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JANUARY 30, 2018

After Green’s innovative merchandising concept, stores opened with various names — “bantams,” “dairy stores” and “vest-pocket grocery stores,” for example — but Green established a brand that has stood the test of time. operates more than 65,000 stores in 18 countries worldwide. to 11:00 p.m. Seven & i Holdings Co., Eleven, Inc.,

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Brick-and-mortar retailers are testing convenience store designs that let consumers skip the checkout line and pay for their purchases with their mobile phones. 7-Eleven , in one case, is experimenting with a cashierless store concept at its corporate headquarters in Texas. Mike Motz, CEO of Staples U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In the meantime, the digital, mobile, delivery and other innovations that are taking place in this sector are also promising to impact retailers and the consumers who shop not only with mom-and-pop stores but with the bigger chains. The latest example of that comes from one of the biggest retail chains out there — Walmart.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Sports are big business around the globe, so it comes as no surprise that retail innovation constantly takes place within that industry, and in combination with payments. The app was initially available at just six locations in California, Iowa and Texas, but now caters to more than 60 venues across the United States.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

CVS retail business, separate from its pharmacy operations, has had a difficult few years. Which has left CVS looking to reimagine its retail space to focus more on the healthcare side of its offering, and to provide an incentive to enter the physical store regardless of the digital shopping alternatives.

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

In a bid to serve customers through digital channels, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are rolling out new innovations. Such offerings can help QSRs bring in customers: According to the PYMNTS Restaurant Readiness Index , 62 percent of consumers said the availability of digital innovations would make them more likely to visit in the future.

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JULY 22, 2019

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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DECEMBER 28, 2016

Activewear brand Fabletics , which was co-founded by Kate Hudson in 2013, announced plans for a retail expansion across the U.S. The company confirmed that the new locations will bring the brand’s total retail store count to 30 locations throughout the U.S.

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JUNE 17, 2020

PYMNTS’ June 2020 How We Eat Tracker notes that, “Amazon, Target and Walmart were already well-positioned to adapt to this new digital reality, as they all had robust mobile and online ordering operations long before the pandemic hit. Adapt, Pivot and Innovate’. Ready or not, like it or not, grocery shopping has permanently changed.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

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. billion by 2024 from £18.5 billion last year per IGD.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

has completed its Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection process and emerged from one of the highest-profile retail collapses since COVID-19 began, the Dallas-based company disclosed. We emerge from Chapter 11 as a stronger, more innovative retailer, brand partner and employer.”. Neiman Marcus Holding Company Inc.

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MAY 10, 2019

And this week was a meaty one for news: Mastercard and Visa made acquisitions, the Facebook payment proposition was dissected, new findings about payments and retail innovation emerged, and the pet retail segment gained a major new source of fuel. Earthport operates one of the biggest independent ACH networks in the world.

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The Mount Pleasant, Texas-based bank has added eight new locations over the past year in locations like Fort Worth and Dallas. Guaranty Bank and Trust is using new technology to make it easier for potential new customers to switch bank accounts as it expands its branch network.

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MAY 2, 2019

Convenience store operator 7-Eleven is launching beer and cider delivery in select U.S. ” According to Fortune , the company will test the service in 18 markets: Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas-Ft. .” Worth, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Miami-Ft.

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DECEMBER 14, 2017

Pet goods retail chain PetSmart announced Thursday it had opened 28 new brick-and-mortar storefronts in North America during the quarter that ended Nov. This quarter, for example, we launched The Groomery by PetSmart, our innovative new store concept focusing exclusively on pet grooming services.”.

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JULY 30, 2020

Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. million in “debtor-in-possession financing” for the restaurant chain, giving it the ability to continue operating and to pay employees and vendors during the bankruptcy process. The deal includes $46.8

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OCTOBER 10, 2019

For instance, Udelv, a California-based firm, a few months ago reportedly “signed yet another partner to launch a new pilot of its self-driving goods delivery service: Texas-based supermarket chain H-E-B. The money will also go toward helping the company develop partnerships and joint production operations with manufacturers.

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JANUARY 20, 2019

In other news, the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has applied for a license to operate a digital assets exchange platform. Bitcoin ATM company Coinme is partnering with Coinstar to allow bitcoin purchases through Coinstar kiosks at select Safeway or Albertsons stores in California, Texas and Washington state.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Convenience store operator 7-Eleven is rolling out scan-and-go options for customers in 14 stores in Dallas later this week, with an aim to equip all of its U.S. “We’re always looking to innovate and disrupt,” Singh said. stores with the technology by next year.

