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GPS Order Tracking Helps Fuel New Retail Innovation

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The world of quick service restaurants (QSRs) is where it’s at when it comes to so much retail innovation these days. That’s hardly it when it comes to recent innovation in this space. The feature was tested in San Diego, Phoenix, Dallas and Austin, and was made available across the country on Oct. Loyalty Innovation.

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4,000 Years In, Bringing Innovation To Mead (Yes, Mead)

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“We are kind of the red-headed stepchild of the alcohol world,” Rowe told INC , noting that despite its outside status, the sales of off-premise mead (mead that’s sold through retailers instead of a meadery) have shot up around 30 percent in the last five years. Last year, the off-premise mead industry generated $9.3

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Retail Pulse: Walmart To Boost Supply Chain In China; JD Sports Rides Athleisure Popularity

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Retailers are bolstering their supply chains in China as they seek to enhance their service and offer customers fresh products. The post also pointed out that the retailer invested over RMB 700 million – which is approximately $100 million – to create the South China Fresh Food Distribution Center. Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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Dollar General Introduces 'popshelf' Store Concept

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As an extension of its non-consumables strategic plan, Dollar General has unveiled its new popshelf retail store concept. Dollar General, which ran 16,720 retail locations in 46 states as of July 31, sells products from private brands and manufacturers like Energizer, Clorox, Hanes and Procter & Gamble, among others.

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nbkc bank Taps Finastra to Build Conversational Banking App

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The digital-savvy community bank, which uses Finastra's Phoenix core banking solution, wants to be at the forefront of new and evolving communication channels to ensure it can meet customers wherever and however they want to do […].

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Ten Years Of Payments Innovation And Reinvention

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As Seedrs CEO Jeff Kelisky told Karen Webster in a recent discussion, while most people in 2009 took one look at the sputtering and shuddering economy, there was a whole class of innovators and entrepreneurs who didn’t see a nuclear wasteland where the economy used to be. They saw a greenfield waiting to be planted.

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Waymo Brings Self-Driving Vehicles To Lyft Passengers

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The trips are limited to a certain area near Phoenix, Arizona, CNBC reported. The company is said to currently have only a few vehicles available in the area of the Phoenix, with plans to expand to 10 self-driving minivans for Lyft riders. However, the autonomous minivans will have a safety driver at the helm.

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