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Uber Eats Sees 59 Pct Spike In European Grocery Delivery

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Online meal delivery orders were down in March across the sector, prompting companies to look into new ways to generate revenue. Classic online channels are mostly completely saturated,” he said. Our offer is a bit different; it’s a smaller basket, smaller ticket, faster delivery.”.

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Retail Rents Falling From Manhattan To Los Angeles

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The worst results came from Lower Manhattan’s Broadway/Houston Street/Broome Street area, where average asking price per square foot tumbled 25 percent year on year. Second, the inability to physically frequent many retail establishments created a new set of online shoppers.

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Are Postmates Sidewalk Robots Just The Tip Of The Self-Delivery Frontier?

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The need for food delivery keeps pushing the edge of retail innovation – and could even lead to crowding on sidewalks and competing for room with pedestrians and rented scooters – as Postmates plans to test delivery robots in San Francisco.

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Intercepted: Live League Sports Revenue Drop May Take Years To Recover

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While the worst fears haven’t been realized — the NFL opened its 2020 season in September with a showdown between (Super Bowl champs) the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans — the outlook across the pantheon of live sports is anything but settled as November 2020 begins. Online Betting, Game Platforms Pick up Sporting Gauntlet.

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Staples Jumps Into Same-Day Delivery

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Staples announced on Tuesday (June 14) that it had officially launched its “Staples Rush” program that provides same-day delivery service to a handful of metropolitan areas, including parts of Boston, Dallas and Manhattan, with Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle to come.

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Rescuing The Restaurant Business From App Decline

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The model for the DineVite online and mobile app is actually similar to social media. What will factor into any restaurant or restaurant group’s success in tomorrow’s online world are the numbers and demographics of just how tourist-traveled your city, town, or region is going forward.

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Happy Returns: In-Person Returns For eTail

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In a twist on contemporary retail trends toward online channels, consumers still largely prefer to return in-store. The easiest way to describe what we do,” said David Sobie, CEO of Happy Returns , “is that we’re the buy online, return to store option for retailers that don’t have stores.”. and Houston. and Houston.