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

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These hubs for travel retail, which are providing an audience of on-the-go travelers as U.S. shopping malls are on the decline, are also becoming locations where brands are innovating with products. However, the company’s luxury unit is continually on the uptick — and travel retail is said to be partly responsible.

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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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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. Santa: The Original Experiential Retail Strategy. And while much has changed in retail, Santa’s popularity has not. Nick in their windows to appeal to children.

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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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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. She started working at the company as a teenager as a “floater” — a retail clerk who bounces between departments.

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Why Panera Does Its Own Delivery

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Current CEO Blaine Hurst was the prime mover behind Panera’s first large-scale delivery test in Louisville, Kentucky, four years ago. The retail locations, according to Hurst, are doing “fine” but in-store dining isn’t where the company’s growth is coming from. In fact, he thinks they might look a whole lot more like table stakes.