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JUNE 21, 2019

Part of the future of retail is playing out inside hotels — and that’s happening as the wider part of the travel-and-tourism industry is undergoing its own significant disruption. One of the latest — and perhaps wildest — examples of the hotel-retail trend comes from Taco Bell, of all places. Unattended Retail.

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MAY 18, 2016

Mishandling inventory has usually been brick-and-mortar retail’s forte. This freedom from the concerns of brick-and-mortar inventory has been bandied about as a contributing factor for why so many online brands have been able to unseat or unsettle their entrenched competitors. Spending on shipping clocked in at $3.27

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AUGUST 25, 2017

Instead the Oakland-based startup has built fish tanks into its grander goal of bringing power back to the people when it comes to eating natural, but making it easier to produce one’s own food in-house. And for a small brand, Back to the Roots has made some fairly impressive progress.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

And as of last week, the list got a bit longer, as California made a few great leaps toward becoming the autonomous delivery capital of the country, with two big pilots by brand-name firms scheduled for the cities and suburbs. And then there is Oakland-based Boxbot, founded by ex-Uber and Tesla engineers and backed by Toyota AI Ventures.

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