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Grocery Tracker: Instacart’s National Push

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Still, Jana’s activism will likely continue to positively influence investor sentiment and share value with it as long as the prospects for innovation (and maybe even a sale) stay in sight for the organic grocer. And with 80 percent national coverage, these current stats wouldn’t come as much of a loss. expansion prospects.

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Vaccine Provides Hope, But Sports And Concerts Keep Live Event Plans Flexible

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Current solutions range from no fans allowed in cities like New York, Detroit and Green Bay, to capacity caps of 12 to 20 percent in Tennessee and Miami, to hard headcount cutoffs of 4,200 in Arizona and 12,000 in Cleveland. As such, we will maintain flexibility and focus on innovating during this time,” Rapino said.

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Want To Build A Retail Experience? Get An Incubator

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Foot Locker has become the latest big brand to embrace the concept of retail incubators, joining such companies as Walmart and Target in hopes of fostering innovation that will translate into more sales and customer loyalty. Its tech incubator has given birth to tech innovations and entrepreneurial efforts, as PYMNTS has covered.

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Philadelphia Mall Owner Takes Care Of Its Own

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The entire process, cradle to grave, has failed to evolve and innovate with the customer in mind.”. The Philadelphia Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) owns 17 malls surrounding the New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania corridor, with a smattering of properties near Detroit and Washington, DC.

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Giving The Gift Of Michigan With Curated Boxes

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The company carries brands such as the Detroit Spice Company and Lush Gourmet (Nuts). When people try a crazy recipe for a hot sauce that uses locally grown peppers or other high-end ingredients and put it next to a regular national brand, “it doesn’t even compare,” Wright said.

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Self-Driving Vehicles — And All Their Retail Benefits — Hit Speed Bumps

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Connected and self-driving cars and truck stand as some of the next big frontiers when it comes to retail and retail innovation, but challenges to that future — real and potential problems that could slow down progress when it comes to autonomous vehicles — are increasing appearing on the horizon.

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Bright Paths Students Demonstrate New Skills with Incredible Variety of Apps

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Within mere weeks, 22 women are in the final stages of completing a Perficient-sponsored coding bootcamp in Detroit; their final project includes designing their own apps, all of which serve the world in various ways and all certain to make an impact. More About Deepti Dhar’s Bright Paths Project: Welcome to Stock Market.

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