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AUGUST 23, 2017

Retailer Kohl’s will boost both its brick-and-mortar and eCommerce capabilities this year by adding four small-format, brick-and-mortar locations to its roster of stores and a fifth eCommerce fulfillment center. The Plainfield facility will join existing eCommerce locations in California, Maryland, Ohio and Texas.

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JUNE 5, 2020

percent of consumers were shopping for retail goods online as of May 23, up from the 32.5 percent increase of consumers who shopped online for retail goods on April 11 and 24.1 But the ultra-high end is still being shopped at brick-and-mortar retail at countries that have gained some distance from the pandemic. This is a 29.4

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AUGUST 7, 2019

The concept serves as an experiential marketing avenue for product manufacturers and retailers. Ballbox is focusing on apartments and hotels to extend its presence, sharing the operational burden to help with maintenance. The Automated Retail Market. The vending and unattended retail space is taking off.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

“We are constantly researching and developing ways to take both in-store and at-home retail experiences to the next level,” Mahadevan said. Based in Irving, Texas, 7?Eleven Eleven operates, franchises and/or licenses more than 69,000 stores in 17 countries, including 11,800 in North America.

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JUNE 1, 2017

At the 2017 National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago, Cicely Simpson, the organization’s executive vice president of government affairs and policy, and the Texas Restaurant Association’s vice president of marketing and innovation, Anna Tauzin, discussed the digitalization of the restaurant industry and its effect on delivery.

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JANUARY 31, 2019

Following an assessment of our operational structure in light of this progress, we identified an opportunity to further optimize our processes by transferring a substantial portion of our production volume from our Arlington, Texas facility to our largest and most efficient facility in Linden, New Jersey.”.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The operation found it was doing its best work when it was able to educate its customers, and the best way to accomplish that aim was to have a direct outlet to them. Automated Retail Innovation. The vending machine comes with one additional innovation beyond cashless (and contactless) payments.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

In a conference call with analysts, Walgreens Boots Alliance Co-Chief Operating Officer Alexander Gourlay noted that its pharmacy business has exhibited a particularly strong performance: “In the last year, we filled the highest number of prescriptions in Walgreens history,” Gourlay said. retail prescription market.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

According to a press release, the Texas-based airline is launching what it calls “Flagship Cellars,” a joint venture with online wine retailer Vinesse that will offer home delivery of a specially curated menu of selections normally only sold to its super-premium Flagship passengers. “We

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JUNE 10, 2016

“Amazon is always looking for the best and brightest software engineers to join our team,” said Dave Glick, VP of operations technology for Amazon. The good people of Lubbock, Texas, will soon be neighbors with Amazon’s new fully staffed pickup location near the Texas Tech University campus.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The operation found it was doing its best work when it was able to educate its customers, and the best way to accomplish that aim was to have a direct outlet to them. Automated Retail Innovation. The vending machine comes with one additional innovation beyond cashless (and contactless) payments.

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JULY 30, 2019

McDonald’s recently made a deal with DoorDash this month to deliver food from locations in Texas. That said, mobile order-ahead apps — as can be the case generally when comes to many types of retail innovations — have lower adoption among smaller QSRs. Previously, the company had an exclusive delivery arrangement with Uber.

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JUNE 20, 2016

Since Amazon made on-demand delivery the feature of choice for any retailer capable of delivering it, plenty of merchants who had no business doing so had no choice but to stomach the costs and ship like they’ve never shipped before.

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JUNE 29, 2020

Two big innovations: Walmart’s Network Of Healthcare Clinics. Walmart is looking to take its expertise at building retail supercenters and driving down costs and apply that to healthcare. The retail giant has been slowly wading into healthcare services, operating about two dozen low-cost clinics in Georgia, South Carolina and Texas.

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MAY 1, 2017

Still, Jana’s activism will likely continue to positively influence investor sentiment and share value with it as long as the prospects for innovation (and maybe even a sale) stay in sight for the organic grocer. As of today, Instacart operates in 41 U.S. expansion prospects.

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JANUARY 6, 2020

eCommerce was teeny at $160 billion in sales, and physical retail hadn’t yet felt the impact of the retail apocalypse that would start to punch it in the gut later that year. As we start this new decade and prep for the innovation that will propel it, there are some things we know, for sure, already. All the time.

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

Texas-based national rent-to-own operator Rent-A-Center recently announced that it has nearly completed the nationwide rollout of an end-to-end eCommerce solution. A majority of Rent-A-Center customers will now have the ability to complete transactions from desktop and mobile devices on Rent-A-Center’s website.

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MARCH 15, 2017

Two of the largest retail players in the luxury department store space – Neiman Marcus and Hudson’s Bay – may soon be joining their fortunes. This has left Neiman Marcus in a bit of a bind – and the fate of the 42 stores it operates in the United States a bit uncertain.

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