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Impossible Foods CFO David Lee Goes To AppHarvest

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AppHarvest is working to build indoor farms, combining the conventional agriculture technique with innovative tech to grow affordable fruits and vegetables at scale, the release stated. The company expects to begin its first harvest from its flagship farm, which is a 60-acre facility growing tomatoes in Morehead, Kentucky, this month.

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Walgreens Brings Mobile Technology To Stores

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Zebra’s mobile solutions make it easy and frictionless for our team members to complete store management tasks and assist shoppers, so that we can focus on delivering the best possible experience for customers every time.”. The pharmacy chain chose the TC51 mobile computer and ET50 tablet from Zebra to use in “all its stores across the U.S.,”

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How QSRs Enable Digital Options With Rapid Order-Ahead Growth

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To meet this rising demand, QSRs are tapping into ordering interfaces built into cars and reconstructing stores to make for smoother mobile pickup — along with other innovations. From Chipotle Mexican Grill to Square , QSRs and payment firms alike are enabling a world of ordering innovation.

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Retail Pulse: Luxury Brands Eye Airport Retail; Panera Bread Tests Dinner Menu

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shopping malls are on the decline, are also becoming locations where brands are innovating with products. Bacardi Managing Director of Global Travel Retail Vinay Golikeri said, according to the outlet, “Over half of the people, when they travel and browse stores, they’re looking for something they can’t find back home.”

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Belk Works On Building Its New Legacy

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In Kentucky right now, Belk is building out a location in what was a Macy’s. The more complex answer, noted CEO Lisa Harper, involves being both conservative and innovative at the same time. But there is something to be said for thinking so inside of the box in retail that it has managed to actually become out of the box.

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Samsung Pay Launches In China

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Samsung Pay will enable any China UnionPay cards to be uploaded and managed on the app. “China UnionPay attaches great importance to the security and innovation of payment. Global Payments is delighted to bring innovative commerce to merchants in China by supporting Samsung Pay,” said Frank T.

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Can The Santa Experience Save Brick-And-Mortar Retail This Holiday Season?

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Bloomberg reports that there is a group of Trappist monks in Kentucky who are changing the face of that dessert with their whiskey-soaked handmade fruitcakes. Edgar’s innovation in experiential retail was an instant hit — and by the early 1900s was widely imitated in department stores all over the nation.

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