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Groupon Expands Food Delivery Service To St. Louis

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12) that its on-demand food delivery service, Groupon To Go, has expanded to St. We’re thrilled to bring Groupon To Go to St. Louis and give our customers easy access to the food they want, when they want it,” said Dan Roarty, senior vice president of restaurants at Groupon, in the press release. “St.

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Burger King’s Impossible Burger Test Brings In Traffic

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Following the pilot-test rollout of a Whopper made with the vegetarian-friendly Impossible Burger, locations in Burger King ’s St. Louis test market reportedly exceeded the restaurant’s foot traffic national average by 18.5 And, prior to the end of the month, the brand said it would roll out the burger later in the year nationwide.

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Retail Pulse: FAO Schwarz To Open New Flagship; Amazon Expands Grocery Delivery

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Beyond New York, the retailer is planning to extend that experiential approach to partner locations, “offering the world that one-of-a-kind toy retail experience the brand is known for,” according to an announcement from the company, which is owned by ThreeSixty Brands.

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Bringing Omnichannel’s Attention Back To The Curb

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A few years ago, the idea of having items delivered to you in two hours would seem like the future, and Amazon is doing that now,” Kennedy recently told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The data show that operating earnings from sales have declined by up to 25 percent as a result of a shift from in-store to online. The Curb Factor

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Retail Pulse: Microsoft To Open London Flagship; Walmart Hires Tech Exec

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Burger King locations in a St. Louis test market reportedly saw foot traffic that exceeded the national average by 18.5 The brand has said it would roll out the burger later in the year nationwide. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News . City locations in the U.S. brought in 16.75

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Chapter 11 Watch: Hockey Chain Put On Ice, California Livin’ Goes Bust In Hong Kong

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Louis Business Journal is reporting that Missouri-based hockey equipment supply chain Total Hockey has filed for bankruptcy as of Wednesday (July 6). Not every brand that closes its doors did so last week in infamy, though. Minyard was founded back in 1932 and, at one point, operated more than 80 locations throughout the South.

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Panera Gives Its Customers A Verbal Order-Ahead Assist

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Earlier this month, the St. Louis, Missouri-based company partnered with Google to allow customers to place orders using simple phrases like, “OK Google, ask Panera for delivery,” or “OK Google, talk to Panera.”. “The Panera Bread, which operates 2,024 locations in the U.S. Life in the fast lane.

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