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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. They can also help capture the ages, genders and emotions (in some cases) of shoppers.

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Walmart Aims To Build Décor, Clothing Business

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Lore was one of the company leaders who talked at the retailer’s investor day about how Walmart is joining its physical locations with its website and apps. Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, for his part, also promoted the firm’s formidable brand stable but noted that the retailer wants to sell more home goods as well as clothing.

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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. Right now, the program is limited to Houston, but anyone can input a serial number and start an investigation on a confiscated device.

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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. In separate news, reports surfaced earlier this month that Walmart is teaming with autonomous vehicle company Nuro to roll out a pilot program that will test grocery delivery in the Houston market.

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Verizon 5G Network Launch Foreshadows Mobile Commerce Changes

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The announcement from the mobile network provider serves as the latest demonstration that 5G is coming, and that retailers and payment services providers should get ready to operate in the 5G world. Everything is software and virtualized and put in the cloud.”. 5G Potential. New services can be deployed in a very nimble manner.

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Kroger Rolls Out New Grocery Delivery Offering

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The offering will debut in Houston, Louisville, Nashville and Kroger’s hometown of Cincinnati, Chain Store Age reported. With the service, consumers can buy 4,500 private-label products from the retailer, which are not otherwise available online, along with 50,000 different grocery items and household products.

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Bulletin: A Cheaper Way To Sell In-Store

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Bulletin — described as “WeWork for retail” — opened its second New York City retail space this week while also raising funds in anticipation of opening additional NYC locations as well as eventually branching out to other cities.