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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. Automotive Interest.

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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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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. One logistics technology startup is working to solve the problem of physical returns for digital retailers. “The and Houston. and Houston.

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Building Bridges For Chinese Consumers To U.S. Commerce

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Only 5 percent of Chinese citizens hold passports, and the nation’s largest online travel service, Ctrip , predicts that number will double over the next two years. It’s also a number that is only expected to grow, as both the number of tourists and volume of spend increase. Chinese tourists are increasingly traveling to the U.S.,

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

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Rowland; and EVP and chief technology officer Mike Beattie. Self Financial handles the technology, including access to online accounts and an app, as well as marketing aspects of the program, and Lead Bank provides the compliance and access to the banking system. Bank of San Francisco. San Francisco.

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How Retailers Tap Into Automation For Cashierless Checkout, Fulfillment

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With technology for cashierless checkout and robotic-powered order fulfillment, automated retail is changing how consumers shop for groceries and how supermarkets fill their eCommerce orders. They are finding these technologies can help meet the demand for pickup and delivery orders. make online grocery orders for delivery or pickup.

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Surviving The Retail Apocalypse: The Technologies And Trends That Can Help Brick-And-Mortar Thrive Again

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E-commerce sales growth is pulling ahead of total retail sales ( 17% vs. 6% for year-over-year in Q4’17), and Amazon is controlling upwards of 40% of online sales in the US, according to the US Department of Commerce and Slice Intelligence, respectively. However, this isn’t the whole story. The new big-box store. Ikea as a model.

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