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Why Brick-And-Mortar Merchants Are Tapping Into Unattended Retail

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To help meet customer expectations in the digital age, retailers have to know who their shoppers are and what they want. While eTailers already have this information about consumers, brick-and-mortar retailers don’t have this in-depth knowledge. In the U.S., Nuro Co-founder Dave Ferguson said in an announcement.

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Retail Pulse: Luxury Brands Eye Airport Retail; Panera Bread Tests Dinner Menu

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These hubs for travel retail, which are providing an audience of on-the-go travelers as U.S. However, the company’s luxury unit is continually on the uptick — and travel retail is said to be partly responsible. The company said in an announcement that the fleet from Nuro will serve some customers in Houston who make online orders.

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Healthcare Disruption Brings More Impact To The Retail World

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In the meantime, the digital, mobile, delivery and other innovations that are taking place in this sector are also promising to impact retailers and the consumers who shop not only with mom-and-pop stores but with the bigger chains. The latest example of that comes from one of the biggest retail chains out there — Walmart.

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Retail Pulse: Brookstone Files For Bankruptcy; Kroger Launches New Delivery Service

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Brookstone , a specialty retailer known for massage chairs and gadgets, used to be a must-see mall retailer. malls, Brookstone is now the latest major brick-and-mortar retailer to announce that it has filed for bankruptcy protection. Both have operations online under new owners, reported The Wall Street Journal.

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Juul Starts Tracking Program For Devices To Combat Use By Minors

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Ultimately, our aim is to use this information to trace a device confiscated from a minor back through the distribution channel, potentially identifying the specific retail store that sold the product. With that information, we can take appropriate action.”. It’s not just at the retailer level.

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Walmart Focuses On Supercenters As Strategy To Take On Amazon

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The retailer also intends to create “edge computing” capacity in which data is processed nearer to where it is taken in. That is a quicker system than sending information to the cloud.) Shoppers can transfer money, get their hair done, or fill medical prescriptions. They are also community gathering spots and open 24 hours.

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Einride Presses The Pedal On Autonomous Delivery

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Scant information was immediately available from Einride, which appears poised to use that capital to expand internationally and otherwise continue development of its electric Einride Pods. The company works in partnership with fleet managers to deploy those vehicles, or sells them outright, and has clients such as supermarket chain Lidl.

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