technology into their brick-and-mortar stores. percent — of surveyed Canadian consumers would not mind autonomous vehicle deliveries. and SoftBank -backed robotics firm Nuro recently announced the rollout of their autonomous grocery delivery service in Houston.

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Float Hybrid And Building A Better Bridge Between Music And Beer

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The San Francisco–based firm trades on its ability to help its brand partners “navigate the future of emerging technologies and the digital experience” and then help those brands “design and develop interactive branded experiences for the new digital world.” Mobile beer ordering, specifically.

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CVS Health Unveils Atlanta HealthHUBs; Target’s Digital Sales Rise Despite Slow Growth

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CVS Health started to test out HealthHUB locations last year in Houston to “overwhelming customer satisfaction” per the announcement. Walgreens and VillageMD said last year that they were collaborating to offer primary care services for adult patients in the Houston, Texas area. The retail “control group” sales rose 0.5

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Uber and Lyft Drivers Could Gain Access to Digital Ad Revenue

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It launched out of beta in December 2018, and in the intervening months, it’s garnered support from brands like Brex, Segment, Caviar, Zumper, and others.”. As for the pay of ride-share driving, a MIT survey (which has reportedly been disputed by Uber) found that the average median pretax profit for Uber and Lyft drivers stood at $3.37

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The Apple Pay Pivot?

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According to its survey of 507 vendors of merchant processing systems, Apple Pay is the most requested mobile digital payments service among retailers. Exxon is not the first brand to embrace Apple Pay. “I live in Houston, Texas, so it’s blazing hot in the summertime,” Russell said.

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Why Target Is Letting Kids Design Their Clothes

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Whitney Houston sang a song about it, and “ The Simpsons ” has spent the better part of 30 years parodying the sentiment. Cat & Jack is replacing Circo (Target’s current in-house brand) and Cherokee (a longtime license partner), and neither brand was failing. And of course, a big risk. Quite the opposite.

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33 Ways Drones Will Impact Society: From Fighting War to Forecasting Weather, UAVs Change Everything

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But with unique cameras, drones are able to capture volumetric data on stockpiles and survey mining operations from the air. Airobotics provides an industrial grade on-site drone solution used by mining companies for measuring materials, surveying operations, and general security. Telecommunications.