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Kroger Teams With ClusterTruck To Serve Up ‘Ghost Kitchens’

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is launching two “ghost kitchens” in its stores in partnership with Indianapolis-based ClusterTruck , which operates delivery-only restaurants. The Kroger stores slated for the new service are in Indianapolis and greater Columbus, Ohio. The operation will deliver restaurant-quality food from a menu of 80 meals.

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More Retailers Are Checking Into Hotels In Search Of Innovation

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West Elm, another furniture store, says it will open its first hotel next year — later than originally planned — but has locations coming in Detroit; Minneapolis; Indianapolis; Oakland, Calif.; and Portland, Maine. Unattended Retail.

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Fabletics Announces Brick-and-Mortar Expansion

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The first opening will take place in Frisco, Texas next March, followed by Indianapolis, Indiana; Lexington, Kentucky; Schaumburg, Illinois; Boulder, Colorado; and Portland, Oregon in the second quarter of 2017. Less is more,” Dustin Netral, SVP of operations for Fabletics, said in a press release.

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New Anthem App Allows Smartphone Healthcare Payments

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Clearly, this is an opportunity to innovate on the business model.”. Equian handles payment processing operations for insurers and healthcare companies. . The Equian platform, based in Indianapolis, works with upwards of $500 billion in health-related claims a year as well as nine of the 10 biggest payers in the industry.

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B2B Financing Firm FreightRover Reportedly Impacted By Celadon Fraud Scam

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The Indianapolis-based firm, which works to accelerate B2B payments to truck operators, apparently has removed its CEO and COO — the result of a financial accounting scandal at another trucking firm where FreightRover executives had worked. The problems reportedly stem not from FreightRover, but from Celadon Group Inc.,

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Grocery Round-Up: Instacart’s Big Valuation Jump, Kroger’s Ghost Kitchens And Grocery Deals Come To Prime Day

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Kroger this week announced a move into the world of prepared food via a newly announced partnership with Indianapolis-based ClusterTruck , a start-up specializing in delivery-only restaurants. The new ghost kitchens will be available in Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio. Kroger’s Ghost Kitchens. Whole Foods And The Food Boom.

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Can 5G Power Retail Drone Deliveries?

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UPS , too, is going down the drone path – one that Amazon pioneered for retail delivery uses – and is seeking a certification to operate commercial drone flights. It could receive the certification as early as this year, enabling UPS to have one of the first fully certified, revenue-generating drone operations in the country.

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