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QSR Ordering Kiosks Evolved From A 1980s Solution For Out-Of-Stock Shoes

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The kiosk, which was dubbed the PLATO Hotline, appeared in the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign’s student center only a few weeks before Lappe graduated. Kiosk Meets Retail. A few years after the introduction of Lappe’s kiosk, the Florsheim Shoe Company decided to bring self-service kiosks into its retail stores.

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Grocery Round-Up: Digital-First Delivers For Kroger, Another Instacart Pair-Up And Hoarding Round 2

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Midwest retailer Meijer has signed on with the service to provide same-day delivery of groceries. Customers rely on Instacart to get the groceries and goods they need from the retailers they love," Instacart President Nilam Ganenthiran said in a Thursday (Dec. 3) press release. households and 70 percent of Canadians.

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Meeting The Average Target Shopper

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The average shopper — retail’s favorite concept. For years and for all intents and purposes, the average shopper could be found in Peoria, Illinois. So, what’s a retailer to do in the absence of an average profile to shoot for? So, what does this all mean for Target?

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Ohio Lottery Makes A New Bet on Mobile

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Not only do gift cards stand as the most popular holiday present, according to the National Retail Federation and other sources, but a Blackhawk Network survey found that “44 percent of consumers surveyed are interested in receiving a gift card to play the lottery, while 43 percent would be interested in giving a lottery gift card.”.

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How Digital-First Credit Unions Can Break The Impersonality Barrier

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That number is higher among millennial and Generation X respondents, at 77 percent and 63 percent, respectively. Nearly one-third of millennials would prefer to do their banking exclusively online and eschew branch locations entirely. and the largest in Illinois with more than 450,000 members and $11 billion in assets.

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Rideshare Fare Aggregation Apps Highlight Local Rideshares, Surge Pricing

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In October, an Illinois woman hopped out of an Uber after a 100-mile ride to discover she had been charged nearly a thousand dollars. Whipster seeks to serve a variety of riders, including millennials who’re looking for a new way to get around cities. They don’t want cars. They don’t want the hassle of owning a car.”.

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California Dreamin’ (Of A Higher Minimum Wage)

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As The Christian Science Monitor notes, the governor of New York is already pushing for a statewide hourly minimum of $15 by July 2021, while states like Maryland, Nebraska, Alaska, South Dakota and Illinois have elected to increase their respective minimum wages (albeit to lesser degrees). My mom and my kids will be affected by it.