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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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Holiday Shipping Delays Fall Hard On Retail SMBs

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For example, investigative reporters from Detroit’s WXYZ found tractor trailers lined up around the street trying to deliver and pick up packages at the U.S. Postal Service Detroit Network Distribution Center in Allen Park. The station counted at least 50 of them trying to get into the Allen Park plant on Monday, Dec.

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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. The online marketplace company aims to eventually use AI technology on descriptions, so that a user could give basic details and the AI would flesh out the rest. The Detroit office will be pivotal to the company’s future plans. More Funding.

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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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Can 5G Power Retail Drone Deliveries?

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The worlds of drones and 5G mobile network technology – two of the most promising trends in digital payments and commerce – are colliding. 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. The company applied to the U.S.

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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. New Timetable. The immediate goal?

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Stepping Into 21st Century Hospitality With Apartments And Technology

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As a result, the company can architect all the elements of its operation from technology to process and its people from the ground up with insight from the current day. In the future, the company aims to provide more space as well as amenities and technology, among other plans. The Market.