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Amazon’s Plan To Enter UK Car Market Causes Problems For Britain’s Auto Sites

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online auto sales market after a current test run in Italy has unnerved shareholders of Britain’s biggest auto dealer websites. According to Bloomberg Markets , the news that Amazon might be selling vehicles in the U.K. While Auto Trader’s market position in the U.K. News of Amazon ’s plan to enter the U.K. to Alphabet, Inc.

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Yandex, The Russian Google, Has 15-Minute Grocery Delivery 

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Russia’s biggest technology firm, Yandex NV, launched an online service that uses bike couriers to bring groceries to Moscow residents in 15 minutes, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (Jan. The free service, called Lavka, stocks roughly 2,000 items and plans to operate as a digital convenience market for items like toothpaste and condoms.

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Retail Pulse: Mattress Firm Mulls Bankruptcy; Walmart Plans Robotic Grocery Pickup

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Brick-and-mortar retailers have sought to reduce their retail footprint in hard times, and Mattress Firm, Inc. Steinhoff International Holdings NV, which acquired the company in 2016, has reportedly sought to restructure some of its subsidiaries’ debt. is no exception. In Other Brick-And-Mortar News….

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Mattress Firm Eyes Bankruptcy, Store Closures

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looks to shutter money-losing locations and find its way out of leases, people familiar with the company say that the retailer is mulling a bankruptcy filing. Steinhoff International Holdings NV, which is the parent of Mattress Firm and acquired the company in 2016, has reportedly sought to restructure some of its subsidiaries’ debt.

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Nevada Marijuana Dispensary Uses Food Trucks To Sidestep Cards Regs

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No one would ever mistake a marijuana dispensary for a food truck, but that is what one shop in Reno, NV calls itself when charging customers’ credit cards. With many in the industry anticipating federal-level legalization of the cannabis market, the sector remains with one foot in state-level regulation and one foot in the shadow market. .

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Amazon Expands Amazon Home Services To Twenty New Metro Areas

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14) it has expanded its Amazon Home Services into 20 new metropolitan markets around the country. In a press release , the eCommerce giant said the new cities include Indianapolis, IN; Las Vegas, NV; San Antonio, TX; Ann Arbor, MI; Cleveland, OH; Milwaukee, WI; Boulder, CO; Raleigh, NC; Trenton, NJ; and more.

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The Race For Online Grocery Shopping Heats Up

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When Walmart announced Q2 earnings earlier this week, the nation’s largest retailer announced twin blowout performances in both its eCommerce and same-store sales. The companies are testing the service in four California and Oklahoma markets, with an eye toward a national launch in 2021. Same-store sales rose 9.3

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