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Autonomous Delivery Startup Nuro Nets $500M In Funding On $5B Valuation

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The company, according to Co-Founder Jiajun Zhu , is based around the idea of improving peoples' lives through various kinds of robotic inventions, including their first one, a self-driving vehicle operating electronically to deliver goods to people.

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Apple To Shutter 30 More US Stores Again Amid Pandemic

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Locations in California, Alabama, Idaho, Georgia, Oklahoma, Nevada and Louisiana are set to shutter on Thursday, while shops in Mississippi, Texas, Florida and Utah were shuttered as of Wednesday (July 1). Their reclosures reportedly are a negative barometer of the ease with which retail operations are able to resume throughout the country.

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Einride Presses The Pedal On Autonomous Delivery

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For instance, Udelv, a California-based firm, a few months ago reportedly “signed yet another partner to launch a new pilot of its self-driving goods delivery service: Texas-based supermarket chain H-E-B. The money will also go toward helping the company develop partnerships and joint production operations with manufacturers.

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Grocery Retail Ups Its Autonomous Delivery Game

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The California-based firm reportedly has “signed yet another partner to launch a new pilot of its self-driving goods delivery service: Texas-based supermarket chain H-E-B. the grocery retailer, and Nuro, the SoftBank -backed robotics company, announced in March the launch of their autonomous grocery delivery service in Houston.

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Neiman Marcus Emerges From Chapter 11

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He said the company’s new owners include PIMCO, a California-based global investment management firm, Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, a global institutional alternative investment management firm headquartered in New York City and Sixth Street Partners, the San Francisco global investment firm. The plan was approved by the U.S.

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Can 5G Power Retail Drone Deliveries?

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UPS , too, is going down the drone path – one that Amazon pioneered for retail delivery uses – and is seeking a certification to operate commercial drone flights. It could receive the certification as early as this year, enabling UPS to have one of the first fully certified, revenue-generating drone operations in the country.

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Inside Chipotle’s Decade Of Digital-First Ordering Innovation

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The company has partnered with autonomous technology firm Nuro with plans to put driverless delivery vehicles to work in Houston, Texas, by the end of 2019. Fellow fast food chain KFC , meanwhile, is adding automation to its kitchen operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Deep Dive: Enhancing Customer Service With CRM Tools.