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Sainsbury’s Introduces New C-Store Format; SHOWFIELDS To Open In Miami

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Brick-and-mortar retailers are opening smaller-scale locations packed with technology designed to meet the needs of shoppers in cities. The retailer said that “almost 90%” of the selections in the store were chosen to meet the needs of Mansion House customers. SHOWFIELDS will open a new location in Miami in 2020.

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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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Amazon To Open Robotics-Based Warehouse

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Amazon continues to make strides in its innovative eCommerce business. The retail giant has shared news that it will be opening a robotics-based warehouse in South Florida in 2018. The 850,000-square-foot facility will be staffed by robots, with 1,000 human workers handling operations.

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Retail Pulse: Kohl’s To Curate Brands With Facebook; Domino’s Rolls Out eBike Tie-Up

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Brick-and-mortar retailers are teaming up with social media platforms to curate labels for their stores and their websites. Kohl’s , for instance, will bring emerging brands to over 50 physical retail locations and online starting in the fall through Curated By Kohl’s. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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Pop-Up Retail Gets A Pop Of Fresh Energy

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But we want to take a few minutes to talk about pop-up shops, and how those temporary but often lucrative retail efforts are shaping commerce — and being shaped by payments — and what could be coming next. Even so, the company has certainly not given up on physical retail. Riding Retail Trends.

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Retailers Rethink Store Concepts, Digital Strategies Amid New Realities

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Traditional retail locations, ranging from fashion and home furnishings to hardware and department stores, have been forced to make significant changes in the face of heightened competition from eCommerce giants like Amazon and omnichannel powerhouses, like Walmart and its online unit, Jet.com.

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When QSRs Think Really Outside The Box In The Innovation Race

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The realm of quick service restaurants (QSRs) is and actually always has been a pretty innovative space. The drive-thru window, for example, first met the market in 1947 when it was introduced to the world by Sheldon “Red” Chaney, operator of Red’s Giant Hamburg in Springfield, Missouri. Each has a Whopper, French fries and a drink.