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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Previously, the world’s largest brick-and-mortar retailer announced autonomous vehicle ventures with Nuro in Houston , Ford in Miami , Gatik in Arkansas and with Waymo , owned by Google corporate parent Alphabet , in Phoenix. Walmart said in a Tuesday (Nov.

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JUNE 26, 2019

They may enjoy strolling the aisles of physical retail, but many customers still want support features that enable them to quickly and easily find and buy items, through self-serve offerings and other automation technologies. The June Automated Retail Tracker charts all the latest developments and deployments of these models and more.

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MARCH 15, 2019

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. As PYMNTS has reported , Verizon plans to bring its 5G technology to 30 U.S. 5G Potential. 5G Potential. Verizon’s 5G Play.

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APRIL 12, 2019

As part of our efforts to prevent youth use through technological solutions, we are developing a unique product tracking system to better understand how these products are getting into the hands of minors,” the company said. It’s not just at the retailer level. With that information, we can take appropriate action.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The pilot will provide service to customers in Olmos Park, just outside of downtown San Antonio where the grocery retailer is based,” according to TechCrunch. the grocery retailer, and Nuro, the SoftBank -backed robotics company, announced in March the launch of their autonomous grocery delivery service in Houston.

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MARCH 15, 2019

As it stands, mobile ordering is available at the chain’s Denver, Boston and Houston locations — and more markets are said to be in the works for this year. The retailer reported net income for the fourth quarter of $102.6 To keep tabs on the latest retail trends, check next week’s Retail Pulse. million compared to $323.4

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JANUARY 9, 2019

That could give the country an edge when it comes to showcasing payment and commerce uses of the mobile network technology — and provide the rest of the world with an example of what might not work so well with 5G-enabled features. A big part of the 5G pitch involves its retail capabilities. China and Japan. In the U.S.,

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

In a potential challenge to Apple at brick-and-mortar retail, Samsung Electronics is looking to move beyond pop-up shops with its own full-scale U.S. And they will be able to have repairs on a walk-in basis for mobile technology as well as customer support — service offerings similar to those at the brick-and-mortar locations of Apple.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

The retailer also intends to create “edge computing” capacity in which data is processed nearer to where it is taken in. The system could be rented out with new demand from self-driving vehicles as well as other systems that may tap into technology to quickly sift through significant amounts of information.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

This is the latest example of how the digital and physical are merging in retail — and also shows just how far consumer convenience has developed over the last few decades. Markets included in Instacart’s larger footprint will include New Jersey, Indianapolis and Houston, among others, according to the company. Instacart Benefits.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Following a successful test launch, hundreds of eBikes will be used across corporate-owned Domino’s throughout Miami, Salt Lake City, Baltimore and Houston later this year. Domino’s also recently embraced connected in-car commerce with digital technology to let commuters and other consumers place their orders on the go.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Walmart started experimenting with Delivery Unlimited in Salt Lake City, Miami, Houston and Tampa earlier in the year. The technology examines past purchases to make sure the item a customer is asking for ends up in the shopping cart. “By pairing our size and scale and these services we’re making Walmart the easiest place for to shop.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Domestic merchandise retailer Bed Bath & Beyond’s stock took a 12-point hit after Wall Street got a look at its latest earnings report and did not much like what it saw. Same-store sales — the Street’s favorite metric for physical retail — were down 2.6 Retail sales clocked in at approximately $2.9

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JANUARY 9, 2020

During the quarter, the company’s first two of five VillageMD primary care clinics, Village Medical at Walgreens, opened in Houston and the Flagship No7 beauty brand experienced “sales growth in the mid teens in the U.S.” per the announcement.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

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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DECEMBER 3, 2018

The move would essentially beat Apple to the market with smartphones featuring 5G technology, because reports say that Apple is going to wait until 2020 to release the first iPhones featuring the tech. Instead, many predict the company will switch to Intel modems, although that technology won’t be ready for production until late 2019.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2017

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.

