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Smart Retailers Inspire Confidence Via Cleanliness

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The list of positive retail brand attributes goes on and on, but one new post-pandemic value has become more important than all the others: cleanliness. Since mid-March, he has had to add staff to accommodate round-the-clock operations and has been running at what he says is 120 percent of his capacity. Customer-centricity.

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Walmart-Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: Connected Commerce, Grocery Bot And GrubHub Rumors

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Amazon was particularly busy as it spent much of the week at CES in Las Vegas pushing the power of its expanding connected commerce ecosystem. It was one of a series of expansion announcements for Alexa out of CES in Las Vegas this week. The effort died quietly within a year.

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Why Mobile Matters In Restaurant Payments

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But according to newly released research by the NRA (National Restaurant Association — or buns, not guns, as it is fond of saying), a third of restaurant operators say they are behind in tech use. Finding cost-efficient solutions and convincing arguments as to their importance are paramount for restaurant operators,” Stensson said.

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Starbucks-Alibaba Deal Does Coffee Runs In Reverse

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The largest food brands in the world, along with heavyweight eCommerce operators, continue to expand their delivery options and seek deals with delivery providers in order to keep an edge in this area of retail. The deal also calls for Hema supermarkets in China to become the first retail brand to open “Starbucks Delivery Kitchens.”

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46 Corporations Working On Autonomous Vehicles

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They are a diverse group of players, ranging from automotive industry stalwarts to leading technology brands and telecommunications companies. A few of the companies or brands listed below belong to the same parent organization, but are detailed separately if they are operating distinct autonomous development programs.

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From ACH To IoT: Looking Back On A Year Of Trackers

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The spring brought coverage of mobile advertising and payments on the go at food trucks as small, smart device-powered businesses, and in the fall, we looked at the biggest trends in digital security at the annual Money20/20 Conference in Las Vegas. UNATTENDED RETAIL TRACKER. Vending machines got a serious facelift in 2016.

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