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How Pharmacies Are Driving Retail Innovation

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The nearly universal need for medication and other remedies is driving retail innovation via the pharmacy sector — and that includes the area of customer experience. One of the keys of the commerce game these days is providing a deeper customer experience, and that holds true when it comes to healthcare retail.

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Retail Pulse: H-E-B Rolls Out New App; Jimmy John’s Launches Loyalty Program

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Kroger Chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen said during the company’s recent analyst day that the firm is well on its way to making the Kroger experience available to all Americans, via a combination of stores, delivery, pickup and shipping platforms. The service will use Nuro’s custom-built delivery vehicle R2 and autonomous Toyota Priuses.

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How Retailers Tap Into Automation For Cashierless Checkout, Fulfillment

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According to reports at the time, the two companies had broken ground on what has been dubbed America’s second “customer fulfillment center” (CFC), located in Florida. The $55 million center will measure up to 375,000 square feet and is expected to become operational in 2021.

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

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This belief is based on “the Company’s operating plan, that current working capital and expected continued inventory and capital expenditure financing is sufficient to fund operations and satisfy the Company’s obligations.”. Ontario (L.A.), Oklahoma City, and Memphis. “We Garcia said the firm is in a good position.

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The Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: The Delivery Edition 

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Walmart is signing on to a recent trend and has announced it will be partnering with autonomous vehicle company Nuro to launch a new pilot program to test autonomous grocery delivery in the Houston market. The cars will be able to hold up to 12 grocery bags at a time in two customer compartments designed to hold six apiece. “We

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From AT&T To Xerox: 65 Corporate Innovation Labs

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They’ve also got six foundry labs located around the world: Atlanta, Houston, Palo Alto, Plano, and Israel. Their goal is to find ideas that “enhance or refine an existing AT&T product or customer experience.” Innovation Lab Name: One Market Center. Founded: 2013. Founded: 1999. Founded: 2015.