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

Together with Samsung, we plan to bring the best in technology and innovation to our customers. The cities that will have the 5G technology available this year include Atlanta, Charlotte, N.C., Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Fla., 5G phones with Samsung — also in the first half of 2019. Louisville, Ky.,

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AUGUST 8, 2019

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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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Verizon’s 5G stadiums include those of the Seattle Seahawks, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, New England Patriots, Miami Dolphins, Indianapolis Colts, Carolina Panthers, New York Giants and Jets, Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans and Minnesota Vikings. AT&T will host four 5G experiences at the Cowboys’ Sunday, Sept.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

According to reports, the social media giant has launched “Dynamic Ads For Real Estate,” a new advertising feature that might just challenge Zillow’s supremacy in the digital retail arena. Facebook is using targeting technology similar to Amazon’s to display user-specific real estate listings as people utilize the social media network.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Indeed, new evidence recently emerged about the deployment of the latest generation of mobile technology – one that promises to bring significant changes to retail and payments thanks to bandwidth expansion and faster processing, along with new challenges and questions as early 5G case studies loom. cities by the end of 2019.

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JANUARY 3, 2020

Sometimes even the fastest runners need to take a break, and after the 16-week continuous retail sprint that is the annual holiday shopping rush, it is no great surprise that both Amazon and Walmart were relatively quiet in the first week of the new decade. Many patent applications never materialize into actual technology.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2017

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. and Houston. If all’s well, Happy Returns signals the retailer to refund the customer. “We’re

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MARCH 19, 2019

More than 70 percent of QSR managers see these as the main benefits of implementing technology, according to the PYMNTS Restaurant Readiness Index. Mobile ordering is available at the chain’s Denver, Boston and Houston locations, with more markets said to be in the works for this year. More than six in 10 – or 65.3

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JUNE 22, 2017

The San Francisco–based firm trades on its ability to help its brand partners “navigate the future of emerging technologies and the digital experience” and then help those brands “design and develop interactive branded experiences for the new digital world.” Mobile beer ordering, specifically.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2018

H-E-B is not only the neighborhood grocery store for many communities in Texas: It’s also an eCommerce retailer with digital features to better reach its customers. The grocer has brought curbside pickup to cities such as San Antonio, Waco and Houston, while rolling out delivery from Shipt and Instacart.

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JANUARY 22, 2018

We’ve worked with Uber to power our delivery from the start, and we’re excited our team and technology will play a role in their vision of building the world’s leading food delivery service going forward,” the company wrote in its note announcing the sale. “Starting Jan. Ando hasn’t defined its role at Uber Eats yet.

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JULY 9, 2019

In the age of quick-service restaurant (QSR) dining technology innovation, restaurants are frantically looking into ways to provide consumers with mobile ordering bells and whistles like third-party payment integrations, rewards programs and surprise-and-delight offers.

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AUGUST 9, 2016

The on-demand delivery program launched last year in New York and San Francisco, but beginning on Tuesday, AT&T customers who live in Chicago, Los Angeles, Orange County, Dallas, Houston, Miami and Atlanta can now also take advantage of the service. We think technology should make your life better.

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JULY 16, 2019

Allison also said the company will keep investing in technology to assist franchisees as well as operators. He noted that GPS tracking technology would be rolled out by the end of the year. The fleet from Nuro is said to serve certain customers in Houston who place online orders. Digital Innovations.

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MARCH 17, 2017

Much of the time, fraud involves a voice transaction — with a credit card issuer, a retailer or somewhere else along the chain,” Dewey said, noting that it’s often much easier to for fraudsters to find or even guess the answers to knowledge-based authentication questions than to guess a password. at Georgia Tech.

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MARCH 14, 2019

the grocery retailer, and Nuro, the SoftBank -backed robotics company, announced on Thursday (March 14) the launch of their autonomous grocery delivery service in Houston. In a press release , the companies said the service will be available through two Houston Kroger stores, reaching customers residing in four local zip codes.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

In addition to these technology-oriented improvements, there are also a variety of process improvements that many banks can make that are cost-free. Charlotte, Houston, Phoenix, New York, Austin, Denver, Orlando, Miami, and Nashville, many banks have not adjusted pricing or their credit appetite.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

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.

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MAY 1, 2019

Locale currently lists locations in Austin, Houston and Nashville on its website. At the same time, technology has progressed to include devices like smart tech locks and systems that provide automation in a secure, scalable way. The Apart-Hotel Market.

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JULY 30, 2018

Our main intent is technology that increases human engagement and provides another engagement point with a person,” Kallpod COO Steven Barrow Barlow told PYMNTS.com in an interview. The device comes to the quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain after Joseph DeCola, a Houston franchise owner, spotted one while on vacation in Hawaii.)

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