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GM’s Electric Vehicle Makeover Reverberates Far Beyond Detroit

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While the wisdom and strategy can be debated, there is no arguing the fact that GM’s decision to wean itself — and the world — off of fossil fuels will have tectonic effects that will be felt far beyond Detroit, and will take along for the ride scores of ancillary businesses that keep America’s love affair with the automobile rolling.

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SUVs Out, Sedans In At Detroit Auto Show

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But you wouldn’t know it by looking at the lineup of this year’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit. luxury market, car sales dropped year on year by 172,000 vehicles, said Bloomberg , while luxury SUV model sales grew by 99,000. Half of the 20 new models unveiled this year were sedans, station wagons and coupes.

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Retail Pulse: Luckin Taps Into Automated Retail; Little Caesars To Team With DoorDash

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Coffee retailers are tapping into digital technology that helps them grow their reach beyond their stores, especially in China, where competition has been brewing between Chinese coffee chain Luckin Coffee and Starbucks. Luckin is hardly the only retailer tapping into the potential of vending machines. states and 24 countries.

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Auto Sales Race Toward A New Retail Future

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Close the door and buckle up – retail automotive sales are getting an upgrade. Vroom said it will use the capital to invest in expanding its workforce, technology, operations and marketing, as well as products. The Detroit office will be pivotal to the company’s future plans. for both iOS and Android.

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Want To Build A Retail Experience? Get An Incubator

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You’ve probably gotten the memo already, but in case you missed the message, here you go: Mere retail is boring. Mere retail is not enough. According to Foot Locker , that store has 8,500 square feet of retail space and “is home to an activation space that will host regularly scheduled events and activations for the sneaker-obsessed.”

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Reinventing The Baby Care Market With Exclusive ‘Premium’ Brands

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Major retailers are pitching premium baby care products at a less-than-premium price tag with the help of exclusive brands: Walmart is offering Hello Bello exclusively at its stores and its website (and that of the brand). It is the accessibility center — we grew up in Detroit and have family in Ohio and Oregon,” Bell told WWD.

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Vroom eCommerce Sales Platform Raises $254M

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Vroom said it will use the capital to invest in expanding its workforce, technology, operations and marketing, as well as products. The company opened an engineering port in Detroit this year. The Detroit office will be pivotal to the company’s future plans.

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